Child Development and Behavior Handouts
For facts, tips, strategies, and best practices on the teaching and care giving of young children, these handouts provide a wealth of information:
Pyramid Model for Promoting the Social and Emotional Development of Infants and Young Children (PDF format)
- Diagram on fostering the healthy development of young children
Facts About Young Children with Challenging Behavior (PDF format)
- Factsheet about the significance of young children with challenging behaviors, the costs of not addressing these behaviors, and the positive outcomes from early intervention
Supporting Infants and Toddlers with Challenging Behavior (PDF format)
- Monitoring child development; interventions to address challenging behavior
Program Practices for Promoting the Social Development of Young Children and Addressing Challenging Behavior (PDF format)
- Research on and support for the proper social development of young children
Identifying and Monitoring Outcomes Related to Children’s Social-Emotional Development (PDF format)
- Monitoring development through peer interaction, friendship skills, recognition and communication of emotions, problem solving, and anger and impulse control
Preventing Challenging Behavior in Young Children: Effective Practices (PDF format)
- Strategies to avoiding challenging behavior by creating effective classroom environments, proper scheduling, and the implementation of routines and rules
Addressing Persistent Challenging Behaviors (PDF format)
- The five steps to addressing challenging behaviors
Linking Social Development and School Readiness to Behavior (PDF format)
- Social skills for academic success; increasing the school readiness of young children
Being an Evidence-Based Practitioner (PDF format)
- Reasons and strategies for, and challenges and practices of, being an evidence-based practitioner
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