Conscious Discipline

Presented by: Vicky Hepler
Hosted by: UMNSU CARD

Miami-Dade personnel: Register online through the My Learning Plan website.

All other personnel: Register online at www.doepartnership.org/trainings.html

Training Description:

Learn how to move from chaos to calm by using research-based strategies that create safe, connected learning environments that support the development of self-regulation for all children. Discover how implementing conscious discipline gives you the tools to create meaningful connections, manage conflict, and bring the joy back to teaching and learning.

Training Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

• Explain how internal emotional states dictate behavior as well as the basics of safety, connection, and problem-solving via the conscious discipline Brain State model.
• Describe rituals and routines necessary to foster connection so students and staff feel emotionally safe enough to experience conflict as a teaching tool instead of a disruption to learning.
• Learn and practice the key elements needed to create willingness.
• Learn and practice specific strategies for teaching the five steps of self-regulation to children.