Instructional Support

Teachers promotes children's active engagement

Teacher communicates and provides feedback about developmentally appropriate behavioral expectations

• Establish developmentally appropriate expectations 

• Communicate and demonstrate these expectations verbally and through modeling

• Acknowledge appropriate behavior when it occurs (positive praise)

• Use simple words to explain natural consequences of undesired behavior

• Be proactive to prevent challenging behavior and anticipate challenging behavior before it occurs. (use redirection)

Teacher responds to children in distress and manages challenging behaviors

• Teachers remain calm, supportive, and use a  positive tone during distressful or challenging behaviors

• Respond and support children in distress

• Provide positive attention once episode ends

• Use challenging behaviors as an opportunity to recognize and deal with emotions

• Use strategies such as redirection and planned ignoring

Teacher conveys predictability through carefully planned schedule, routines, and transitions

• Consistent and predictable schedule of routines

• A schedule posted for general routines and follow the  schedule 

• Verbal and visual cues and predictable routines to support children in transition

• Accommodate the needs of individual children