Becky A. Bailey Ph.D., is an award-winning author, renowned teacher and internationally recognized expert in early childhood education and developmental psychology.
In her passion to empower all people, especially those working with our youngest citizens, she has established the first “Early Childhood Education” four-year university degree program in the state of Florida, and a credential program allowing Native Americans to become certified teachers. Dr. Bailey is the founder of Loving Guidance, Inc., dedicated to creating positive environments for children, families, schools and businesses. She is also the developer of the research-based and award winning program, Conscious Discipline®.
Conscious Discipline® facilitates early childhood and elementary teachers in creating compassionate “school families” where children and teachers can reclaim joy, kindness and caring as one of the top priorities in the educational process. Conscious Discipline® assists teachers in developing their inner life, empowering them to transform conflict into teaching moments for themselves, their colleagues, and the children and families they serve.
Dr. Bailey also applies these messages of connection and transformation to parenting, offering the support and internal changes adults need to effectively parent their children.
Dr. Bailey has authored seven books related to guidance and discipline. Her latest publication for parents, Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline, has received national acclaim and is already published in six languages. Schools across the country are using Dr. Bailey’s Conscious Discipline: 7 Basic Skills for Brain Smart Classroom Management book as a guide to creating compassionate learning environments. Her best-selling books, There’s Got To Be Better Way: Discipline That Works and I Love You Rituals, provide evolutionary steps in our understanding of children and ourselves.
The Shubert series for children rounds out Dr. Bailey’s literary range by providing important information about bully prevention, helpfulness and social skills directly to children. Dr. Bailey’s message is making an impact nation-wide.
Bessey Creek Elementary School is one of only four elementary schools in the U.S. to receive a 2004 National Schools of Character award. School officials say that implementing Conscious Discipline® is a major reason they achieved this award of excellence. |
Yasmine Daniel is the Director of Early Childhood Development for the Children’s Defense Fund.
Yasmine Daniel is the Director of Early Childhood Development for the Children’s Defense Fund. Her focus is Head Start, child care, preschool and after-school programs. Prior to joining the CDF team, Yasmine was the New Jersey Head Start State Collaboration Director. There, she worked to impact the lives of children and families with low-incomes by influencing state and local policy and by facilitating collaboration between Head Start and other state and community agencies. One of her main focuses was the integration of Head Start and the state-funded, court-mandated Abbott pre-kindergarten programs.
Prior to her work in New Jersey, Yasmine served as Director of Early Childhood Policies for the Child and Family Policy Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Yasmine is a former Head Start Fellow. While working at the Head Start Bureau, she developed and participated in several initiatives, including fatherhood, homelessness and competency-based training for Head Start family workers. Yasmine also served as the Family and Community Partnership Manager for the Drake University Head Start program in Des Moines, Iowa.
Yasmine earned a Bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University and a Master of Public Administration from Drake University.
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