Conscious Discipline® is a comprehensive social-emotional intelligence training and classroom management program based on current brain research, child development information and best practices. Conscious Discipline^® has been specifically designed to make changes in the lives of adults first. The adults, in turn, change the lives of children.

Originated by Dr. Becky Bailey, internationally known teacher, researcher, author and presenter, Conscious Discipline® empowers teachers and parents with practical skills of self-management, building relationships and problem-solving so they can, in turn, empower children.  With conscious awareness of beliefs and attitudes and new understanding of how the brain functions best, adults are able to make the shift from disciplining out of fear and threat to disciplining with love and encouragement.  Each member of the family or classroom, both adult and child, learns the skills needed to successfully manage life tasks such as learning, forming relationships, communicating effectively, being sensitive to others’ needs and getting along with others.

Conscious Discipline^® empowers adults with the Seven Powers for Self Control. These powers change our perception and relationship with conflict, empowering us to be proactive instead of reactive during conflict times. These core beliefs strengthen our utilization of the frontal lobes of the brain. The frontal lobes are to the brain as a conductor is to an orchestra. The frontal lobes are our moral leader.

From the Seven Powers for Self Control emerge the Seven Basic Skills of Discipline. These skills change how adults respond to conflict in such a way as to facilitate the development of the frontal lobes in children.  The Seven Skills are the only skills an adult needs to constructively transform conflict into teaching moments.  Through the Powers and Skills, adults stay in control of themselves and in charge of children.

As adults begin to change their attitudes and behaviors, so will the children in their care. We cannot teach behaviors and skills that we do not possess ourselves.  Dr. Becky Bailey originally designed the program for classrooms, but the Brain Smart strategies imparted by the Seven Powers for Self Control and the Seven Basic Skills of Discipline are seamlessly applied to all human interactions.  She has since developed Conscious Discipline^® for parents and Brain Smart strategies for businesses.

More than a behavior management program, Conscious Discipline® is about and creating brain-compatible learning/problem-solving environments. Conscious Discipline® addresses the social foundations of academic success by training teachers in the skills to positively affect students’ inner state, create community and embrace daily conflicts as opportunities to teach and learn new skills.  Through simple Brain Smart^TM stress-release routines, daily rituals of connection and celebration and new use of problem-solving language, Conscious Discipline® helps busy parents and teachers, and directors meet the needs of the lower brain so the higher brain can truly thrive.

Dr. Bailey speaks on the basics of CD®