The children, parents, teachers and preschool administrators who have enjoyed working with Certified Conscious Discipline® Instructor Jessica Shields Flowers over the years have experienced immediate benefits... from increased academic success to healthier emotional lives.

 

Here's a sampling:

 

"Jessica's wise and warm techniques have enabled me to feel confident about how to handle my children. I came to her feeling confused and unsure about how to discipline. She has shown me how to approach these times with love and patience, thereby creating an opportunity to teach and bond, and not to simply rule by fear. In fact, the Conscious Discipline® philosophy applies very well to all relationships—including friendships and marriages.  Moreover, Jessica is fun to get to know and a joy to be around. She has helped our entire family in our mastery of the very important art of self-control and being conscious of our actions."

 

~ Katharine Hastie, parent

 

"Our school has been richly blessed by the Conscious Discipline® training that Jessica Shields Flowers provided for our staff. Our early childhood teachers have found this classroom management technique to be effective and empowering. The atmosphere that Conscious Discipline® fosters is positive, creative and caring.  Jessica is an amazing facilitator who employs a multi-faceted approach to her workshops. She uses music, language, games and well organized plans to engage the participants. This program has changed our method of behavior management significantly. We can see the response of our children and that they recognize that their school is a safe place where care and love abound."

~ Sue Henderson, Director of Second Presbyterian Kindergarten

 

View a video about Jessica Shields Flowers' work with Second Presbyterian Kindergarten!

 

"After experiencing Jessica Shields Flowers' positive discipline sessions as parents, my husband and I learned that we had to first start with our own behavior. We learned to look for positive intentions and respond with caring and loving hearts.

 

"The step process of the training allowed us to see where we made different choices in interacting with our children in the past, but did not cause us to feel badly about ourselves. We became much more patient and were able to see choices in every conflict with our children: choices in how we chose to interact and choices to give the children so they felt more in control of themselves.

 

"Now that our children are teenagers, we find that the philosophy of Conscious Discipline® is even more important, as they are much more independent thinkers and are able to make unsupervised choices. We also see our two older children interacting with these principles with our two younger children. The philosophy is really a life discipline: once it is learned, it is something that an individual will want to continue."

~ Jon and Nicole Dudas, parents

 

"Jessica Shields Flowers is a visionary with a heart for children and their parents. The quality and thoroughness of her work is exceptional. I would highly recommend Jessica in her capacity of founder of Ripple. I think we should all give thanks that Jessica is back in the early childhood field with her God-given talents! You would do well to have Jessica as a consultant for any of your children and family needs."

~ Nancy Peddle, Founder of the LemonAid Fund

 

"There are many great early education administrators who are not great educators, and many great educators who aren't able to grasp the critical aspects of early childhood education administration. Ripple's Jessica Shields Flowers is the rare commodity who can see the global strategic vision of an entire preschool or childcare and still pull a child into her lap to share a snuggle, poke a straw into a stubborn juice box, and express sincere joy at a child's latest discovery. This skill, like Jessica herself, is invaluable—and so uncommon.

 

"As the parent of children who attended a school under Jessica's direction, I can tell you there is no greater feeling a parent can have than to be safe in the knowledge that her child's education is unfolding under the masterful vision of Jessica Shields Flowers. She is connected, expertly, at every level in early education—from her in-depth knowledge of early childhood development, recruiting and staff training, board development and fundraising, and managing and mentoring parents to making the success of each child as paramount in importance as the success of the school itself.

 

"On a personal level, Jessica brings the most delightful and endearing personality to all her projects: equal parts genius, teacher, mentor, coach, mother, and unrelenting field general... she is both a consummate professional and indispensible advisor."

~ Adrienne Alberts, Founder of The Angel's Network

 

"Jessica pushed me to excellence in teaching and made me defend everything I taught with good reasons. Then she supported me 100%."

~  Judith Montacute, early childhood teacher

 

“We loved our early childhood parenting class with Ripple's Jessica Shields Flowers. She gave us tools we could use right away and a common vocabulary for helping our children learn to solve conflicts. She has has a progressive knowledge of early childhood education, and she cares deeply about children and families.

 

"Now, almost a decade later, we still use techniques we learned through our preschool class... and definitely feel Jessica helped us create a strong family culture of support!"

~ Judy and Reggie Fairchild, parents

 

"I've served as director of a preschool for the past three years, and I have had the pleasure of Jessica Shields Flowers’ acquaintance for two of those years. During that time, I have called her on several occasions to seek professional counsel. Whether the issues were related to early education management techniques or children's developmental concerns, she has always been available to listen attentively and she has consistently responded not only with professionalism but with empathy. Following our conversations, I would often receive a helpful article, website address, and words of encouragement from her. It's comforting to know that Jessica is just a phone call or mouse click away!"

~ Lara Davis, Director of First Presbyterian Weekday School

 

"The years at VBCC with Jessica Shields Flowers are truly among my best mothering memories. She was incredibly supportive, mentoring us when we really had no other women to go to but our mothers. Of course, most of our mothers raised us in the ways of the '70s, so Jessica's accepting, child-centered perspective was very empowering and non-judgmental. I learned so much during those years."

~ Kim Koster Gatchel, parent

 

"I had the privilege of working with Jessica Shields Flowers in Virginia. She has a unique ability to create a loving, nurturing environment where all can grow. As the consummate educator, Jessica excelled in managing our NAEYC-accredited preschool, hiring and training the highest quality staff, and developing programs to educate and nurture families... but she never forgot that her highest priority was the children. She could recognize gifts in children that others could not see, and she had the ability to bring out the very best in the staff, too.

 

"By providing training opportunities, mentoring, and a ready shoulder, Jessica helped each staff member recognize and celebrate their gifts as well. Not only did I benefit as a teacher but I gained valuable skills and support as a mother of four children. Along the way, I've learned many life lessons but I often say the best lessons I learned were the ones I learned in preschool. Thank you, Jessica!"

~ Cory Summers Epperson, Financial Administrator, Vienna Baptist Children's Center

 

"Energetic, motivational, enthusiastic presenter who incorporates comedy and real life experiences to actively engage child care providers in the understanding of the social and emotional development of young children."

~ Carletta S. Isreal, Executive Director, Williamsburg County First Steps

 

"Listening to Jessica Shields Flowers share the VBCC philosophy left me with the dizzying feeling that I had stumbled upon a neuroscientist / psychologist / philosopher: a big thinker who gives big hugs, in whom to entrust my child."

~ Claudia Bonin, parent

 

 

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