Emotional/Social
Emotional Literacy
- Center for Social Emotional and Foundations for Early Learning – Vanderbilt University (Website)
- Storybooks and Beyond: Teaching Problem Solving Skills in Early Childhood Classrooms (Article)
- Teaching Emotional Intelligence in Early Childhood (NAEYC webpage)
- Strategies for Fostering Emotional Literacy in Young Children
- The Benefits of Helping Preschoolers Understand and Discuss Their Emotions
- Building Emotional Literacy in Preschoolers (Video)
- Conscious Discipline (Website)
- Flip It Overview: Devereux Center for Resilient Children (Website)
- Flip It (PowerPoint)
- Flip It (Handouts)
- How the Peace Table Transformed Conflict Resolution in the Classroom (Article)
- Using Social Stories to Ease Children’s Transitions (Article)
- Look, Listen, Touch, Feel, Taste: The Importance of Sensory Play (Article)
- Promoting Young Children’s Social and Emotional Health (Article)
Trauma-informed Care
Managing Behaviors
- Behavior Has Meaning – Video captions available in Spanish (español)
- Fostering Connections– Supporting materials available in Spanish (español)
- Problem-Solving in the Moment – Available in Spanish (español)
- Redirecting Behavior – Available in Spanish (español)
- Stating Behavioral Expectations – Available in Spanish (español)
- Understanding and Managing Children’s Behaviors
Universal Strategies
- (CSEFEL) Center for Social Emotional and Foundations for Early Learning – Vanderbilt University (Website)
- Conscious Discipline (Website)
- How the Peace Table Transformed Conflict Resolution in the Classroom (Article)
- Using Social Stories to Ease Children’s Transitions (Article)
- “You Got It!” Teaching Social and Emotional Skills (Article)
- A Quiet Place for Rough Moments (Article)
- Teachers’ Emotional Consistency Matters for Preschool Children (Research Brief)
Challenging Behaviors Helpline (Flyer)