Top 10 De-escalation Tips for Educators

 

These 10 de-escalation tips provide strategies and techniques to help you respond to difficult behavior in the safest, most effective way possible.

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Sesame Street Workshop: Emotional Well-Being

 

This resource offers several videos and articles on emotional well-being.

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Play I Notice, I Feel, I Can

 

Children can help their Sesame Street friends manage their big feelings with a three-step strategy.

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Attachment: Using Transitional Objects to Cope with Separation and Change

 

Part 5 of the series on attachment continues the conversation on helping children cope with separation and explores the use of transitional objects as supports.

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5 Theater Games to Build Young Learners’ Executive Functioning

 

Research finds that dramatic play games can help students develop self-control and improve their listening skills.

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My Body, My Brain Song with Elmo and Friends

 

It's all connected! Healthy bodies help support our healthy brains so that we can feel good inside and out.

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Tips for De-escalating Angry Children in The Classroom

 

This resource shares several videos to help de-escalate children in the classroom.

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A De-escalation Exercise for Upset Students

 

A simple technique that takes just a few minutes can help an agitated student regain the state of mind needed for learning.

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Wes And Elijah Go Heart to Heart

 

 Moments of connection help you create a warm, supportive emotional space for both you and your child!

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Autocuidado Para Maestros

 

Este recurso ofrece estrategias para maestros que pueden usarse cuando el comportamiento de los niños lo provoque.

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The Wellbeing Center for Educators and Families

Expertise, ideas and conversation about mindful learning and development at home and school.

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De-Escalation Techniques for Kids: Mirror and Match

 

The “Mirror and Match” de-escalation technique for kids involves using your body to show validation for someone and that you’re taking them seriously during their outburst.

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Definitions of Classroom Coaching Strategies

 

 This resource offers types of coaching strategies that can be used during focused observations.

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25 Activities for Middle School Executive Functioning Success

 

 Here are 25 activities you can do with your students to help build their executive functioning skills.

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Supporting vs. Enabling

 

Find out how to tell what's helping and what's not when a child has emotional or learning challenges.

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10 Quotes About Creating an Authentically Inclusive Classroom

 

This resources offers 10 great, insightful quotes on establishing authentically inclusive classrooms where every student thrives.

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Attachment And Childcare Relationships

 

In Part 2 of the series on attachment, this podcast discusses how early childhood educators can promote strong relationships between caregivers and very young children through responsive, consistent caregiving.

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What Is Social and Emotional Learning?

 

This resource by the Child Mind Institute explains the details of the basic framework of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), which includes self-awareness, social awareness, responsible decision-making, self-management, and relationship skills. It then shares what SEL looks like in the classroom, how parents can support SEL at home, and things you can do if you think a child needs additional SEL support.

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Attachment: Supporting Parent Child Relationships and Separation

 

During Part 4 of the series on attachment, Dr. Mary Harrison shifts the focus of conversation to the topic of separation, and ways early childhood educators promote parent child relationships during arrivals and departures.

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Attachment And Exploration

 

Part 3 of our series on attachment continues the conversation about responsive caregiving practices, with a focus on the importance of providing a secure base for infants and toddlers as they begin to explore the world.

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Creación de un Entorno de Juego Enriquecido

 

 Uno de los papeles de un profesional del cuidado infantil y la educación temprana es el del arquitecto del entorno en el que los niños juegan y aprenden. Las siguientes son algunas estrategias para crear un entorno enriquecido para el juego.

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Attachment: What Is It and When Does It Develop?

 

This podcast in the first in a series focusing on attachment during the first two years of life, and the role that early educators play in this important social emotional process.

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Social And Emotional Learning

 

Explore the resources found on here for more information about social and emotional development and learning.

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Creating A Rich Play Environment

 

One of the roles of an early care and education professional is that of the architect of the environment in which children play and learn.  The following are some strategies to create an enriched environment for play.

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Activities Guide: Enhancing And Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence

 

This 16-page guide, describes a variety of activities and games that represent age-appropriate ways for adults to support and strengthen various components of Executive Function and Self-Regulation in children.

 

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How To Introduce Journaling to Young Children

 

Students in preschool through second grade can benefit from drawing or writing to explore their thoughts and feelings.

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Building Quality Connection with Children: Two Minute Tip

 

 In this video resource shares some tips for connecting with the children in your care.

Big Feelings! Two Minute Tip

 

 In this video, find out how to handle your big feelings and that of children.

The Role of Adults in Play: Two Minute Tip

 

Learn how adults can get involved in play in this two-minute video.

Mind-Body Connection for Kids

 

When children have a strong awareness of how they move, and how they feel in their bodies, that’s when they are starting to embody physical literacy. They’re feeling the mind-body connection.

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Emotional Intelligence Explained

 

“Janet Patti and Robin Stern are experts in emotional intelligence and co-creators of a coaching model for educational leaders that’s centered on emotional intelligence. In the video, Patti describes the “competencies” of emotional intelligence—self awareness, self management, social awareness, and relationship management—and explains why it matters for educational leaders.”

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How To Build Executive Function Skills in Preschool

 

From imaginative play to storytelling, certain activities help build self-regulation, memory, and planning skills—setting the littlest learners on a pathway to academic success.

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First 5 California: Family Resources

This resource for parents and families offers information First 5.

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What Does OCD Look Like in the Classroom?

 

This resource from the Child Mind Institute shares how to identify if a child might be struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in the classroom, and find ways to assist them.

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Butterfly Breathing with Abby Cadabby

 

Here’s one of the many ways we can take care of our big feelings. It works for grown-ups, too!

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Anger And Parenting

 

This visual resource helps parents to learn how to respond to angry feelings without hurting themself or their child.

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The Source for Learning Early Childhood Education Archived Webinars

 

Check out these Early Childhood Education archived webinars provided by The Source for Learning. You can access recorded webinars on a variety of topics for teachers and program administrators, ranging from family engagement and physical development to leadership, stress management and more!

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7 Practical Calming Strategies for Kids: The Free Online Course

 

 A free online mini course recommended for parents of children ages 2-9.

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Specific Strategies to Support the Development of Executive Function Skills in Infants and Toddlers: 6 To 18 Months

 

Executive function skills are mental processes that help a person successfully plan, focus, remember, and juggle multiple tasks by filtering distractions, prioritizing tasks, setting, and achieving goals, and controlling impulses. These skills are crucial for learning and development and enable positive behavior and self-regulation.

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Will Multiracial Kids Lead the Way to Racial Harmony?

 

In this podcast, we will listen to myths about race and kids and lay out what we know about how kids actually learn about race.

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10 Ways to Get More Active in Just 10 Minutes

 

Here are some small ways to build physical activity into your daily routine.

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Feelings Detective with Elmo and Friends

 

Help little one’s notice, understand, and name their emotions and those of others.

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Help Me Grow California

 

Early identification of special needs and developmental delays is critical to your child’s success. Here’s a program to help you find services and resources across California.

 

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The Help Me Grow Network

 

This resource offers a network of support from Help Me Grow in all California counties.

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Sympathetic Nervous System

This visual resource offers information on our sympathetic nervous system. A network of nerves that function as your body’s build-in alarm system.

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