Positive Supports for Behavior and Discipline Resource Database

States can use the Organizer Template for Part B SPP/APR Target Setting to briefly document information for consideration when setting new SPP/APR targets for all indicators in the FFYs 2020–25 SPP/APR collection. States can supplement this overview template with the Indicator Organizer for Part B SPP/APR Stakeholder Involvement and Target Setting, which is designed to capture more detailed information on stakeholder involvement in setting targets for individual SPP/APR indicators. Both resources can help states conceptualize indicator target setting and how they will need to solicit and document stakeholder input when establishing indicator targets.

This table details key areas such as methodology, data sources, and reporting considerations for each of the three equity requirements in IDEA.

This tool provides a summary of the data states need to calculate significant disproportionality in the areas of identification, placement, and discipline.

This document assists states with the collection of data on children with disabilities served under IDEA who were subject to disciplinary removal.

This TA guide describes some of the more common methods for calculating disproportionality. The intended audience is state agency staff who must make decisions regarding their state’s disproportionality analyses and those who analyze disproportionality data or interpret the results of those analyses.

Our November 15–16, 2022 SPP/APR Summit brought together data quality influencers from across the country for a chance to connect and collaborate with their peers as they continue to improve the quality of their state’s SPP/APR data. For all sessions, see https://ideadata.org/spp-apr-summit. This session focused on several of the important decisions needed to generate data for Indicator 4A and 4B, including comparison group, calculation method, minimum cell size, minimum n-size, and threshold. It also contrasted Indicator 4 with significant disproportionality requirements.

This resource guide provides technical assistance to state educational agencies to better understand data and fiscal requirements related to CEIS, including identifying the need for mandatory comprehensive CEIS or voluntary CEIS. This guide connects States to relevant resources in areas related to State and local implementation.

Universal behavior screening data can be used with other school data to provide educators with valuable information about the overall level of students’ performance at Tier 1 as well as an indicator of students who may need additional supports. This brief presents guiding questions to interpret screening data in a three-step process: examine student performance for the school as a whole, consider teacher-delivered, low-intensity supports, and make decisions for students who might require Tier 2 and Tier 3 supports.

This tip sheet series provides concise guidance for collecting and analyzing high-quality data on the implementation of evidence-based practices, including those that promote social competence and reduce challenging behavior in young children.

Research tells us that high-quality, supportive early childhood programs have a positive effect on the lives of infants, young children, and families. Recent data show a troubling number of children are expelled or kicked out of early childhood settings, impacting their ability to recieve the benefits that early childhood programs provide. This fact sheet offers data on early childhood expulsion and suspension, resources, and ways early educators and systems can help.

Early childhood education programs play a vital role in supporting the social and emotional and mental health of children and families. This support is particularly important when children and families are exposed to traumatic events or situations that overwhelm their ability to cope. 

Protective factors can help develop children’s ability to cope so that they can become resilient, heal, and recover. Head Start programs are uniquely positioned to provide protective factors, such as strong, trusting relationships and safe, stable environments that promote healing for children, families, and staff.

Head Start Heals supports increased awareness about how programs can help. Explore resources or watch videos here.

Topics include: 

• Trauma basics, and what it means to have a trauma-informed care approach. 
• How trauma intersects with topics including mental health, substance use, domestic violence, and child welfare. 
• How to approach trauma and toxic stress through a culturally appropriate lens. 
• How programs can have difficult conversations with families.

Adult and organizational well-being is critial to the well-being of young children. When adults and systems implement wellness in a meaningful way they are better equipped to build nurturing and responsive relationships with children and manage a wide array of behaviors. These 8 dimensions of staff well-being were adapted from SAMHSA's step-by-step guide to wellness.

This practice guide is a research-based tool aimed at helping early childhood programs eliminate suspensions and expulsions by addressing the underlying root causes. The guide provides information, recommended policies and practices, resources, and tools targeted at three levels or tiers of support to help program leaders.

The Practice Improvement Tools help practitioners implement evidence-based practices. They are based on the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Recommended Practices. These tools and resources guide practitioners and families in supporting young children who have disabilities across a variety of early childhood settings.

The Pyramid Model Equity Coaching Guide provides the classroom coach with a reflection tool to examine the implementation of Pyramid Model practices through the lens of culturally responsive practices and identification of implicit bias. The Equity Coaching Guide is used within the collaborative coaching partnership and ongoing coaching activities to identify when there are equity concerns related to practice implementation.