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I hope you all had an incredible day of Conscious Discipline training with certified master instructor Angela Fraley. You should have all left feeling ready to start the school year strong with proactive strategies for setting up your classroom for success.

Our training focused on teaching what we practice, how conscious discipline starts with us. Together we explored the science of the attachment system. We learned the foundation of safety and trust wires young brains for cooperation, attention, impulse control and learning. We also discovered how the brain makes sense of events, relationships and the self, and how adults play a crucial role in this process for children. Finally, we discovered the importance of connection. Optimizing time together with healthy connections allow both the adult and children to be more present and better able to handle the day's challenges.

One of our favorite parts of the training was when we dove in deep on optimizing connection moments by utilizing dace-to-face connection and playful moments through baby doll circle time. This structure provides the opportunities for children to "relive" the connection moments with adults as they reenact those moments with the baby doll.

To learn more about baby doll circle time and discover the research that show how secure adult-child relationships are a prerequisite for healthy child development, click on the following link to hear from Conscious Discipline's own Dr. Becky Bailey. Conscious Discipline 

Wishing you all the best,

Amanda & Todd