Conscious Discipline
Conscious Discipline is a comprehensive brain-based, research backed, trauma-informed approach to self-regulation that integrates Social and Emotional Learning, Equitable School/Home Culture and Discipline Practices
Conscious Discipline takes a very different approach to discipline than the way we might have experienced it in our own childhoods. Conscious Discipline is all about connection rather than punishment. The root word of discipline is disciple which means to teach. Traditional discipline says, ‘Rules govern behaviour’ Conscious Discipline says, ‘Connections & relationships govern behaviour’. In this time of unprecedented uncertainty, anxiety and trauma, there has never been a more appropriate time for us as schools, therapists and educators, to partner with parents to look after the social and emotional needs of our children and to create safe, connected and problem-solving environments.
HPCSA Awards 2 CEUs
This talk will be available 30 days from registration.
Speaker:
Mandy Herold qualified from JCE (Johannesburg College of Education) in 2000 – HDE in Junior Primary and Pre-Primary, with Distinction. In 2016 she attained her BEd Hons from WITS. In 2020, Mandy was accredited as the only International Conscious Discipline Certified Instructor in Africa.
Mandy has been working in independent Schools in Johannesburg for 20 years. In that time, she has worked her way through the ranks from intern, student teacher, class teacher, learning support assistant, subject teacher and finally principal. Mandy has been the Headmistress of the The Ridge School Junior Prep, a leading independent boys’ school in Johannesburg for the last 11 years. She sits on the Board at Parkview Pre-Primary School. Mandy is a director of the Conscious Parenting Association South Africa and a Member of the Association for Coaching.
Mandy brings a contagious energy to everything she does. She is a dynamic presenter and is passionate about the development of Social Emotional Learning. She specialises in Parent Education & Coaching, Teacher Training & Coaching, Mentoring School Leadership & Management Teams. Mandy prioritises connection and empathy in all her engagements.