Guidance

Managing Everyday Challenges through Positive Guidance (DVD)

vsheehan@naeyc.org — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:42:23 -0400

This video includes three programs: Developing positive relationships to support young children's social and emotional development (24 min.); preventative practices in the preschool classroom (35 min.); and developing social skills and utilizing positive guidance strategies in managing everyday challenges (34 min.). From Arlitt Instructional Media in association with Purdy Productions.

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Young Children Journal - July 2011

vsheehan@naeyc.org — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:14:22 -0400

Young children need caring, responsive adults who build relationships with them and who provide developmentally appropriate experiences. They need adults who implement individualized strategies for children whose behavior interrupts their optimal development and learning. The July 2011 issue of Young Children focuses on "Behaviors that Still Challenge Children and Adults." Theme articles focus on dual language learners with challenging behaviors, rough play, superhero play, sexual development in young children, positive behavior strategies, and self-regulation.

Challenging Behavior in Young Children: Understanding, Preventing, and Responding Effectively (3d ed.)

root — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:01:28 -0400

The revised edition of this perennial favorite provides new research-based strategies to help preservice and practicing teachers understand, prevent, and respond effectively to challenging behaviors. Useful for primary, preschool, and child care educators, this book includes practical tips for responding to children’s needs and helping them know what’s expected. Includes new material on inclusion, autism, culture, and dual-language learning. From Pearson.

Classroom Moments (DVD)

root — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:02:35 -0400

This instructional, interactive DVD includes 28 video clips of varying lengths captured in actual early childhood classrooms. The clips are divided into six instructional categories: Prevention in Action, Positive Guidance in Action, Learning Opportunities, Developing Observation Skills, Case Study: Pre-Intervention, and Case Study: Intervention. A 60-page Trainer Guide is included on the disc, with suggestions for using each video clip in training, leading group discussions, and conducting small group activities.

Facing the Challenge (2-DVD Set)

root — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:02:35 -0400

Facing the Challenge is an instructional, interactive DVD video developed by the Devereux Early Childhood Initiative (DECI) and Video Active Productions in partnership with NAEYC. Training and documentary material help teachers learn how to prevent children’s use of difficult behaviors and develop intervention strategies to work with children who use challenging behaviors to meet their needs.

Facing the Challenge Disc 1 (DVD)

root — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:02:35 -0400

Facing the Challenge Disc 2 (DVD)

root — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:02:35 -0400

Facing the Challenge is an instructional, interactive DVD developed by the Devereux Early Childhood Initiative (DECI) and Video Active Productions in partnership with NAEYC. Training and documentary material help teachers learn how to prevent children’s use of difficult behaviors and develop intervention strategies to work with children who use challenging behaviors to meet their needs.

Disc 2:

–Prevention strategies

Guiding Children's Behavior: Developmental Discipline in the Classroom

root — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:02:32 -0400

Guiding Children's Behavior is a comprehensive guide to classroom management, emphasizing observation as the best way to determine developmentally appropriate interventions. By following a process for observing children, educators will learn how to see beyond children’s manifest behavior to focus on their motivations, needs, and interests.

Essential Touch: Meeting the Needs of Young Children

root — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:02:33 -0400

Some early childhood programs have adopted no-touch policies, and others allow only a very minimal level of physical contact between teachers and children. Yet touch is as necessary as food or water for young children to thrive and grow physically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally. Experiences of touch in all its forms—whether nurturing touch from adults, tactile explorations of the environment, or physical interactions with peers—are essential to high-quality early care and education.

La construcción de circulos, la ruptura de ciclos

root — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:43:03 -0400

Spanish version of "Building Circles, Breaking Cycles—Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect: The Early Childhood Educator's Role" (DD2). This brochure helps early childhood educators realize they have a role in preventing—not just reporting—child abuse and neglect. Empowers educators to use their knowledge and skills to support families in a variety of ways to help prevent harm to children.