Policy Statement on Family Engagement: From the Early Years to the Early Grades – Executive Summary
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Audience: State Leaders
Preventing Suspensions and Expulsions in Early Childhood Settings: A Program Leader’s Guide to Supporting All Children’s Success
The purpose of this guide is to provide relevant, specific recommended policies and practices that are actionable and address the underlying root causes and provide effective alternatives. The recommended policies and practices are based on the most important research for eliminating suspensions and expulsions in early childhood settings and were developed with guidance from a panel of national experts.The purpose of this guide is to provide relevant, specific recommended policies and practices that are actionable and address the underlying root causes and provide effective alternatives. The recommended policies and practices are based on the most important research for eliminating suspensions and expulsions in early childhood settings and were developed with guidance from a panel of national experts. Using the interactive guide, program leaders can find resources on supporting social emotional development, reducing challenging behavior, recognizing the role of cultural differences and implicit biases, and more. The guide is intended for those most likely to make an impact and with a great need for resources: early education program leaders in center-based settings who implement policies and procedures and promote practices; however, anyone seeking to learn more about strategies for eliminating suspension and expulsion in early childhood settings can benefit from using the guide.
One State’s Systems Change Efforts to Reduce Child Care Expulsion: Taking the Pyramid Model to Scale
Vinh, M., Strain, P., Davidon, S., & Smith, B.J. (2016). One state’s systems change efforts to reduce child care expulsion: Taking the Pyramid Model to scale. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 36, 159-164.
The Pyramid Model: PBS in Early Childhood Programs and its Relation to School-Wide PBS
A brief article that defines and explains terms related to Positive Behavior Support (PBS), Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), and the Pyramid Model and a discussion of the key areas of similarity and difference between preschool and school-age implementation of a PBS-based multi-tiered systems.
Expelling Expulsion: Using the Pyramid Model to Prevent Suspensions, Expulsions, and Disciplinary Inequities in Early Childhood Programs
This fact sheet summarizes current research findings about suspension and expulsion of children—particularly children of color—from early childhood settings. Recommendations and suggestions are offered for using the Pyramid Model to address this national problem.
Implementing Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support: The Evidence-Base of the Pyramid Model for Supporting Social-Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children
This document offers a brief overview on the development of the Pyramid Model and discusses the evidence for the Pyramid Model practices.
Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children (PTR-YC)
Authors: Glen Dunlap Ph.D., Kelly Wilson B.S., Phillip S. Strain Ph.D., Janice K. Lee M.Ed. Now early childhood professionals have their own guide to the popular Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) model—the research-proven, family-centered approach used in schools nationwide to resolve challenging behaviors. Developed by top behavior experts, this practical, reader-friendly guidebook shows you how to improve the social emotional development and prevent challenging behaviors of young children in preschool settings by: 1) Preventing behavior problems; 2) Teaching proactive communication and social skills; 3) Reinforcing positive behavior.
Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children: An Intervention Model for the Most Serious Challenging Behaviors
This webinar provides a description of Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children, a model of intervention for young children with the most persistent and severe challenging behaviors.?The model is based on the well-established procedures of positive behavior support, but is designed to help providers implement the assessment and intervention strategies with a high level of fidelity, leading to improved effectiveness. PTR-YC is a process for use in early childhood care and education settings, including pre-K classrooms, and consists of teaming and goal setting, practical data collection, functional behavioral assessment, intervention planning and implementation.?All steps are designed for use by typical early childhood providers.
