## Positive preschool behavior: Tools to improve children’s social-emotional skills

Any preschool teacher can tell you that behavior is critical to a positive learning and play environment.

Fostering young children's social-emotional development not only smooths out the preschool day for everyone, but also helps children do better later in school and life.

Here are 4 tools you can use to make sure your program is implementing best practices, supporting children's social skills, and addressing challenging behaviors. [Read More](/content/resource-library/positive-preschool-behavior-tools-to-improve-childrens-social-emotional-skills/index.html)

## 10 SEAM benchmarks

Use this tip sheet to help monitor child progress toward social-emotional goals. This handout contains ten benchmarks critical to social-emotional competence. [Read More](/content/resource-library/10-seam-benchmarks/index.html)

## ASQ:SE-2 and SEAM: A perfect pair

Discover how the Social-Emotional Assessment/Evaluation Measure (SEAM™) can be used as a companion to ASQ:SE-2 to create a foundation for effective prevention and intervention. [Read More](/content/resource-library/asqse-and-seam-a-perfect-pair/index.html)

## Using the Social-Emotional Assessment/Evaluation Measure (SEAM ™) with Young Children Webinar

Learn how your program can use the SEAM to reliably assess social-emotional development in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in this webinar presented by Jane Squires and Misti Waddell. [Read More](/content/resource-library/using-the-social-emotional-assessmentevaluation-measure-seam-with-young-children-webinar/index.html)

## Introducing SEAM: Author Q&A

Learn more about the assessment that focuses exclusively on social-emotional and behavioral development in young children. Read this Q&A with the SEAM authors to learn more about the social-emotional assessment tool. [Read More](/content/resource-library/introducing-seam-author-qa/index.html)