Shared this with Jim Sporleder
Alicia, thank you for gathering such valuable resources to share with the group. I think one of the strongest curriculums that I have become aware of since we have been working with elementary students is Conscious Discipline, Dr. Becky Bailey. If a person just googles Conscious Discipline, it will take them to the site. She has developed evidenced based strategies that I think covers so many needs that our teachers are encountering in the classroom. Through our experience, we have learned that we have to start with the adult, before we can reach the child. Conscious Discipline focuses on how important it is for the adult to understand their own triggers, and how to process their emotions so that they can regulated... and approach the student with positive intent. Key learning for our team this year....to implement a trauma informed model, the building leadership needs to lead and support the initiative, and secondly, if the adults aren't regulated, we set our struggling children up for failure and we reinforce their negative belief about themselves. Thanks again, Jim