Early Childhood Social Emotional: PBIS
Social and emotional skills provide the foundation for our youngest learners in Wayne County to grow and most importantly - thrive! In Early Childhood PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports); teaching, supporting and practicing the development of social and emotional skills is one of the foundational elements to support all children. Partnering with children’s families to support these skills, and to support challenging behaviors, is also essential. The classroom and family resources that you will find on this webpage reflect that - best practice in early childhood education. These materials can be independently used in any classroom setting whether the classroom is participating in PBIS Implementation. We hope you check back often for additional resources.
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Classroom Resources
Young children need intentional, nurturing, classroom supports to develop social and emotional skills. All of the below resources can be thoughtfully incorporated into any early childhood classroom, regardless of the chosen curriculum, with confidence that they will be appropriate for your children and classroom.
Building Emotional Literacy
When children are supported as they explore different emotions, they are building their emotional literacy. This includes naming, recognizing and talking about all of the different emotions that children feel. Children are also building emotional literacy skills as they learn strategies to handle the emotions that they are feeling.
Emotional Literacy Resources
Problem Solving
Young children need support, modeling and encouragement from caring adults to develop the skills needed to work towards solving problems on their own. These resources can also help your classroom further develop problem-solving skills when they are intentionally introduced to children and used in meaningful ways.
Family Resources
Whether you are an educator who is looking for resources to share with a family, or a family member of a young child yourself, we’re so glad you found us. When it comes to helping young children learn about their feelings, create healthy relationships and learn positive ways to work past challenging behaviors - we are all in it together!
Becoming a Problem Solver
Did you know that young children need our help to learn how to solve problems? Below are a few ways that you can help your child become a problem solver at home!
Problem Solver Resources
Developing Routines
When children can predict what comes next in their day it helps them have a sense of security, control and can help reduce power struggles. Take a look at the below materials to help build routines at home for your child!
Developing Routines Resources
Learning Emotions
Young children, just like adults, feel many different emotions! With the help of a trusted adult, children can practice talking about how they are feeling, naming their emotions and learning ways to handle the big feelings that can go along with being little.
Learning Emotions Resources
Supporting Behaviors
When challenging behaviors sneak into your home, it can be so hard to know how to respond the ‘right way’. When adults are able to stay calm, we have the best chance of helping our young children become calm too. Once everyone is calm, and safe, it’s important to reconnect again with your child; then, we can share how we are feeling and talk about what happened. See below for more tips on common challenging behaviors for young children.
Supporting Behaviors Resources
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