Positive Supports for Behavior and Discipline Resource Database

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.

The Excel spreadsheet application and user's guide are tools to aid states in their assessment of racial/ ethnic disproportionality. The spreadsheet application calculates several disproportionality measures, including risk, risk ratio, weighted risk ratio, alternate risk ratio, risk difference, composition, difference in composition, relative difference in composition, the E-formula, and variations of several of these measures for total disciplinary removals.

Did your state receive OSEP comments for Indicator 4 in the FFY2021 SPP/APR submission? An increased focus on significant discrepancies in discipline not only challenges states to examine Indicator 4 but also makes the importance of attending to basics apparent. Understanding concepts like comparison group, calculation method, minimum cell and n-sizes, and threshold is prerequisite before a state examines “reasonably designed methodology” for Indicator 4. Join us to discuss these topics and more! You will leave the webinar with an awareness of the important decision points necessary for consideration when it comes to Indicator 4.

This infographic document outlines how districts can examine discipline data, including exclusionary practices, among subgroups of students, to create "risk ratios."

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.

Trauma-attuned care services integrate an understanding of trauma within all aspects of a programs organizational cultures, policies and practices. This webinar showcases practices and principles of trauma-attuned care and stories from early childhood programs about implementing and innovating these core principles within their early childhood settings.

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.

Panelists will share their experiences as a Pyramid Equity Program (PEP) site, discussing what worked, challenges and overall success in implementing the Pyramid Model, with a specific focus on addressing equity. They will share their experiences using equity tools such as the Behavior Incident Reporting System (BIRS) and the Pyramid Model Coaching Equity Guide.

When a child is suspended from school, it not only impacts the child, but the entire family. Many parents worry about the impact of the suspension on the child’s future, losing their job to care for the child during the suspension period, their child being targeted, and their child’s ability develop and maintain positive relationships with teachers and peers. During this webinar, parents share the impact of their child’s suspension(s) on the family.

This webinar addresses race and implicit bias in in early childhood programs. Participants will discuss the impact of racial bias on teaching, learning, perceptions of behaviors, and decision making in early childhood environments.

In this webinar series, DEC and ECTA host various experts in the field of early childhood special education and early intervention in disrupting the pervasive inequities of our systems. Topics include troubling notions of "at risk," challenging biases about families in home based services, suspension and expulsion in early childhood settings, counteracting racism and ableism in early childhood systems, and engaging in systems change in pursuit of equity.  

This fact sheet summarizes current research findings about suspension and expulsion of children—particularly children of color—from early childhood settings. Recommendations and suggestions are offered for using the Pyramid Model to address this national problem.

This webpage is a compilation of resources on racial equity. It includes information on data, early education anti-racism, language and terminology, organizational culture and change, policy, and professional development.