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Promoting Positive Family Partnerships within the Pyramid Model
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Unpacking the Pyramid Model: A Practical Guide for Preschool Teachers
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Pyramid Model for Promoting Social and Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children
Tertiary Intervention Few
Secondary Prevention Some
A Framework of Evidence-Based Practices
Universal Promotion All
Families and the Pyramid Model
| Practice | Never | Sometimes | Often | Always |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. I am aware of my own biases and I use strategies with all families to affirm culture, language, and identity. | ||||
| 2. I make efforts to personally connect with all families by learning information about the family and their circumstances. | ||||
| 3. I make home visits. | ||||
| 4. I represent each child's family in the classroom in multiple ways. | ||||
| 5. I offer a variety of opportunities for families to be involved in the classroom. | ||||
| 6. I use in-person, paper, and electronic strategies to communicate with families, based on their preferences. | ||||
| 7. I engage in formal and informal bidirectional communication with families that includes information about the good things their children are doing. | ||||
| 8. I use a data collection system to ensure that I have regular, personalized communication with all families. | ||||
| 9. I send home practical suggestions for supporting children's social-emotional development and addressing challenging behavior at home and in the community. | ||||
| 10. I provide families with support as needed so that they are confident and comfortable supporting their children's social-emotional development. | ||||
| 11. I share information with families about community resources related to social-emotional development and challenging behaviors. |
- Helps to address needs, cultural norms, and values of the program and community
- Builds relationships with families
- Honors family values
- Identifies potential cultural mismatches
Ongoing Relationship Building
Making Deposits in Families’ Piggy Banks
How do you make deposits with families?
Options for all family members to engage in classroom. Family has opportunity to share goals. Family culture and identity is affirmed. Communicate using preferred modes of family.
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Communicating with Families
Multiple Ways to Check In + Share
- From everyone
- Classroom team
- Director
- One Another
- In a variety of ways
- App
- Text
- Call
- Meets the families needs
Share Meaningful Information and Connect it to School
Conversations
Strong, authentic partnerships with families makes difficult conversations easier. Ensure mutual trust has been established.
Open Communication
- Share information bi-directionally
- Families feel safe expressing concerns
- Sharing their child’s skill progress
- Reporting changes in their child or family structure
Difficult Conversations: Strategies
- Teamwork is key.
- Provide reassurance of your support and desire to help.
- Express concern related to families’ goals.
- Seek the families’ perspective.
- Foster hope.
- Be committed to supporting the family over time.
Sample Statements
- Your point of view is so important, can you tell me …
- Tell me how … makes you feel?
- I’m not sure that’s what we’re seeing here, but...
Promoting Pyramid Model Practices at Home
Supporting Families to Implement Strategies at Home
- Offer support in a variety of ways.
- Follow up with families.
- Share excitement about skills children are learning.
Emotional Regulation: Tucker Turtle
- School and Home Versions
- Social Story
- Turtle Technique Cards
- Taking a Break: Using a Calm Down Area at Home
- Help Us Calm Down: Strategies for Children
Emotional Regulation: Calm Down
- Help Us Stay Calm, infographic.
- Breathing Strategies.
Problem-Solving Skills
- Social Story
- Problem-Solving Steps.
- Solution Kit.
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Thank You
The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, #H326B170003. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project officer, Sunyoung Ahn.
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