what is conscious discipline?
Conscious Discipline is: Fostering Self-Regulation Skills in all Children, even the Most Defiant and Aggressive Help children help each other in the classroom Created by Dr. Becky Bailey
Conscious Discipline is an emotional intelligence program consisting of Brain Smart® strategies for responding rather than reacting to life events. Through responding, conflict moments are transformed into cooperative learning opportunities
Children need assistance in turning off the stress response in their bodies and calming down their physiology.
Your classroom has a breathing choice wheel, posters, and cue cards to use in your classroom and use as a support tool with the children.
Teaching children ways to calm their bodies is essential. Having them choose a breathing technique to try when they are frustrated, mad, or upset will help them identify feelings, calm their bodies, and regulate their emotions. This will look different for each child, but using these strategies in the classroom will help each and every child along with each and every teacher.
The Conscious Discipline Brain State Model becomes a framework for us to understand the internal brain-body states most likely to produce certain behaviors in children and ourselves. With this awareness, we learn to consciously manage our thoughts and emotions so we can help children learn to do the same.
Three deep breaths shut off the fight or flight response in the body.
Conscious Discipline is an emotional intelligence program consisting of Brain Smart® strategies for responding rather than reacting to life events. Through responding, conflict moments are transformed into cooperative learning opportunities
Children need assistance in turning off the stress response in their bodies and calming down their physiology.
Your classroom has a breathing choice wheel, posters, and cue cards to use in your classroom and use as a support tool with the children.
Teaching children ways to calm their bodies is essential. Having them choose a breathing technique to try when they are frustrated, mad, or upset will help them identify feelings, calm their bodies, and regulate their emotions. This will look different for each child, but using these strategies in the classroom will help each and every child along with each and every teacher.
The Conscious Discipline Brain State Model becomes a framework for us to understand the internal brain-body states most likely to produce certain behaviors in children and ourselves. With this awareness, we learn to consciously manage our thoughts and emotions so we can help children learn to do the same.
Three deep breaths shut off the fight or flight response in the body.
breathing tips & tantrums
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How do I handle my child’s temper tantrums?The core skill that will help you through a temper tantrum is keeping your cool. Your upset will only fuel your child’s fire. Instead, use active calming techniques such as deep breathing to help manage these difficult, but developmentally normal fits.
As in any conflict situation, focus on what you want your child to do, model this behavior or state yourself, and notice any hint of success. In terms of tantrums, the behavior or state of being that you want from your child is “calm.” Your job is to focus on “calm” and model calmness yourself. This may sound particularly difficult in the face of a screaming 3-year-old, but can we really expect a 3-year-old to keep his cool if we can’t stay cool ourselves? Here’s an example:
Your toddler wants a bag of candy he’s spied in the grocery aisle. You say, “No.” He crashes to the floor, screaming. You’re feeling angry, embarrassed, exhausted and at your wits end. You feel like everyone’s looking at you.
First, take three deep breaths to help calm the stress response in your body. Then, discipline yourself with the affirmation “I’m safe. Keep breathing. I can handle this.” Way to go! You’ve just set the internal foundation needed to teach your child how to handle frustration and become calm! Now you can address your upset child.
Be encouraging. Get down at eye level with him and say, “You can handle this. Breathe with me. You’re safe.” Scoop him up, hold him in your arms and breathe deeply with him. When his body relaxes a little, say, “There you go, you’re calming down.” Then tell him he has a choice, “You can sit in the cart and hold the list, or you can sit in the cart and hold your truck.” Once he makes his choice, celebrate your success together, “You did it! You calmed yourself down and that’s hard to do.”
https://consciousdiscipline.com/free-resources/discipline-tips/
As in any conflict situation, focus on what you want your child to do, model this behavior or state yourself, and notice any hint of success. In terms of tantrums, the behavior or state of being that you want from your child is “calm.” Your job is to focus on “calm” and model calmness yourself. This may sound particularly difficult in the face of a screaming 3-year-old, but can we really expect a 3-year-old to keep his cool if we can’t stay cool ourselves? Here’s an example:
Your toddler wants a bag of candy he’s spied in the grocery aisle. You say, “No.” He crashes to the floor, screaming. You’re feeling angry, embarrassed, exhausted and at your wits end. You feel like everyone’s looking at you.
First, take three deep breaths to help calm the stress response in your body. Then, discipline yourself with the affirmation “I’m safe. Keep breathing. I can handle this.” Way to go! You’ve just set the internal foundation needed to teach your child how to handle frustration and become calm! Now you can address your upset child.
Be encouraging. Get down at eye level with him and say, “You can handle this. Breathe with me. You’re safe.” Scoop him up, hold him in your arms and breathe deeply with him. When his body relaxes a little, say, “There you go, you’re calming down.” Then tell him he has a choice, “You can sit in the cart and hold the list, or you can sit in the cart and hold your truck.” Once he makes his choice, celebrate your success together, “You did it! You calmed yourself down and that’s hard to do.”
https://consciousdiscipline.com/free-resources/discipline-tips/
i love you rituals
story handA Story Hand is a gentle hand massage accompanied by a personalized social story that helps a child deal with stress or anxiety. The story you tell will reflect a specific, personalized experience or concern for the child. This download contains a simple illustration that shows how to do a Story Hand.
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Create connections with activities designed to strengthen adult-child relationships. These rituals increase attention span, decrease power struggles, and promote language and literacy whether in school or at home. I Love You Rituals build positive, lifelong bonds between adults and children.
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Updated: 12/2023