Recorded Webinars

Description

A critical part to monitoring implementation of the Pyramid Model Framework is reviewing and action-planning around classroom implementation data. The Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool (TPOT) and Teaching Pyramid Infant Toddler Observation Scale (TPITOS)provides practitioner coaches concrete information as to how teachers are implementing Pyramid practices in the classroom. After collecting this information coaches, with teachers can build personal action plans that meet the needs of the teacher and their specific classroom. The measure outlines the critical elements of Pyramid Model implementation, and it allows the coach and practitioner to discuss and plan for implementation of each level of the Pyramid. In this webinar, participants will learn about the features of the these fidelity measures, review instructions for administration, and discuss possible actions gleamed from the data.

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This webinar will provide an overview of the updated Positive Solutions for Families (PSF) materials. Panelists include family members who have participated in PSF workshops before becoming experienced PSF facilitators themselves. Join us as panelists share their experiences using the new materials implementing Positive Solutions for Families workshops. They will share their experiences from a family perspective offering a holistic viewpoint of the PSF experience.

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This webinar provides participants with a process for setting up and implementing a reciprocal peer coaching model in early childhood classrooms. Data evaluating the effectiveness of the reciprocal peer coaching model will be discussed briefly. The presenter will then walk participants through a three-step system for using peer coaching in early childhood classrooms: 1) planning, 2) implementing, and 3) monitoring. Participants will be provided with a peer coaching protocol and examples of data sheets. During the session, participants will have the opportunity to practice conducting a brief peer coaching session.

When young children exhibit persistent challenging behavior, there are impacts to daily routines and activities that affect the quality of life for the child as well as the child’s family, teachers, classmates and other peers. This webinar will provide an introduction to how we can understand a child’s challenging behavior in regards to its form and function. Discussion and examples will be used to explain the importance of gathering functional data/information to establish a sensible and effective path to behavior support.

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Childhood trauma may be more common than you think. Roughly 26 percent of children in the United States have witnessed or experienced a trauma before the age of 4 (Briggs-Gowan et al. 2010). It is highly likely that each provider in Early Intervention has worked with children and their families who have experienced trauma. Providers may not be aware of what a child has experienced, nor how the experiences impact the child and family. Join this webinar to hear more about trauma informed care, the Pyramid Model, and how these approaches support resilience for all children in early intervention, including those who have experienced trauma. This webinar will highlight the experiences of two Early Intervention programs, and will share resources you can use in your own programs.

Learning Objectives:Participants will:

• Receive an overview of what is in “The Pyramid Model and Trauma-Informed Care (TIC): A Guide for Early Childhood Professionals to Support Young Children’s Resilience”
• Gain an increased understanding of how trauma informed care and the Pyramid Model align
• Learn about resources available via NCPMI and the PMC
• Hear from program leaders implementing TIC and Pyramid Model

Many state leaders use the evidence-based Pyramid Model framework as an approach to build social and emotional competence in early care and education programs. Wisdom gleaned by state leaders to systematically implement, scale up and sustain their Pyramid Model efforts are being highlighted in this webinar series. Each webinar includes lessons learned and resources related to specific aspects of statewide implementation. We welcome champions of this work to join, share, and learn with us.

Are you implementing the Pyramid Model in your program or are you just getting started? Data are an important part of Pyramid Model implementation and data decision-making. This webinar will provide an in-depth review of the Classroom Coaching Log and how data from the log can be used to help coaches better understand successful coaching supports and how strategies might be changed to improve teacher practices.

Coaching teachers to use universal Pyramid Model practices can have a positive impact on both teachers’ and young children’s daily experiences in early childhood classrooms. What if there are children in the classroom who need a little more help to follow routines, understand expectations, regulate their emotions, or connect to their peers? Join our panelists as they discuss their experiences and processes for working with teachers to individualize Pyramid Model practices in their classrooms.

This webinar will focus on implementing, scaling and sustaining high fidelity Pyramid Model statewide. Panelists from three states will share their experiences and resources they use to address State Leadership Team structure and membership, policy decisions, strategies for funding, and supporting high fidelity implementation of the Pyramid Model.

Join us for a discussion to learn about how early childhood education and care programs are being guided to use Pyramid Model practices in addressing the needs of young children during the Pandemic and other Traumatic Events. Our panel will discuss the impact of trauma on young children’s social-emotional health and how Child Care Resource & Referral leaders are making a difference in the support of programs.

In this webinar, ML Hemmeter will lead a discussion with a panel of teachers who have been coached using the Practice-Based Coaching framework. Join us as they share their perspectives implementing the Pyramid Model in early childhood settings and insights on how coaching supported their teaching practice.

