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The Promise of Pre-K edited by Robert C. Pianta & Carollee Howes
Little Kids, Big Worries: Stress-Busting Tips for Early Childhood Classrooms by Alice Sterling Honig Customer Service
E-mail your questions If you have a specific question or an issue you'd like to see us address, please e-mail us. We welcome your comments at any time! |
Many of today's early childhood leaders evolved into their position without training on how to lead a successful inclusive program. And, yet, most programs include children with special needs so how can a leader equip herself with the skills needed to build a high-quality program? Here are 4 specific tips you can incorporate right away that will help you ensure every child in your program makes progress. Suzette Guiffré
Preventing challenging behavior: Watch the presentation Learn about a multi-tiered approach to preventing challenging behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder or any children in this online presentation sponsored by the Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention. In the talk, Glen Dunlap, co-author of Prevent–Teach-Reinforce: The School-Based Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support, outlines the basic 3 levels of an effective framework:
The presentation is free and includes handouts.
Hurry! Registration for ELLCO training institute closes this Friday Only a few days remain before close of registration for the ELLCO Pre-K Training of Trainers Institute, March 5–6 in Chicago. The 2-day workshop will give you everything you need to know to instruct your colleagues in the use of the Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation (ELLCO) Pre-K tool. Space is reaching capacity, so don't delay!
Strong Kids: A first-tier program for social and emotional learning The January 2010 Psychology in the Schools journal highlights the efforts of the Oregon Resiliency Project to enhance positive social and emotional development of children through social and emotional learning. A major contribution of this project has been the development of the Strong Kids curricula. Strong Kids is used by educators and mental health personnel as a brief and low-cost way to promote social and emotional learning. Read the article by Strong Kids developer Dr. Kenneth W. Merrell for results of several feasibility, efficacy, and effectiveness studies about Strong Kids, along with insight on lessons learned in the development of the program. Watch the video: Bringing science to pre-K How do you take preschoolers' natural curiosity and give them the words and ways of thinking to begin developing a scientist's vocabulary and methodology? The answer can be found in the teaching approach known as Preschool Pathways to Science (PrePS™), which is outlined in a new book by the same name. See the approach in action in this short video clip. You'll hear from Preschool Pathways to Science co-author Kimberly Brenneman, who explains how the PrePS approach came to form the basis of the PBS KIDS® show Sid the Science Kid™. And you'll learn how the PrePS approach builds on children's natural exploration to develop thinking skills critical for later learning.
Stop by and see us at these conferences Conference in Research Innovations in Early Intervention (CRIEI) Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) DEC National Training Institute: Addressing Challenging Behavior Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS) |
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