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Growing Ideas Behavior Communicates Selected Recources

Recommend a resource

Books:

  • Brennan, E.M., Bradley, J.R., Ama, S.M., & Cawood, N. (2003). Setting the Pace: Model Inclusive Child Care Centers Serving Families of Children with Emotional or Behavioral Challenges. Portland, OR: Portland State University, Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health.
  • Education Development Center, Inc. (1997). Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors: Relationships are Key. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Head Start Bureau.
  • Porter, L. (2003). Young Children's Behavior: Practical Approaches for Caregivers and Teachers (2nd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing.
  • Saifer, S. (2003). Practical Solutions to Practically Every Problem: The Early Childhood Teacher's Manual (Revised ed.). St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.
  • Stone, J. (1978). A Guide to Discipline (Rev. ed.). Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Articles/Tools:

  • Canadian Child Care Federation. (2000). Tips for Parenting Children with Challenging Behavior [Electronic version]. Resource Sheet No. 48. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Author.
  • Reinsberg, J. (1999). Understanding Young Children's Behavior. Young Children, 54(4): 54-57.

Videos:

  • Ball State University (Producer), Szakaly-Meredith, C., & Matlock, R., (Writers). (1995). Daily Dilemmas: Coping with Challenges [Video & Guide]. (Available from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1509 16th St. N.W. , Washington, DC 20036)
  • Educational Productions (Producer). (n.d.). Reframing Discipline [Video series]. (Available from Educational Productions, 9000 SW Gemini Drive, Beaverton, OR 97008-7151)
  • Evans, B. (2004) It's Mine!: Responding to Problems and Conflict [Video & Guide]. (Available from High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, 600 North River Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48198-2898)

Web sites:

  • Positive Approaches to Challenging Behavior for Young Children with Disabilities. Early Childhood Behavior Project. The purpose of this web site is to discuss positive behavioral supports for young children who engage in challenging behavior.  http://ici2.umn.edu/preschoolbehavior/
  • Practical Ideas for Addressing Challenging Behavior. The Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behaviors' web site listing handouts which offer professionals and family members information on evidence-based recommendations for a variety of topics. http://challengingbehavior.fmhi.usf.edu/resources.html#handouts
  • Preschool Curricula to Address Challenging Behaviors. National Child Care Information Center,U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' web site which  includes information on selected curricula that are research based and have been shown to be effective in reducing challenging behaviors of students in preschool settings. http://nccic.org/poptopics/curricula-ece.html 
  • Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI). Previously known as The Center for Evidence-Based Practice, TACSEI works to raise the awareness and implementation of positive, evidence-based practices and to build an enhanced and more accessible database to support those practices. http://challengingbehavior.org

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