The Behavior Incident Report System (BIRS) Excel spreadsheet has the capacity to alert early childhood programs of possible disproportionality for various groups of children and a particular factor or outcome (i.e., behavior incident frequency, suspension, expulsion). This webinar will discuss the BIRS Excel spreadsheet’s built-in equity alerts, what the measures of disproportionality mean, and how a leadership team will review them. We will also present resources programs can use in their work towards equity.

Practice-Based Coaching (PBC) is an evidence-based coaching approach that supports practitioners to use effective teaching practices to promote positive child outcomes. PBC can be implemented in a variety of settings, including classrooms and center-based programs, family childcare homes, and early intervention and home-based programs. This webinar will outline the components of PBC and describe how to use PBC to coach early interventionists who are working with families in homes. The panelists will focus on using PBC to coach early interventionists to support families in enhancing their child’s social emotional competence. Panelists will share their experiences using PBC to coach early interventionists.

While Colorado as a state has the highest Indicator 6 data in the country, the Preschool Team at the Colorado Department of Education sought to more deeply understand the quality of inclusive practices being implemented in publicly funded preschool classrooms across the state. This webinar will describe a study that was conducted to gather information from special educators and related service providers on how inclusive practices are implemented in programs and inform barriers to inclusion at the local policy and procedural level. Results of this study will be shared along with next steps the state will take to move forward to improve the dosage and quality of inclusive practices delivered to children.

Today more than ever there is a need to reach out and make positive connections with the families who we work with. In this webinar, you will hear from three panelists and their voices from the perspective of an inclusion early childhood special education classroom teacher, a program coach, and a mental health specialist. Each of the panelist will share successful tips and strategies for engaging and connecting with families in-person and virtually.

You are using the BIRS and have data; now what? This webinar will go through the data decision-making process using the Behavior Incident Report System Data-Based Decision-Making Guide. Participants will learn about where to start with their analysis and how to drill down within the system to arrive at an actionable precision statement.

Shifts in the need for flexible service delivery require professionals to think carefully on the methods used to provide services that still meet FAPE, LRE, and Data requirements. Inclusive practices an be used regardless of instructional modality because of their operationalized nature. This webinar highlights the Early Care and Education Environmental Indicators which can be used to identify practices and provides examples of the elements for online, hybrid, and in-person settings.

Are you using the BIRS or are you planning to use it and have questions about the Excel spreadsheet, the form, or how to begin using it in your program? This webinar will go through some of the common issues programs face when implementing the BIRS and address your questions.

This presentation will focus on specific steps that early care and education administrators and practitioners can and need to take right no to ensure a functional preschool setting during this pandemic. Specific examples from the Pyramid Model will be highlighted.

The Behavior Incident Report System (BIRS) provides early care and education programs with a system to collect and analyze behavior incidents across the program. The system provides an efficient mechanism for gathering information on key elements related to behavior incidents that can be used to make decisions about providing supports to teachers and children. In this webinar we will help participants understand what they need to do to get started using the BIRS in their program.

Sometimes community or world events will impact the work with have with children. This webinar offers strategies for having courageous conversations with stakeholders, provides examples of methods for partnering with families and strategies for special educators to provide distance learning experiences that will enrich social interactions for children without lowering our expectations of inclusion and safety.

The Behavior Incident Report System (BIRS) provides early care and education programs and classrooms with a system to collect and analyze behavior incidents in their program. The system provides an efficient mechanism for gathering information on elements related to behavior incidents that can be used to make decisions about providing supports to teachers and children within the program. In this webinar, participants learn about the Behavior Incident Report system and get a tab-by-tab review of the Excel spreadsheet and the types of analyses it offers.

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) is emerging as an evidence-based intervention for supporting young children’s social and emotional development and addressing challenging behaviors. IECMHC aims to improve the ability of staff, families, programs, and systems to prevent, identify, treat and reduce the impact of mental health problems among children from birth to age 6 and their families. IECMHC occurs within the context of a collaborative relationship between a consultant with mental health expertise and early care and education provider, and/or a family member (Cohen & Kaufmann, 2000). In this webinar, we explain the relationship and role between IECMH consultants and Pyramid Model coaches. We also discuss how coaches can identify when they might need the support of a mental health consultant, and how to locate resources when the staff, families, or children they are working with require access to mental health supports.

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) is an evidence-based approach that pairs mental health professionals with people who work with young children and their families. Professionals who provide IECMHC can be critical partners in the implementation of the Pyramid Model. Join this webinar panel discussion to learn about two different IECMHC models and how each model incorporates the Pyramid Model in their work. The webinar panelists discuss the relationship between mental health consultation and the Pyramid Model highlighting how these distinct approaches align and supplement one another.

