NECTAC: Promoting the Social, Emotional and Behavioral Development and Outcomes of Young Children: Recommended Practices and Resources

Presenters:


Rob Corso, Ph.D	Lise Fox, Ph.D	Barbara Smith, Ph.D

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NECTAC, the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning, and the Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior collaborated to present a discussion about promoting the social and emotional development of young children. Faculty members Rob Corso, Lise Fox, and Barbara Smith described a comprehensive prevention, promotion, and intervention framework which integrates evidence-based practices to address the social-emotional and behavioral needs of young children birth – five and their families and identified resources that may be used for personnel preparation, policy and program guidance.

A multimedia recording of the call as well as Call Resources and Related Links used in the call are linked below. The NECTAC facilitator for the call was Kathy Whaley.

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Objectives

Participants will be provided with information on the factors that relate to young children’s challenging behavior and the outcomes associated with a developmental trajectory that includes challenging behavior in the early years of development.
Participants will be provided with a conceptual framework, the teaching pyramid model, and the evidence-based strategies for prevention, promotion, and intervention in the area of young children’s social and emotional competence.
Resources will be described that can assist in preparing personnel, identifying intervention strategies, promoting the importance of early intervention in the social emotional domain, and providing information on effective practices to families and professionals which can facilitate improved social, emotional and behavioral outcomes for young children birth - 5.

Call Resources

619 Policy Brief (PDF: 55kb)