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Becky A. Bailey, Ph.D., is an award-winning author, renowned teacher and internationally recognized expert in childhood education and developmental psychology. Her workshops touch thousands of lives each year, and her top selling book titles have over 100,000 copies in circulation. Dr. Bailey is the founder of Loving Guidance, Inc., a company dedicated to creating positive environments for children, families, schools and businesses. She is also the developer of the Conscious Discipline® program.
Conscious Discipline® is evidence-based, and was named a national model for character education by the Character Education Partnership in 2005. It is a social-emotional program that facilitates early childhood and elementary teachers in creating “school families” where children and teachers can reclaim joy, helpfulness and caring as a foundation for 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. Research conducted in schools and centers using Conscious Discipline® shows that it decreases aggression, increases academic scores on state tests, decreases impulsivity/hyperactivity in “difficult” children, increases collegiality of staff, and creates a positive school climate.
Dr. Bailey has authored seven books related to guidance and discipline. Her core publication for parents, Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline, has received national acclaim and is published in six languages. Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline applies the Conscious Discipline® message to the family unit, offering the support and internal changes adults need to effectively parent their children.
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. She also was instrumental in establishing a teacher certification program for Native Americans in New Mexico. Dr. Bailey has raised over $2 million for children’s programs over her years in education. Most recently, she played an integral role in raising funds, building and equipping a preschool in a tsunami-devastated region of Sri Lanka, and sponsored two Sri Lankan teachers to attend the week-long Conscious Discipline® Summer Institute. She is currently in the process of establishing a non-profit organization to provide free training and resources to at-risk families and teachers in memory of her mother, Frances Canipe Bailey.
Florida State University
Degree: Ph.D., 1979
Emphasis:
Early Childhood Education and Developmental
Psychology
Appalachian State University
Degree: M.S.,
1975
Emphasis: Curriculum development; teacher training; and movement
education for young children.
Longwood College
Degree: B.A., 1974
Emphasis: Health, Physical
Education, and Recreation; Adapted Physical Education.
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1996 - Present
President
Loving Guidance,
Inc.
1988 - 1998
Associate Professor/Coordinator
Early
Childhood Education
University of Central Florida
1985 -
1988
Assistant Professor/Faculty Director Child Development
Program
Department of Early Childhood and Language School of
Education Eastern Montana College
1983 - 1985
Research
Assistant Professor/Academic Coordinator UNM Child Care
Co-op
Department of Elementary Education, University of New
Mexico
1981 - 1982
Visiting Lecturer Navajo Teacher
Education Development Program
Department of Elementary Education,
University of New Mexico
1980 - 1981
Director, Division of
Education
Indian Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico
1979 -
1980
Early Childhood/Elementary Education Consultant
Florida State Department of Education
1978 -
1979
Graduate Assistant
Florida State
University
Teacher Curriculum Development
Specialist
Creative Preschool and Child Care Center,
Florida
1977 - 1978
Kindergarten Teacher
Sabal Palm
Elementary School, Florida
1975 -
1977
Teacher/Administrator
Creative Preschool and Child
Care Center, Florida
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Books
Bailey, B. A., (2000). Easy
to Love, Difficult to Discipline; The 7 Basic Skills
for Turning Conflict into Cooperation. New York:
Harper Collins
Bailey, B. A., (2000).
Conscious Discipline: 7 Basic Skills for Brain Smart Classroom
Management. Oviedo, Florida: Loving Guidance
Bailey, B. A.,
(1997). I love you rituals: Activities to build bonds and strengthen
relationships with children. Oviedo, Florida: Loving
Guidance.
Bailey, B. A., (1996). There's Got to be a better
way: Discipline that works. Oviedo, Florida: Loving
Guidance.
Bailey, B. A., & Burton, E. (1989). The dynamic
infant: Activities to enhance infant/toddler development. St. Paul,
MN: Redleaf Press.
Bailey, B. A., & Burton, E. (1982). The
dynamic self: Activities to enhance infant development. St. Louis:
the C. V. Mosby Company.
Book Chapters
Bailey, B. A. (1994). The People: American Indian Education
in Cultural Diversity in American Schools. Balado, C., &
Oteiza, E. (Eds.). Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
Peer Reviewed Articles
Bailey, B. A. and Rodriguez, B. J. (1997). Motivating
Children: Rewards or relationships, FOCUS, Journal for West Virginia
Association for Young Children, 16 (1), 22-24.
Bailey, B. A. (Spring 1996). Understanding temper tantrums.
