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Tip Sheets
on the topics of Social and Emotional Growth, Challenging Behaviors, and Mental Health
 

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 These tip sheets are for early childhood and special education professionals working with young children in preschool, child care, and early intervention settings to assist teachers and parents in providing the best possible educational opportunities to students in their homes and classrooms.
   
CEED also publishes a series of one-page Questions About Kids for distribution to parents and caregivers.
 

Napping kid

Infant and Toddler

Definition of Infant Mental Health

Guidelines for Referral: Red Flags

Questions About Kids: Additional resources on a variety of infant/toddler topics for parents and caregivers
 
 

Crying child

Preschool

Behavioral Analysis

Challenging Behavior and Children's Mental Health

Interpreting

Inviting and Containing Techniques

Positive Behavioral Support Plans

Recognizing and Coping with Signs of Distress in Young Children

Relationship-Based Teaching: Challenges and Benefits

Therapeutic Language
 

 

Additional Tip Sheets

The development of the following tip sheets was supported by Grant #H029K20171, Special Project to Provide Technical Assistance, Inservice Training, and Site Development for Positive Behavioral Support Strategies for Students with Disabilities, from the U.S. Department of Education, to Scott McConnell, Principal Investigator, Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota; Carolyn Elliott, Principal Investigator, Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning; and Kathie Wolff, Project Coordinator, Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota.

Print all tip sheets (75 pages, pdf)

Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)  

Behavior Modification  

Contingency Contracts  

Cooperative Learning  

Cuing  

Defiance and Verbal Aggression  

Hostile Aggressive Behavior    

Modeling Behavior  

Passive Aggressive Behavior  

Peer Tutoring  

Physical Restraint  

Positive Classroom Environment and Student-Teacher Rapport 

Positive Programming  

Positive Reinforcement  

Schedules of Reinforcement      

Social Contracts    

Glossary  

Bibliography  
 

 

Early Childhood Behavior Project Tip Sheets

These tip sheets are available on the Early Childhood Behavior Project Tip Sheets web page.

  • Challenging Behavior
  • Choice-making
  • Collaboration
  • Communicative Alternatives to Challenging Behavior
  • Contingency Contracts
  • Differential Reinforcement
  • Functional Behavioral Assessment of Young Children
  • High-Probability Request Sequences and Embedding
  • Maintenance and Generalization of Behavior
  • Preferred Item as a Distractor
  • Rejecting
  • Request a Break
  • Request Assistance
  • Self-Monitoring
  • Shaping
  • Token Economies
  • Tolerance for Delay in Reinforcement
  • Glossary

 

Positive Behavior Support Tip Sheets and Resources

The St. Paul Public Schools Early Kindergarten and Early Childhood Special Education Programs developed Positive Behavior Support resources (in whole or in part) with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education, using federal funds, CFDA 84.027A, Special Education - Grants to States. We are pleased to include these resources on our web site.
   

Questions About Kids: Additional resources on a variety of infant/toddler topics for parents and professionals
(If you prefer to view a listing of all publications available, please see the index.)
 

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