Course Resources – ECED 1389

Books

Koplow, Leslie, 2007, Unsmiling Faces: How Preschools Can Heal, 2nd edition, Teacher’s College Press

Rile, San Juan, Klinkner, Ramminger, 2008, Social & Emotional Development, Connecting Science and Practice in Early Childhood Settings, RedLeaf Press, NAEYC.

Websites

1Ct. Office of Early Childhood ELDS
https://www.ctoec.org/connecticut-early-learning-and-development-standards-ct-elds/ct-elds-forms-and-documents/
https://www.ctoec.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CT-ELDS-Supplement-Diverse-Learners.pdf

Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resourcetag/brain-architecture/

National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations
https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/

CDC COVID-19 Parental Resources Kit – Early Childhood Social, Emotional, and Mental Well-being of Young Children during COVID-19
https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/stress-coping/parental-resources/early-childhood/index.html

Ages and Stages Questionnaire for Social Emotional Development
https://media.lanecc.edu/users/howardc/PTA204L/NeuroRehab%20Handouts/Ages%20and%20Stages%20Questionnaires%20ASQSE.PDF

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel

Classroom Visuals and Supports
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/children-disabilities/article/classroom-visuals-supports

Devereux Center for Resilient Children
https://centerforresilientchildren.org/home/about-resilience/

Adverse Child Experiences- CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/riskprotectivefactors.html

Guide to the Domains with strategies for all children, those with special needs and DLL’s
https://www.ctoec.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CT-ELDS-Supplement-Domains-and-Strands.pdf

Videos

Video from Eastern CT State University: Understanding Challenging Behaviors (potential causes of challenging behaviors)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acAJsiEKxzg

Special Education Classroom Behavior Management Classroom Tour (Environment, K-2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fLCCliOCjI

Equity in ECE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA41uANjDAY

The Pyramid Model (videos and more)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVFwbWZCi3g

Articles

The Impacts of COVID‑19 on Early Childhood Education: Capturing the Unique Challenges Associated with Remote Teaching and Learning in K‑2
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10643-021-01207-z

OSEP, IDEAS That Work Functional Behavioral Assessment and Positive Interventions: What Parents Need to Know
https://osepideasthatwork.org/node/123

DEC Position Statement on Challenging Behaviors
https://www.decdocs.org/executive-summary-challenging-behav

Article Reducing Challenging Behaviors during Transitions
https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/sep2018/reducing-challenging-behaviors-during-transitions

Center for Evidence-based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behaviors
https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/docs/RecommendedPractices_preventing-challenging-behavior.pdf

Teaching Strategies brief article with some specific strategies for avoiding some challenging behaviors.
https://teachingstrategies.com/blog/how-deal-challenging-behaviors-classroom/

NAEYC
https://www.naeyc.org/resources/topics/guidance-and-challenging-behaviors
Multiple links to articles, blogs, books concerning challenging behaviors

Helping young Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: Policies and Strategies for Early Care and Education
https://www.childtrends.org/publications/ecetrauma

Functional Behavioral Assessment and Positive Interventions: What Parents Need to Know
https://osepideasthatwork.org/find-a-resource/functional-behavioral-assessment-and-positive-interventions-what-parents-need-0

 

Podcasts

Big Heart Big World – Podcast for young children and families to support social emotional development
https://www.bigheartworld.org/all-about-big-heart-world/

How Emotional Development Unfolds Starting At Birth
https://www.zerotothree.org/resource/how-emotional-development-unfolds-starting-at-birth/

Children’s Books

When Sophie Gets Really, Really Angry, by Molly Bang

No, David and David Goes to School, by David Shannon

Red, Red, Red, by Polly Dunbar

Hands are not for Hitting by Margaret Agassi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuVbq2Rx3AE
Benny Doesn’t Like to be Hugged, by Zena Elliot

https://www.littleparachutes.com/category/behaviour/aggression-tantrums/
A list of children’s books about aggression and tantrums.