The Pyramid Model Project

Effective Workforce  

An effective workforce is necessary for all practices within the Pyramid Model and its structures. It is to ensure that systems and policies are built and suppported with evidence-based practices. The following materials are supportive of developing an effective workforce in early childhood programs:

• Program-Wide Support for Pyramid Model Implementation - Leadership Team Manual
• Pyramid Model State Leadership Team Guidance
• Roadmap to Statewide Implementation of the Pyramid Model
• Statewide Implementation Guide
• Understanding Program-Wide Implementation of the Pyramid Model
• Early Childhood Education Repository ADE Educator Recruitment & Retention

 Nurturing & Responsive Relationships

Nurturing and responsive relationships are key components of building healthy social development and include working with the child, his or her family, and team members.  

• All Hands on Deck: Integrating Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and the Pyramid Model
• Promoting Social, Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes of Young Children Served Under IDEA
• Understanding Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and the Pyramid Model

 High Quality Supportive Environments

To promote social, cognitive and language development in children, high quality supportive environments are essential. It includes providing inclusive early care and educational environments and support at home. 

• MTSS: for All: Including Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities
• The Pyramid Model for Promoting the Social and Emotional Development of Inants and Young Children Fact Sheet
• The Pyramid Model: PBS in Early Childhood Education Programs and its Relations to Schoolwide PBS
• Why Focus on Quality Inclusion as Part of Statewide Pyramid Model Implementation?

 Targeted Social Emotional Support

Social emotional support delivered during explicit instruction that promotes social emotional development in areas such as self-regulation, expressing and understanding emotions, problem solving and developing social relationships are represented by the following resources: 

• Implementing Positive Behavior Intervention and Support
• Family-Foucsed Interventions for Promoting Social-Emotional Development in Infants with or at Risk with Disabilities 
• Response to Intervention and The Pyramid Model

 Intensive Interventions

Individualized intensive interventions may be needed for a small number of children with persistent challenges working in conjunction with families. 

• Developing and Implementing Intensive Individualized Interventions: Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children
• Implementation: Family Engagement
• Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children: An Interventionmodel for the Most Serious Challenging Behaviors

Training Support

• Get Trained - Pyramid Model Implementation Training
• National Training Institute on Effective Practices: Addressing Challenging Behavior
• Practice Based Coaching Overview

Video Webinars

• Coaching Converastions: Supporting Teachers to Implement Pyramid Model Pracitces Equitably
• Experiencing Inclusion Through Pyramid Model - New Resources from NCPMI
• Introduction to the ePyramid Modules - Online Courses for Purchase
• Partnering with Success: Stories from Early Childhood Professionals and Family Engagement
• The Pyramid Model Goes to Family Child Care Homes
• Statewide Implementation Introduction for Evidence-Based Practices

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