Children Our Concern, 21(1), 22-23.
Rodriguez, B.J. and
Bailey, B.A. (Spring 1996). Assessing Change in Understandings of
Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Education.
Reading Improvement, 33(1), 31-37.
Bailey, B.A.,
Rodriguez, B.J. and Harms, A.M. (1996). The Prevalent Use of Rewards:
Some Serious Concerns. Journal of the Ohio Elementary
Kindergarten. Nursery Educators, 15, 5-11.
Bailey, B.A.,
Hoffman, L.L. and Streeter, S.K. (1993). Significant Others of Young
Children. Proceedings from the American Statistical Association:
Families and Children: Research Findings. Data Needs, and Survey
Issues. American Statistical Association.
Bailey, B.A.,
(1992). Unlimited Power in the Classroom. Children Our Concern,
IVII, 2, 8-9.
Bailey, B.A., (1992). "Mommy, don't leave me!"
Dimensions 20(3), 25-27; 39.
Bailey, B.A., (1991). Counseling and
Assessing Native American Children. Florida Association of School
Psychologist Minority/Multicultural Newsletter, 2, 1.
Bailey,
B. A., & Nihlen, A. S. (1990). Effect of experience with
nontraditional workers on psychological and social dimensions of
occupational sex-role stereotyping in elementary school children.
Psychological Reports, 66, 1273-1282.
Bailey, B. A., &
Nihlen, A. S. (1989). Elementary school children's perceptions of the
world of work. Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 24,
(2), 135-145.
Nihlen, A. S., & Bailey, B. A. (1988).
Children's display of gender schemes through interaction with
non-traditional workers. Anthropology and Education Quarterly,
19, 155-162.
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Brain Smart (1998), approximately two hour audio
presentation for parents and teachers of young children.
The
Ten Principles Positive Discipline (1993), a two hour audio
presentation for parents and teachers of young
children.
Preventing Power Struggles (1994), a two hour
audiotape presentation for parents and teachers.
Transforming
Aggression Into Healthy Self-Esteem (1994), a two hour audio tape
presentation for parents and teachers.
Conflict Resolution
(1997), a two hour audiotape presentation for parents and
teachers.
Picture Rule Cards(1996), a set of visual cards
designed to complement the rules already established in the classroom,
or if you're just starting a classroom management system this set of
cards is the perfect place to begin.
Routine and
Responsibility (1996), a set of visual cards to assist parents in
developing consistent, predictable routines for young
children.
Songs for I Love You Rituals (1997), twenty-nine
of Dr. Bailey's "I Love You Rituals" (from her book BK-102) have been
set to music. The combination of fun, touch and music embedded in a
message of hope and love make this tape more valuable than anyone can
measure or imagine. Available in cassette and CD.
Touch a
Heart, Teach a Mind (1999), 20 minute video presentation teaching
the use of Dr. Becky Bailey's "I Love You Rituals" and Brain Smart
techniques to build bonds between teachers and children, children and
children, and parents and children.
Working Choices
(1988), a board game for elementary school children in grades 2 through
5. Developed over a period of three years of research under grants from
New Mexico State Department of Education, Division of Vocational
Education.
BAN Stick Figure Test, a pre and post test
developed over one year of research to test children's career
aspirations by gender. Developed in conjunction with grants from New
Mexico State Department of Education, Division of Vocational Education
in 1982-83. Copyrighted, 1985. Used by the National Center for Research
in Vocational Education and Project Voice.
Teaching Incentive Program Award for Teaching Excellence,
1996.
Alumni Achievement Award, Longwood College, Farmville,
Virginia, April, 1996.
Nominated Who's Who in American Education,
1994
Distinguished Service Award for Efforts in Developing and
Promoting Sponsored Research 1994.
Young Educator of the Year, Phi
Delta Kappa, 1993
Nominated Graduate Teacher Award, 1993
Nominee
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, 1991 & 1992
Course Selected for Honors Program, 1990 & 1992
Quill Membership
for UCF Authors, March 1990.
Nominated Outstanding Early Childhood
Educator for the State of Montana, 1987.
Nominated for Faculty
Achievement Award in Teaching, Eastern Montana College.
1987.
Outstanding Young Women of America, 1986.
Nomination for
Northern Burlington Faculty Achievement Awards for both Teaching &
Research, 1986.
Excellent Teacher Evaluation List, University of New
Mexico for nine consecutive semesters, 1982-84.
Certification of
Excellence, Pueblo of Acoma Wise Men & Tribal Council, 1981.
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