Conscious Discipline (Dr. Becky Bailey) Professional Development

Conscious Discipline, created by Dr Becky Bailey, is a comprehensive, brain-based social-emotional learning programme that has reached over 3.5 million educators and caregivers in more than 73 countries. Unlike traditional behaviour management approaches that rely on external rewards and consequences, Conscious Discipline is built on the foundational principle that discipline is not something you do to children but something you develop within them—a paradigm shift from control-based strategies to the development of self-regulation and personal responsibility. Dr Bailey, an award-winning author and educator with over 35 years of experience, designed Conscious Discipline to address the interconnected challenges that schools face: children with big emotions, overwhelmed administrators, teachers burning out, and students feeling unsafe. The programme combines social-emotional learning, school culture, and discipline into a systemic whole, providing adults with the skills to regulate their own emotions first—an 'adult-first' approach that recognises teachers cannot teach self-regulation skills they have not developed themselves. Conscious Discipline has earned recognition from SAMHSA, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and CASEL (SeLECT designation), and has won multiple Best SEL Program awards. Professional development offerings include a 10-session online course (winner of the 2020 Teachers' Choice Award for Professional Development), the comprehensive book Conscious Discipline: Building Resilient Classrooms, and in-person training events. For educators seeking an evidence-based, whole-school approach to building emotionally safe, regulated learning environments, Conscious Discipline provides both the theoretical framework and the practical tools to make that vision a reality.