Conscious Discipline®

This three day training event will be hosted in beautiful Winston-Salem, NC and minutes away from the Kaplan Corporate Offices in Lewisville, NC. Our sessions will be hosted in the historical district of Old Salem, running from 8:30 – 4:30 each day. Dates & Location September 29 – October 1, 2008 Monday Through Wednesday Old Salem 900 Old Salem Road Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Download Conference Brochure

Agenda

We are offering a three day institute based upon Conscious Discipline® by Becky Bailey. Each morning session begins at 8:30, with a lunch break from approximately 12:00-1:30 (on your own). Each afternoon session begins at 1:30 and concludes at 4:30.

Creating Safe Brain Smart® Classrooms

Monday, Sept. 29

Learn Conscious Discipline® brain model that will help you not only maintain self-control but teach it to all children, even those with special needs. In this workshop you will not only learn how to positively discipline children but literally change their brain chemistry in the process. This yields lasting changes in behavior, not temporary fixes. Great for parents and teachers. In this workshop you will learn:

• How the brain learns to self-regulate.
• How to literally "wire" children for self-control.
• How to move past your own "triggers" or hot buttons.
• How to create and implement a safe place in the classroom.
• How to create a safe keepers ritual.
• How to create effective routines that eliminate the majority of discipline problems.
• How to base your classroom on safety and use the language of safety.
• How to start the day the Brain Smart® way.

This workshop is constantly changing as more is learned about brain development and brain compatible educational strategies.

Building the School Family™ & Creating Positive School Climates

Tuesday, Sept. 30

A positive school climate is a prerequisite for developmentally appropriate discipline strategies. Children are motivated to behave through healthy relationships or through awards (stars, stickers, point system). Healthy relationships teach children to value each other, while rewards teach children to value material things. In this very interactive workshop you will learn:

• How to build the School Family™ using rituals, literature, activities, and music, and the physical classroom environment.
• How to help challenging children join the School Family™ and develop the motivation and desire to be cooperative.
• The power of the School Family™ to support academic success.
• How to use the School Family™ as the basis of your classroom management system.
• How to transform hurtful interactions into helpful communication skills.
• How to set up jobs for every child in your classroom that enhance self-esteem, learning and cooperation.
• How to design your environment to met the social and emotional needs of all children.

In Pursuit of Mindful Learning

Wednesday, Oct. 1

Make Mindful Learning a part of children's everyday experiences. Mindfulness – placed within an early childhood education context – provides unique and exciting prospects. By encouraging the young child to explore and utilize skills and understanding often considered beyond his or her range of ability can lead to creative and intellectual pursuits and success not seen before.

This session will explore the incorporation of activities and opportunities which lead to mindfulness in an early childhood education setting. The basics of only learning facts, rote recall, and the lack of imaginative opportunities, is creating a frighteningly simplistically thinking, noncreative, and uninformed group of young people. Children who do not explore, invent, question, center, and create, will not be leaders but followers.

Progress, democracy, and self-fulfillment are linked to mindfulness. Without the pursuit of mindfulness a society can not be maintained. The pursuit of mindfulness/mindful learning – especially in the new right brain-oriented global society – will determine whether or not the human experiment can and will survive. As with other major world accomplishments, it all begins with the children. Let mindful learning commence.

Trainers

Dr. Becky A. Bailey

Becky A. Bailey, Ph.D., is an award-winning author, renowned teacher and internationally recognized expert in childhood education and developmental psychology. Her workshops touch thousands of lives each year, and her top selling book titles have over 100,000 copies in circulation. Dr. Bailey is the founder of Loving Guidance, Inc., a company dedicated to creating positive environments for children, families, schools and businesses. She is also the developer of the Conscious Discipline® program.

Dr. Bailey has authored seven books related to guidance and discipline. Her core publication for parents, Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline, has received national acclaim and is published in six languages. Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline applies the Conscious Discipline® message to the family unit, offering the support and internal changes adults need to effectively parent their children.

