What is Conscious Discipline?

Conscious Discipline empowers adults to create safe, connected, and self-regulated systems from classrooms to districts so children develop the emotional, behavioral, and executive skills they need to thrive. Our work transforms schools, early childhood programs, and families through adult-first, brain-based practices aligned to real-world implementation. Learn more about Conscious Discipline.

How is Conscious Discipline different from traditional behavior management?

Traditional systems like sticker charts and timeouts focus on managing a child's behavior directly. Conscious Discipline starts with the adult: building the self-regulation skills, classroom structures, and relationships that make lasting systemic cultural change possible. See the supporting research.

Does Conscious Discipline align with Head Start programs?

Yes. Conscious Discipline is designed to align with Head Start's existing goals and standards, including the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework and CLASS, so programs can adopt it without layering on a separate initiative. Explore Conscious Discipline for Head Start.

What does Conscious Discipline offer Head Start staff and leaders specifically?

Support includes English- and Spanish-language resources, leadership training for high-stress environments, and tools focused on staff retention, family engagement, and program outcomes. Take the S.A.F.E. Diagnostic to see where your center's needs are.

The Feeling is Bright: Self-Regulation through Rhythm and Rhyme

In this video, musician, educator and C.A.R.E. Room Supervisor Rob Leytham offers useful self-regulation tips and performs “Stop, Pause, Breathe and Think” from his recent collaboration with Dr. Becky Bailey and artist Jolie Spelman, titled The Feeling is Bright: Self-Regulation through Rhythm and Rhyme (hardcover book with digital download).

This unique book and music combo features a delightful hardcover with lyrics, learning and art for 12 compositions, plus digital downloads for 23 songs and bonus lesson plans for teachers.
Rob’s certification in Neuro Rhythmic Trauma Therapy informs the drumming on the digital music download, while his lyrics support healthy self-regulation and wellness.

The book’s information-packed introduction by Dr. Becky Bailey explores the benefits of chanting and drumming, overviews self-regulation, and describes ways this unique learning tool integrates music, art, literacy and wellness.

The book’s twelve bold and bright collage spreads delight readers as they page through the poetry and lyrics. A brief paragraph accompanies each song to provide helpful insights and skills related to themes like self-regulation, big emotions, confidence, overcoming difficulties, kindness and wellness.

Each purchase includes:

The Feeling is Bright hardcover book:
• 32 pages
• 8 by 11-inch hardcover

The Feeling is Bright music download:
• 12 songs featured in the book
• 14 additional drumming and chanting tracks

The Feeling is Bright lesson plan downloads:
• Sample art lesson
• Sample music lesson
• Two sample literacy lessons (for pre-k to 2nd grade and 3rd through 5th grade)

The Feeling is Bright: Self-Regulation through Rhythm and Rhyme

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