Join us for a discussion about the implementation of the Pyramid Model in family child care homes. The panelists describe how Pyramid Model practices are used in family child care homes, discuss how they coach and support family child care providers, and share examples of the use of Pyramid practices by family child care providers.

Practitioner coaches often feel most comfortable providing supportive feedback to practitioners. However, coaches are sometimes left wondering how to provide effective constructive feedback, while still maintaining positive partnerships and buy-in from practitioners. This webinar highlights how the reflection and feedback component of Practice-Based Coaching occurs within the context of collaborative partnerships. Panelists discuss how to prepare for reflection and feedback with practitioners, and share tips and strategies for providing supportive and constructive feedback, and reflective questioning techniques.

When a child is suspended from school, it not only impacts the child, but the entire family. Parents often feel isolated and ashamed. They may also feel defeated with nowhere to turn. Many parents worry about the impact of the suspension on the child’s future, losing their job to care for the child during the suspension period, their child being targeted, and their child’s ability develop and maintain positive relationships with teachers and peers.  During this webinar, parents share the impact of their child’s suspension(s) on the family.

This webinar provides an introduction to Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children (PTR-YC). PTR-YC is an evidence-based model that classroom teams can use to resolve patterns of serious challenging behavior. PTR-YC is a user-friendly model of positive behavior support that is intended to help young children whose challenging behaviors are compromising their social, emotional and intellectual development. The webinar offers a description of the background and procedures of PTR-YC along with a case study to illustrate the PTR-YC process.

• Describe the purpose of social-emotional screening.
• Name several social-emotional screening tools.
• Explain how a social emotional screening tool is administered in collaboration with families.
• Describe how to use screening results to plan next steps based on children’s scores.

This webinar will focus on race and implicit bias in in early childhood programs. Participants will discuss the impact of racial bias on teaching, learning, perceptions of behaviors, and decision making in early childhood environments.

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) is an evidence-based approach that pairs mental health professionals with people who work with young children and their families. Professionals who provide IECMHC can be critical partners in the implementation of the Pyramid Model within early childhood education and care programs including assisting programs with concerns such as trauma, crisis in communities, staff wellness, and connections with community services. The webinar panel will discuss the relationship between the mental health consultant and the Pyramid Model leadership team and the supports that might be provided by the mental health consultant to build the capacity of the program and personnel as they provide services to young children and their families.

Part of the Unpacking Coaching webinar series, this webinar provides an overview of practice-based coaching (PBC) and how it can be used to support implementation of the Pyramid Model practices. Practice-Based Coaching is briefly introduced and then three panelists who have been involved in coaching related to the Pyramid Model share their experiences.

The “Let’s Talk” webinar series, hosted by Dr. Rosemarie Allen, provides panel discussions related to equity, inappropriate discipline practices, and effective strategies. This session will discuss preschool suspensions.

Watch this webinar recorded on 4/27/17 to learn more about Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and the Center of Excellence. This video defines IECMHC, outlines its history, importance and impact, delineates the key messages, and highlights the work of the Center of Excellence.

An IECMH Consultant supports the skills and strengths of program leaders, staff, families, and children during a typical day in a classroom setting. Explore other resources about IECMHC at www.samhsa.gov/iecmhc.

In this webinar, Phil Strain and Ted Bovey introduce you to the LEAP Preschool Model, an inclusive, evidence-based model for young children with autism that was founded in 1981. The webinar begins with an overview of key model Ted Bovey components, follows with a discussion of several key research findings from over 30 years of research on the intervention strategies used and outcomes for children in the program and then wraps up by highlighting some of the key lessons learned about preschool inclusion for young children with autism. The LEAP Model parallels the levels of the Pyramid Model in many ways and similarities between LEAP and Pyramid implementation are briefly outlined.

LEAP’s Quality Inclusion Curriculum (including the Peer Mediated Social Skills Curriculum and Parent Skills Training Curriculum) is available from Teacher’s Toolbox Publishing.

Additional information about the LEAP Preschool Model is available from the Positive Early Learning Experiences (PELE).

In this webinar, Mary Louise Hemmeter and Lise Fox discuss a recently completed, randomized trial that examined the implementation of the Pyramid Model within public school preschool classrooms in Tennessee and Florida that included children with disabilities. They describe the research methods, training and supports provided to teachers, and the outcomes for teachers and children including children with challenging behavior. The discussion focuses on issues related to implementation fidelity, coaching, and measuring the outcomes associated with Pyramid Model implementation.