Join Sarah Fefer, Shane Isley, & Missy Sieders, co-authors of the new Helping Your Family Thrive: A Practical Guide to Parenting with Positive Behavior Support, for an introduction to positive behavior support (PBS)—the ideal way to prevent challenging behaviors before they occur and improve overall quality of life for whole families. Read More
Despite the discouragement that often develops when faced with ongoing challenging behavior, parents CAN positively impact their children’s behavior. Understanding and implementing the positive behavior support (PBS) process is a key part of resolving these challenging behaviors and building the skills to prevent them in the future. Read More
What is the PTR-YC model, and how can it help resolve persistent behavior challenges in early childhood settings? Find out in this informative coffee chat with Glen Dunlap and Janice Lee, coauthors of the practical guidebook Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children. Read More
We spoke with Ondine Gross—author of Restore the Respect—about how mediation techniques can help ease students’ return to in-person learning once schools reopen, address issues of racial equity in the classroom, and more. Read More
In this coffee chat school psychologist Ondine Gross will discuss how to facilitate restorative teacher-student mediation—an easy, evidence-based intervention that reduces disciplinary actions and promotes wellness in a school community. She will share how restorative mediation brings the teacher and student together in a positive meeting to model social, problem solving, and communication skills. 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
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 the foreword and the chapter 1 introduction of Prevent-Teach-Reinforce: The School-Based Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support, Second Edition. Read More
Discover five simple practices you can implement in your early childhood classroom to improve child behavior. One example is to establish routines within your existing routines. Read More
You’ve got great universal behavior supports in place for your classroom—but every year, you’ll have at least some students who need more. Read More
