Self Discipline Is A Classroom Management And Social /...

Overview of Conscious Discipline Conscious Discipline is a classroom management and social/emotional intelligence program designed to empower both teachers and students in their daily lives.The program was developed by Rebecca Bailey, Ph. D, who made it her mission to â€Å"find a better way† for teachers to handle students in their classrooms. According to Bailey, Conscious Discipline shifts â€Å"from a traditional compliance model of discipline to a relationship-based, community model,† (2011, page 11). Bailey explains, the â€Å"traditional model of discipline is founded on rules. The rules are upheld through consequences. The goal of the consequences is to obtain obedience. Those who are compliant are rewarded. Those who aren’t are punished†¦ Fear†¦show more content†¦Conscious Discipline is divided into four separate components, with each component building on one another to encourage â€Å"academic, social and emotional success,† in both teachers and students (Consc ious Discipline Brain State Model, n.d., para. 1). The framework for Conscious Discipline is the Brain State Model, which Bailey adapted from other theorists’ work such as Bruce Perry, Daniel Siegel, Allan Schore, Louis Cozolino, Joseph LeDoux, Paul MacLean, and Alexander Luria (Conscious Discipline Brain State Model, n.d., para. 1). The Brain State Model helps educators understand how the brain and the body work in producing certain behaviors. With this knowledge, educators can consciously manage their own emotions and behaviors, and teach students to do the same thing. Bailey states, â€Å"Research, as well as life experience, tells us our internal emotional states dictate behavior,† (CITE, paragraph). The Brain State Model divides the brain into three different emotional states: the survival state, the emotional state, and the executive state. In a survival state of mind, where a person feels threatened and unsafe, all their mind can focus on is whether to â€Å"flight, fight, or surrender.† Likewise, in an emotional mindset, where a person feels unconnected and unloved, the person isn’t able to focus on anything but their need for connection. â€Å"The executive state is the optimal state of problem-solving and learning,† (BRAIN