What is Conscious Discipline?

Conscious Discipline empowers adults to create safe, connected, and self-regulated systems from classrooms to districts so children develop the emotional, behavioral, and executive skills they need to thrive. Our work transforms schools, early childhood programs, and families through adult-first, brain-based practices aligned to real-world implementation. Learn more about Conscious Discipline.

How is Conscious Discipline different from traditional behavior management?

Traditional systems like sticker charts and timeouts focus on managing a child's behavior directly. Conscious Discipline starts with the adult: building the self-regulation skills, classroom structures, and relationships that make lasting systemic cultural change possible. See the supporting research.

Does Conscious Discipline align with Head Start programs?

Yes. Conscious Discipline is designed to align with Head Start's existing goals and standards, including the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework and CLASS, so programs can adopt it without layering on a separate initiative. Explore Conscious Discipline for Head Start.

What does Conscious Discipline offer Head Start staff and leaders specifically?

Support includes English- and Spanish-language resources, leadership training for high-stress environments, and tools focused on staff retention, family engagement, and program outcomes. Take the S.A.F.E. Diagnostic to see where your center's needs are.

The Conscious Leader: Wellness for Leading Schools and Centers in Sacramento, CA 2027

$299.00 per member

Date: January 27, 2027
Location: Sacramento, CA
Intended for: Administrators, School and Program Leaders

A one-day Conscious Discipline leadership session for school and district leaders.

Lead from the inside out. A building takes on its leader’s state. This roundtable explores how your regulation sets the tone and how shared leadership lets the work outlast one champion.

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A one-day Conscious Discipline leadership session for school and district leaders.

Lead from the inside out. A building takes on its leader’s state. This roundtable explores how your regulation sets the tone and how shared leadership lets the work outlast one champion.

Dates: January 27, 2027
Location: Sacramento, CA
Seating: Limited to 50 participants

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Location

The Conscious Leader: Wellness for Leading Schools and Centers will be hosted at:

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Sacramento
2001 Point W Way
Sacramento, CA 95815

Event Details

Schedule and CEUs coming soon!

Before you register: Please review our Frequently Asked Questions and Policies and Procedures.

Facilitators

Diane Phelan

Diane is passionate about helping adults that work with all age students. Her specialty is those that work and support pre teens and teenagers. With over 30 years of experience in education from early childhood to high school, Diane has a strong understanding of the demands educators and administrators face, and enables her to demonstrate, teach and model how to seamlessly integrate it all with Conscious Discipline. Her over 15 years of experience as a school principal at the secondary level drives her to help all teachers so they can help all students.

Christine Garza-Bell

Christine Garza-Bell has dedicated her 25+ year career to supporting young children and families. Beginning as an early childhood education teacher, her journey progressed as a licensed social worker to include roles such as home visitor, early childhood mental health consultant, play therapist, Early Head Start/Head Start administrator and behavioral health clinician.

The Conscious Leader: Wellness for Leading Schools and Centers in Sacramento, CA 2027

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