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National Center for Systemic Improvement at WestEd, 2018
Measuring children's social and emotional development can provide valuable information about how children are progressing in areas such as forming close and secure relationships, regulating and expressing their emotions, and showing empathy toward others. This resource provides information to early childhood practitioners and administrators…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Young Children, Measures (Individuals)
Gartrell, Dan – Redleaf Press, 2020
In this follow-up to "Guidance for Every Child," author Dan Gartrell, EdD, expands on the advice broached in that book -- that children need guidance rather than discipline. Guidance is teaching for healthy emotional and social development. On a day-to-day basis as conflicts occur, guidance is teaching children to learn from their…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Best Practices, Conflict Resolution
Estes, Elizabeth; Davis, Jeff; Shilton, Adrienne; Stoner-Mertz, Christine; Funk, Michael; Eisenberg, Lisa; Weller, Teneh; Knecht, Richard S.; Kelley, Veronica; Kain, Lara; Peck, Jennifer; Rosario, Aleah; Lombardo, Michael; Kimner, Hayin; Jacobs, Melissa; Dickey, Amanda; Epstein, Ken; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alcala, Lupita; Caparas, Ruthie; Coley, Aressa; Justus, Marianne; Willis, Jason; Larsen, Karen – WestEd, 2022
This field guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving education, health, and social service experts and leaders to further California's current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The guide includes guidance for both local education agencies (LEAs) and state leaders,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, School Districts, Public Officials
Henderson, Jasolyn; Strain, Phillip – Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children, 2009
Universal screening enables service providers and families to quickly identify difficulties and implement strategies that are likely to lessen the probability of longterm negative outcomes including severe persistent challenging behaviors. The practice of universal screening is in line with the prevention approach that is the foundation of the…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Social Development, Emotional Development, Young Children
Dunst, Carl J.; Trivette, Carol M.; Hamby, Deborah W. – Winterberry Press, 2006
The belief that adoption of, adherence to, and use of family support principles is associated with better parent, family, and child outcomes has for the most part gone untested but not unchallenged. This monograph investigates the relationship between practitioner adherence to family support principles and parent, family, and child behavior and…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Program Effectiveness, Methods, Parents
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Riley, Dan – Education and the Law, 2007
Under Prime Minister Tony Blair's New Labour government, increased criminalisation of previously non-criminal behaviour, anti-social behaviour and greater accountability of children and parents for their behaviour were evident. The article provides an overview of anti-social behaviour legislation and the implications for children, schools and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Well Being, Infants, Antisocial Behavior
Keiser, Susan – Camping Magazine, 1996
Presents staff tools for dealing with upset campers whose parents are divorced or separating, such as acknowledging and listening. Gives tips and sample legal language on how to determine marital status and parenting arrangements; whom to call with questions; and which parent can enroll, visit, authorize medical treatment for, and pay the bill for…
Descriptors: Camping, Child Behavior, Divorce, Family Problems
Hemmeter, Mary Louise – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2007
Many families of children with challenging behaviors have experienced multiple changes in child care because of their child's behavior. While this is disruptive for families, it has even more serious consequences for children. For these children, consistency and continuity is critical to their long term outcomes. In order to build the capacity of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Young Children, Emotional Development, Behavior Problems
Bagnato, Stephen J.; Elliott Stephen N., Ed.; Witt, Joseph, C., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2007
Meeting a crucial need, this book provides clear recommendations for authentic developmental assessment of children from infancy to age 6, including those with developmental delays and disabilities. It describes principles and strategies for collecting information about children's everyday activities in the home, preschool, and community, which…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Early Intervention, Child Development, Preschool Children
Thornton, Timothy N., Comp.; Craft, Carole A., Comp.; Dahlberg, Linda L., Comp.; Lynch, Barbara S., Comp.; Baer, Katie, Comp. – 2000
This sourcebook, which builds on a 1993 publication, "The Prevention of Youth Violence: A Framework for Community Action," offers insight into best practices to prevent violence by children and adolescents. It was developed with input from people working to prevent youth violence and people whose positions made them likely to play a role…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Child Behavior, Child Development
Thornton, Timothy N., Comp.; Craft, Carole A., Comp.; Dahlberg, Linda L., Comp.; Lynch, Barbara S., Comp.; Baer, Katie, Comp. – 2001
The Spanish-language version of this best practices sourcebook builds on a 1993 publication, "The Prevention of Youth Violence: A Framework for Community Action." It offers insight into tested strategies to prevent violence by children and adolescents. It was developed with input from people working to prevent youth violence and people…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Child Behavior, Child Development
Groark, Christina J., Ed.; Mehaffie, Kelly E., Ed.; McCall, Robert, Ed.; Greenberg, Mark T., Ed. – Corwin Press, 2006
School and district administrators, as well as policymakers, are increasingly recognizing that early education and intervention services for young children have a direct and positive impact on later school performance and quality of life. But which programs and services should be operated and funded? To answer that question, this book highlights…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Second Language Learning, Special Needs Students, Demonstration Programs