6 Ways Families Can Encourage Desired Behavior

Empowering parents and families to support positive behavior outside the classroom helps lay the groundwork for social-emotional health in children. Adapted from the upcoming book Helping Your Family Thrive, here are six proactive tips to share with families and caregivers so they can nurture desired behavior at home. Read More

How Trauma Affects a Student’s Psyche: What Educators Need to Know and Do

If we conceptualize trauma as an "emotional heart attack," what would that lead us to do as education professionals? What would we choose NOT to do? Discover the answers in this presentation by Dyane Lewis Carrere, M.Ed., author of The Re-Set Process, a trauma-informed, neuroscience-based approach to improving behavioral success in children from Grades K–8. This engaging session will explore the ways in which trauma affects children’s psyches: how they feel about themselves and how they relate to others and their world. Carrere will also connect those understandings with practical strategies that attendees can implement in their classrooms and schools. Read More

7 Things Every Teacher Should Know about the Physiological Impact of Trauma

How does trauma affect both the brain and body, and how can teachers best support students with trauma histories? Discover the answers in this coffee chat with Dyane Lewis Carrere, author of The Re-Set Process and an expert on trauma-informed teaching. Read More

8 Tips for Delivering Trauma-Informed Feedback

Students who have experienced trauma often react to both positive and negative feedback a bit differently than other students. Keep these tips in mind when delivering trauma-informed feedback in your classroom. Read More

How to Help All Students De-Stress Using the Re-Set Process—In Person or Virtually Webinar

Developed by a seasoned educator who specializes in trauma-informed teaching, the Re-Set Process is a neuroscience-based approach to improving behavioral success in children from Grades K–8. Read More

The Re-Set Process: Trauma-Informed Behavior Strategies Excerpt

Read this excerpt from The Re-Set Process Trauma-Informed Behavior Strategies to get a preview of Chapter One. Read More

Positive behavior support: What it looks like, what to watch out for

This blog post is filled with practical tips on positive behavior support—what principles to follow, what specific things to do, and what pitfalls to watch out for along the way. Read More

Core features and principles of Positive Behavior Support

Read this excerpt to learn about the five underlying principles of Positive Behavior Support that distinguish it from other approaches to behavior intervention. "Student Snapshots" are provided to help illustrate the principles. Read More

Bully prevention in positive behavior support

Read the excerpt and learn about bully prevention in positive behavior support curriculum (BP-PBS). This excerpt includes descriptions of lesson sequences, supervision components, as well as the benefits of BP-PBS. Read More

Foundations of positive behavior support

Since the mid-1980s, PBS has flourished. Read the excerpt for an introduction to positive behavioral supports (PBA), and discover how PBA can be interpreted as an applied science. Read More