
Tykes Academy, a Conscious Discipline® Institution
Partnering with Bluegrass Behavioral and guided by Conscious Discipline®, we create safe, connected classrooms.

Partnering with Bluegrass Behavioral and guided by Conscious Discipline®, we create safe, connected classrooms.
Some children need extra support to manage big feelings, build social skills, or succeed in group learning.
Through our partnership with Bluegrass Behavioral Services for Children, Tykes Academy now offers on-site therapeutic support designed to help children and families navigate challenges and build lifelong skills.
Behavior is communication. Through our implementation of Conscious Discipline®, we teach children how to recognize emotions, regulate their bodies, solve problems, and connect with others. Our goal is to build lifelong social-emotional skills that help children thrive at home, in school, and beyond.
Small-group relationships ✔
Consistent caregivers ✔
Family-style meals ✔
Multiple trained educators
Classroom separation by developmental stage
Purpose-built learning spaces
Licensing, inspections, and accountability
Reliable hours and continuity of care

Tykes Academy began as a certified in-home program serving local families who wanted consistent, relationship-based care. As those families grew—and their needs grew with them—we listened.
The Florence location was designed to preserve the warmth and trust of home-based care while adding the structure, staffing, and resources families were asking for.
We focus on emotional regulation, communication, independence, and social development—because children learn best when they feel capable, confident, and understood. Academics grow naturally from there.
From putting on coats to expressing feelings, Tykes Academy prioritizes life skills and emotional development—because readiness starts long before academics.
At Tykes Academy, our teachers are trained in Conscious Discipline, a research-based approach that helps children build emotional regulation, connection, problem-solving skills, and positive relationships.
Rather than simply correcting behavior, we teach children the skills behind behavior: how to calm their bodies, name their feelings, as
At Tykes Academy, our teachers are trained in Conscious Discipline, a research-based approach that helps children build emotional regulation, connection, problem-solving skills, and positive relationships.
Rather than simply correcting behavior, we teach children the skills behind behavior: how to calm their bodies, name their feelings, ask for help, solve conflicts, and feel safe in a classroom community.
Our staff use Conscious Discipline strategies throughout the day, including calm voices, connection rituals, breathing techniques, choices, visual routines, and supportive language. This helps children feel secure, understood, and ready to learn.