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The Pyramid Plus Center: Scaling up and Sustaining Evidence-Based Practices for Young Children with Challenging Behavior
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Hallett, Geneva; Strain, Phillip S.; Smith, Barbara J.; Barton, Erin E.; Steed, Elizabeth A.; Kranski, Tessa A. – Young Exceptional Children, 2019
The Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children (Hemmeter, Fox, & Snyder, 2013), or the Pyramid Model, is a conceptual framework focused on systemic and sustained implementation of evidence-based practices (EBP) related to promoting social emotional competence and preventing challenging behaviors in…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Evidence Based Practice, Models, Social Development
An Effective Approach to Developing Function-Based Interventions in Early Childhood Classrooms
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Wood, Brenna K.; Ferro, Jolenea B. – Young Exceptional Children, 2014
Due to the unique features of early childhood classrooms, teachers routinely modify the social and physical environment to support children with mild to moderate challenges. Yet despite their access to behavioral consultants, school-based prekindergarten programs are more likely to expel young children from their classroom settings compared with…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Intervention, Educational Environment, Student Behavior
Step Back and Consider: Learning from Reflective Practice in Infant Mental Health
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Gatti, Shelley Neilsen; Watson, Christopher L.; Siegel, Carol F. – Young Exceptional Children, 2011
Reflective practice is used in different fields such as education and mental health. The educational form of reflective practice has been around since the 1930s (Dewey, as cited in Pedro, 2006); it is a problem-solving process that facilitates examination of behavior and responses to behavior. It takes into consideration multiple factors,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Infants, Reflection, Problem Solving
Enhancing Emotional Vocabulary in Young Children.
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Joseph, Gail E.; Strain, Phillip S. – Young Exceptional Children, 2003
This article offers suggestions on enhancing emotional vocabulary in early childhood education settings. A schematic of children's emotional literacy is followed by ways to build emotional vocabulary by teaching directly, teaching incidentally, or utilizing special activities. Suggestions also address teaching children to recognize feelings in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development, Emotional Problems, Expressive Language