With the extended school closures due to COVID-19 throughout the United States, students are having to learn in entirely new ways and facing challenges when it comes to learning during these unprecedented times. The Continuity of Learning resource database offers information, tools, and resources to help educators, parents and families, and related service providers meet the educational, behavioral, and emotional needs of children and youth with disabilities through remote and virtual learning.
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...
This webpage provides resources to support early childhood mental health and social and emotional development. Resources are organized for parents and caregivers; early care and...
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...
Training modules (scripts, powerpoints, training activities, handouts) on practices for promoting social, emotional, and behavioral skills and addressing challenging behavior in the preschool classroom.
Positive social and emotional development and learning in the early years provides an important foundation for lifelong learning and development, including mental health. This page...
The STEMIE webpage provides early care and education systems and programs with resources to effectively engage young learners with disabilities in STEM exploration and learning...
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...
This resource provides information on the use of exclusionary discipline practices within early childhood programs and how program-wide implementation of the Pyramid Model for Promoting...
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...
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...
The Children's Equity Project webpage provides critical information to early care and education systems and programs about the disparities within exclusionary discipline practices and strategies...
The SISEP website helps state and local leaders to support implementation of evidence-based practices and spread of those practices to schools and districts that can...
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...
The IRIS Center develops and disseminates free, engaging online resources that help educators, leaders, and families use evidence-based instructional and behavioral practices to support the...
Educational systems cannot be considered effective until they are effective for all student groups. PBIS provides an ideal framework for increasing equity in student outcomes...
This webiste provides resources to support school-wide implementation of PBIS, as a multi-tiered framework that focuces on three critical features – systems, practices, and data...
This website provides initial steps everyone can take to get started with PBIS, whether you are a classroom teacher, school leader, or a district or...
Initiating, expanding, and sustaining PBIS at the school level requires systemic support from the district, state, or region. Organizing across multiple schools improves efficiency in...