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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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Self-Care for Teachers
When children engage in behavior that pushes your buttons, it is important to be intentional in how you respond. This resource provides strategies that you might use when a child’s behavior pushes your buttons to help you respond in a way that is supportive of the child.
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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.
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Leading with Compassion: Building Trauma-Informed Pyramid Model Programs
Leadership practices for creating systems and relationships that support staff, families, and children.
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Effective Teaming Strategies
Conducting effective, productive and relational meetings is foundational to Pyramid Model implementation. This set of guidelines for facilitating meetings is evidence and practice based and, when implemented, will result in meetings where people feel their voices were heard and that produced outcomes.