In her passion to empower all people, especially those working with our youngest citizens, she has established the first Early Childhood Education four-year university degree program in the state of Florida. She also was instrumental in establishing a teacher certification program for Native Americans in New Mexico. Dr. Bailey has raised over $2 million for children's programs over her years in education. Most recently, she played an integral role in raising funds, building and equipping a preschool in a tsunami-devastated region of Sri Lanka, and sponsored two Sri Lankan teachers to attend the week-long Conscious Discipline® Summer Institute. She is currently in the process of establishing a non-profit organization to provide free training and resources to at-risk families and teachers in memory of her mother, Frances Canipe Bailey.

Keith L. Pentz

National Education Consultant — Curriculum Specialist, for Kaplan Early Learning Company, has been in the field of education for over 25 years. Keith began his career by working in childcare with infants and toddlers. Later, he taught elementary students as well as Kindergarten. Keith spent the remainder of his classroom time teaching PreKindergarten and working specifically with low socio-economic families and inclusion students. Following his experiences in the classroom, Keith moved on to teach at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, and he also was a Professor of Early Childhood Education at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts.

Along with his classroom experience and writing, Keith has been involved in a variety of research and hands-on programs — specifically regarding play therapy and play as a strategy for the development of cognitive processes. Keith, is a founding member of Project Play, a developmental, play therapy-based, and behavior intervention program that works with young children who may have difficulties developmentally, cognitively, or socially and emotionally.

Keith joined Kaplan Early Learning Company in 2003. His enthusiasm and passion for early education have made him a wonderful asset to Kaplan Early Learning Company.

Keith has degrees from Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania (BA in Music), the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida (MA in Elementary Education), and postgraduate/doctoral studies in early childhood education curriculum and instruction from the University of Central Florida.

Featured Resources

Conscious Discipline Resource Guide By Dr. Becky A. Bailey Conscious Discipline® gives early childhood teachers the seven basic skills for handling ANY conflict in the classroom, even with the most challenging of children. A step-by-step approach empowers adults to stay in charge of their classrooms while children learn self-control, social skills, and conflict resolution. Conscious Discipline Live! 4 DVD Set By Dr. Becky A. Bailey Nine life-changing workshops teach you an understanding of the brain and the seven basic skills of discipline that develop character, cooperation, respect and responsibility. Filled with energetic songs and meaningful activities, it’s like attendingan official Loving Guidance workshop with Dr. Becky Bailey! Includes a CD-Rom with quality self-study handouts and bonus materials. Learn how to turn conflict into cooperation with this amazing DVD set. There's Got To Be A Better Way! Discipline That Works By Dr. Becky A. Bailey This book uniquely and humorously helps adults uncover damaging beliefs about themselves and children. Learn how to use every conflict moment as a teaching opportunity. Acquire the strategies you need to create a problem solving community of learners. Transform aggression, stop power struggles, empower both yourself and the children. There is a better way! It Starts In The Heart Music CD By Dr. Becky Bailey and Jack Hartmann This new CD by Dr. Becky Bailey and Jack Hartmann includes music and movement activities for character education programs. These songs build school family and increase intelligence. It Starts In The Heart is the perfect complement to the Conscious Discipline® handbook. Includes 20 songs, 3 of which are in both the English and Spanish languages. Also includes lyric and movement sheets. Kindness Counts CD By Dr. Becky Bailey and Mr. AL Dr. Becky Bailey and Mr. AL offer up fun new music and movement for classrooms and homes. Kindness Counts does more than teach social skills and manners! It's about helping adults and children feel safe, connected and valued... the building blocks of all learning. With this foundation in place, children can thrive academically and socially. 17 songs including "Looking For Kindness," "Jobs Matter," and "It's Brainsmart® Time." Lyrics and movement included.

Registration

Sessions will fill up quickly, so register online as early as possible!

Check-in will be from 8:30 - 9:00 AM each day of the Training. Sessions will run from 9:00 am-4:30 pm with brief morning and afternoon breaks and a 90 minute lunch break. Lunch is not included in the registration fee.

Questions? Please contact our Professional Development department at training@kaplanco.com or toll-free at 1-800-334-2014, ext. 3298.

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