DATES

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 1:00 PM CST
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Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 5:00 PM CST
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TIMES

Module One

Tuesday, Feb 20 from 1-5pm and continued on Wed, Feb 21 from 8:30am -  Noon

Module Two

Wed, Feb 21 from 2:30 - 4:00pm and continued on Thur, Feb. 22 from 8:30am - Noon and 1:30 - 5:00pm

Where

Embassy Suites East Peoria Riverfront Hotel 
100 Conference Center Dr
East Peoria, IL 61611  

 
Driving Directions 

Contact

Michelle Iocca 
Illinois Head Start Association 
 
miocca@ilheadstart.org 

Promoting Social and Emotional Competence: These modules were designed based on input gathered during focus groups with program administrators, T/TA providers, early educators, and family members about the types and content of training that would be most useful in addressing the social-emotional needs of young children. The content of the modules is consistent with evidence-based practices identified through a thorough review of the literature.

Preschool Module 1: Building Relationships and Creating Supportive Environments

Content Includes:

  • Understanding the Relationship between Challenging Behavior and Social Emotional Development
  • Examining Our Attitudes about Challenging Behaviors
  • Building Positive Relationships
  • Designing the Physical Environment
  • Schedules, Routines, and Transitions
  • Planning Activities that Promote Engagement
  • Giving Directions and Teaching Classroom Rules
  • Ongoing Monitoring and Positive Attention

Preschool Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies

Content Includes:

  • Identifying the Importance of Teaching Social Emotional Skills
  • Developing Friendship Skills
  • Enhancing Emotional Literacy
  • Controlling Anger and Impulse
  • Developing Problem-Solving Skills
  • Individualizing Instruction
  • Partnering with Families

COMING SOON!!!!

MODULE 3 (3a: Individualized Intensive Interventions: Determining the Meaning of Challenging Behavior) (3b: Individualized Intensive Interventions: Developing a Behavior Support Plan) 

and

MODULE 4 (Leadership Strategies for Supporting Children’s Social and Emotional Development and Addressing Challenging Behavior)

 

Pyramid Model Training

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What is the Pyramid Model?

The Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children is a conceptual framework of evidence-based practices developed by two national, federally-funded research and training centers: the Center for the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) and Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI). These centers’ faculty represent nationally recognized researchers and program developers in the areas of social skills and challenging behavior. Based on evaluation data over the last eight years, the Pyramid Model has shown to be a sound framework for early care and education systems. 

 

What are the Parts of the Pyramid Model?

The Pyramid Model builds upon a tiered public health approach to providing universal supports to all children to promote wellness, targeted services to those who need more support, and intensive services to those who need them.

We depict our tiered approach as a pyramid with a:

  • Yellow Foundation: The foundation for all of the practices in the pyramid are the systems and policies necessary to ensure a workforce able to adopt and sustain these evidence-based practices.
  • Blue Tier : Universal supports for all children through nurturing and responsive relationships and high quality environments.
  • Green Tier : Prevention which represents practices that are targeted social emotional strategies to prevent problems.
  • Red Tier: Intervention which is comprised of practices related to individualized intensive interventions.

Program-Wide Adoption of the Pyramid Model

Program-wide adoption of the Pyramid Model refers to a systemic effort within a program for Pyramid Model implementation fidelity. In program-wide adoption, a leadership team guides the implementation process and develops the supports and infrastructure needed to ensure that adoption of the Pyramid Model can occur within the classrooms and services provided to children and their families. The Leadership team, with representation from program administrators and practitioners, is focused on the ongoing process of supporting the implementation of the Pyramid Model and using data-based decision-making to guide implementation efforts and monitor outcomes.

The program-wide adoption model ensures that programs are attending to both the adoption of evidence-based practices and the development of the infrastructure to support the durable implementation of those practices. Programs that have adopted this model have experienced the following:

  • Reductions in child challenging behavior
  • Increases in children’s social skills
  • Increased satisfaction of program staff and families
  • Reduced turnover in the program
  • Increases in teachers competence and confidence in the support of children
  • Changes in classroom and program climate
  • Sustained implementation of the Pyramid Model