Social-Emotional/Behavioral Interventions and Classroom Management
In order to support the development and well-being of all children, it is important that Early Childhood educators develop knowledge and skills to implement social-emotional/behavioral interventions and classroom management strategies. The following websites provide research based strategies related to social-emotional/behavioral interventions and classroom management.
Division for Exceptional Children (DEC) Position Statements:
The DEC position statements provide guidance for early childhood professionals regarding
the identification of and intervention of challenging behavior. Current statements
can be accessed here: http://www.dec-sped.org/position-statements
Growing Ideas Tip Sheets and Resources for Guiding Early Childhood Practices
The University of Maine’s Center for Community Inclusion and Disabilities Studies
has developed some resources for addressing challenging behavior: http://ccids.umaine.edu/resources/ec-growingideas/social-emotional-development/
The National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI)
The National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations assista states and programs in their
implementation of sustainable systems for the implementation of the Pyramid Model
for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children (Pyramid
Model) within early intervention and early education programs with a focus on promoting
the social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes of young children birth to five, reducing
the use of inappropriate discipline practices, promoting family engagement, using
data for decision-making, integrating early childhood and infant mental health consultation
and fostering inclusion: http://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/index.html
NCPMI provides intensive individualized interventions to individual children with challenging behavior through Behavior Intervention and Positive Behavior Support : http://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/Pyramid/pbs/index.html
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
The CSEFEL website provides resources that focus on promoting the social emotional
development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. It includes a variety
of resources for both professionals including the What Works Briefs: Summaries of
Effective Practices for Supporting Children's Social-Emotional Development and Preventing
Challenging Behaviors and video clips that explore strategies related to social emotional
development. The What Works Briefs can be accessed here: http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/resources/what_works.html.
The video clips can be accessed here:
http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/resources/videos.html
Moving Right Along. . . Planning Transitions to Prevent Challenging Behavior
This journal article focuses on using strategies for planning and implementing more
effective transitions:
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Preventing and Addressing Challenging Behavior : Common Questions and Practical Strategies
This journal article addresses common questions teachers have about challenging behaviors
and provides practical strategies for how to prevent and address these behaviors.
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Children's Specialized Hospital - The Community Hub
The Community Hub, an educational community outreach initiative of Children's Specialized
Hospital, is a virtual community containing resources for children with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD), family members, and other community members.
The Zero to Three web site offers podcasts that provide strategies for addressing social and emotional development.
Promoting Social Behavior of Young Children in Group Settings: A Summary of Research
This research summary by Dunlap and Powell, provides a summary of evidence based practices that support the development adaptive social-emotional behavior of young children in group contexts. PDF