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Visual Supports for Routines, Schedules, and Transitions
This resource provides families with instructions and resources to develop and use visual schedules, routine cards, and first/then boards.
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Feeling Wheel (English-Spanish)
The Feeling Faces assist children with understanding their feelings and the feelings of others. It is important to teach children words to use to express feelings in replace of the use of challenging behavior. The feeling faces that follow can be used in a variety of ways to help children learn social emotional skills around…
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Responding to Your Child’s Bite
Many toddlers and young children bite. Developmentally, most toddlers don?t have enough words to express how they are feeling. They primarily rely on sounds and actions to communicate what they are thinking and feeling. Biting is one of the ways toddlers express their needs, desires, or feelings. This handout provides information on why children bite,…
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Addressing Behavior – How to Help Your Child Stop Biting
The Backpack Connection Series was created by TACSEI to provide a way for teachers and parents/caregivers to work together to help young children develop social emotional skills and reduce challenging behavior. Teachers may choose to send a handout home in each child’s backpack when a new strategy or skill is introduced to the class.
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Talking to Very Young Children about Race
Across the country, families and educators are examining issues of racism and equity. This guide provides information about how young children perceive race and suggestions for how to talk about race with young children.
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Taking a Break: Using a Calm Down Area at Home
This resource includes instructions and tips for families on how to create a calm down area at home.
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Positive Feedback and Encouragement
Providing positive encouragement is a powerful practice for helping children meet behavior expectations. This fact sheet provides ideas for how caregivers can deliver positive encouragement.
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Talking to Very Young Children about Race (Spanish)
Across the country, families and educators are examining issues of racism and equity. This guide provides information about how young children perceive race and suggestions for how to talk about race with young children.
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Communication is Key
Providing directions in a positive way is a powerful practice for helping children meet behavior expectations. This resource provides ideas for how caregivers can state directions in positive terms.
