The new edition of the bestselling The Early Childhood Coaching Handbook is packed with even more practical tools to help early childhood professionals conduct skillful coaching in homes, schools, and communities. View this handout for a quick peek at the new content included in updated edition. Read More
This infographic examines 5 principles—adapted from Early Social-Emotional Development—to keep in mind when developing a proactive approach to promoting social-emotional growth for all children. Read More
This 6-part guided book study, based on The Early Intervention Workbook, provides early intervention teams the opportunity to work together to learn and discuss new ideas in service delivery and ways to improve existing practices. Read More
Challenging behaviors that begin in preschool classrooms often continue through adulthood. To combat this, more early childhood programs are adopting preventative strategies for coping with challenging behavior. This article examines 5 principles—adapted from Early Social-Emotional Development—to keep in mind when developing a proactive approach to promoting social-emotional growth for all children. Read More
Read this excerpt from Merrell's Strong Start—Grades K–2, Second Edition for an introduction and overview of this social-emotional learning curriculum that helps children Grades K–2 develop the social-emotional skills they need to build a strong foundation for school success. Read More
Read this excerpt from Merrell's Strong Start—Pre-K, Second Edition for an introduction and overview of this social-emotional learning curriculum that helps preschoolers develop the social-emotional skills they need to build a strong foundation for school success. Read More
This poster provides an overview of the Teaching Pyramid Infant-Toddler Observation Scale, a tool for measuring fidelity of implementation of practices for promoting social emotional development in infant and toddler settings will be provided. Alignments with the DEC Recommended Practices, and its utility for informing coaching and professional development are also explained. Read More
View the slides from the TPITOS Webinar that was presented by Kathyrn Bigelow, Ph.D., and Dwight Irvin, Ph.D.This Webinar covered the relationship between the Pyramid Model, TPITOS, and TPOT as well as explored the unique features and functions of the TPITOS program. Read More
View this form to see what the TPITOS screening tool looks like, including the format of the screening pages, the types of questions asked, and the way that the tool is scored. Read More
This free 45-minute webinar, hosted by the developers of the TPITOS program, will cover the relationship between the Pyramid Model, TPITOS, and TPOT as well as explore the unique features and functions of the TPITOS program. A live-during-recording Q&A will be hosted by the developers after the webinar. Read More
