This module was developed by the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN). This resource is a 508 compliant presentation featuring searchable presentation captioning and video, navigation points, and synchronized, downloadable accompanying materials. This unit discusses behavior management, safety, and building a positive learning environment. The instructor has the user complete exercises in order to better understand the material.

Six modules on behavior management are available from the IRIS Center.   Among the topics addressed in these modules are:  (a) developing a classroom behavior management system; (b) helping students to create behavior rules and procedures for their own classroom, (c) helping students to regulate their behavior; (d) understanding the acting-out cycle; (e) interventions to address disruptive and noncompliant behavior;  and (f) functional behavioral assessment.  Case studies, activities, and InfoBriefs on behavior management are also available.   On this and other topics, Vanderbilt University’s IRIS Center provides free interactive enhancement materials that ...

Short training packages are available that include PowerPoint slides with accompanying note pages, activities, and handouts, which provide a trainer with the materials needed to conduct a short staff development program on a focused topic. The 21 Kits address various practices in classroom behavior management and social/emotional adjustment in children. (The Center on Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning at Vanderbilt University is funded by the Office of Head Start and Child Care Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.)

This program is designed to assist elementary teachers address behavior problems in an effective manner. The classroom strategies presented in this program were selected from among those that have empirical evidence of effectiveness. The purpose of this condensed program is to describe student management programs that work effectively to prevent the future occurrence of antisocial behavior and resolve minor behavioral problems in the classroom.

Start with Success is a website for beginning Florida teachers that addresses new and challenging issues teachers face.  Topics include classroom instructional strategies, behavior management, working with English language learners, working with students with disabilities, and addresseing literacy.

Designed for elementary school educators and school- and district-level administrators, this guide offers prevention, implementation, and schoolwide strategies that can be used to reduce problematic behavior that interferes with the ability of students to attend to and engage fully in instructional activities.

Successful bullying prevention includes education, preparation, and teamwork.  For this purpose, this Toolkit provides specific insights, strategies, activities, and resources to address bullying.  It is designed especially for caregivers and parents of preschool and school-age children and youth to use in child care programs, after-school and youth programs, and camps.  (Eyes on Bullying is a project of the Education Development Center Inc, Newton, Massachusetts, with funding from the IBM Global Work/Life Fund.)

This site provides access to modules that may be helpful for family members, professionals, and individuals on the autism spectrum.  Some of the modules are specifically geared for families as they search for solutions and resources.  The goal is to provide you with a process for problem solving and program development for your son or daughter on the autism spectrum.  Topics are: Family Module 1--About Autism Spectrum Disorders;  Family Module 2--Family Resources and Support;  Family Module 3--Suggestions for Behavioral Programming; and Family Module 4--Interventions and Education. Some links in the modules pertain to Indiana resources but these are generally applicable ...

Edutopia notes that â?It's not enough to simply fill students' brains with facts. Educators must also help children develop the skills to manage their emotions, resolve conflicts nonviolently, and make responsible decisions.â? Accordingly, these two videos address (a) An Introduction to Social and Emotional Learning, and (b) Smart Hearts: Social and Emotional Learning Overview. (Edutopia is published by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, an independent, nonprofit operating entity located in San Rafael, California.)

Here you will find information and select resources that have been compiled specifically with the needs of trainers and technical assistance providers in mind.  These freely available materials  on social-emotional interventions for young children include:  (a) PowerPoint presentations with handouts; (b) tools; (c) web presentations; and (d) other resources.  Two videos are also available for purchase.  (TACSEI is a project of  the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida.  It is funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.)

This is a free product that gives teachers practical strategies, developed from TACSEI’s research activities and experiences in Positive Behavior Support, to create a plan to support young children who are having challenging behavior.  The Teaching Tools provide: (a) easily accessible ideas and materials such as handouts, worksheets, techniques, strategies, and visuals to support children in the classroom and other learning environments; and (b) ideas of effective intervention approaches for children who do not need a functional assessment to determine the function of the child’s problem behavior or a team-based process to address persistent challenging behavior. The Teaching ...

Started in 2000, this site was created to disseminate information about characteristics, assessment, and research-based interventions and services for children and youth with autism spectrum disorders.  A series of training modules has been developed on: (a) characteristics; (b) assessment; (c) academic interventions; (d) behavioral interventions; (e) communication interventions; (f) environmental interventions; and (g) social interventions.  Each module contains an introduction, overview, lecture, quiz, frequently asked questions, references, and forum.  Click the topics at the top of the page to enter each module.  (ICAN is a collaborative effort among ...

This resource is a unit of three lessons that explore and apply the Responsive Process (a) Watch; (b) Ask 'I Wonder' Questions; and (b) Adapt -- Using 'Flexible Responses' to the Behaviors of Very Young Children.   Program staff, education coordinators, trainers, and parents may use this information to build or refresh their observation skills and responses to children's behaviors.  Head Start Program Performance Standards and other resources are included.  (The Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center is a component of the Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families, DHHS.)

CSEFEL has developed an evidence-based, user-friendly parent training series of six sessions to help professionals working with parents promote positive and effective parenting behaviors. They are designed to give parents general information on key strategies that may be used with all children. A facilitatorâ?s guide, family workbook and six modules are available. The modules include PowerPoints, scripts, activities, and some include role plays. Some also include videos. Many of these materials are available in Spanish. (Located at Vanderbilt University, this Center is a five-year project funded by the Office of Head Start and Child Care Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, ...