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"At every tier of the Pyramid Model, practitioners and programs should consider what strategies might be used to welcome and support diverse families; how to create opportunities to learn from families; strategies for partnering with families to promote child outcomes; and providing the supports and services that families might need to promote their child’s skill development."
Source: Implementing partnerships with families to promote the social and emotional competence of young children. (Fox & Swett, 2017, p. 86).
NEW: Pyramid At Home Series
NEW: Pyramid At Home Series
Engaging Families with the Pyramid Model
Wondering how to engage families in Pyramid Model strategies and enhance the home/school connection? Checkout the new Pyramid at Home series, designed to provide Implementation Sites with easy to use handouts to share with families that include helpful hints on how to support social emotional development at home and in the community. There are two options for using this resource:
Wondering how to engage families in Pyramid Model strategies and enhance the home/school connection? Checkout the new Pyramid at Home series, designed to provide Implementation Sites with easy to use handouts to share with families that include helpful hints on how to support social emotional development at home and in the community. There are two options for using this resource:
Download the handouts to the left and print them out or share electronically with families and caregivers.
Personalize each of the handouts by clicking on the CANVA template below and personalizing it to your program:
CANVA Template for Pyramid at Home: Emotions
CANVA Template for Pyramid at Home: Routines
Canva is a graphic design platform with hundreds of templates for infographics, newsletters, and more. You can access and edit these handouts to personalize them to your program by creating a free Canva account.
Learn how to create an account and edit a template by watching these short videos.
Step 1: Create a Free Canva Account (watch from beginning to 3:55 min)
Step 2: How to Access a Template that someone shared with you in Canva (watch from 1:49-3:54)
NCPMI Teacher Guides-English/Hmong/Somali/Spanish
NCPMI Teacher Guides-English/Hmong/Somali/Spanish
Take advantage of this new resource from NCPMI. Each Teacher Guide is designed to support families in strengthening their interactions with children around specific social emotional topics.
Guides include the following:
Handout for teachers on how to use the resource
Handout for families describing the topic and ways to promote it (translated versions available)
A Family Engagement Activity sheet to promote use of the topic area (translated versions available)
Family Engagement Planning
Family Engagement Planning
As you create your Family Engagement Plan, it is helpful to consider:
As you create your Family Engagement Plan, it is helpful to consider:
How will you introduce new families to the Pyramid Model?
What information will you include?
What information about social-emotional development might you share to create strong home/school partnerships? When will each resource be shared? How will it be shared?
Can you add Pyramid Model information to current family engagement activities?
How will ensure all families can access the information?
How will you seek input and feedback from families about the Pyramid Model and social-emotional learning?
When children need individual supports, how will you meaningfully partner with families to create support plans? What steps will staff take? When in the process will families be included?
Communicating-with-Families-PM Resource.pdfCommunication Tips
Communication Tips
Ideas to ensure equal access to information
Copy of PTRYC_what-to-expect.pdfPTR-YC Information
PTR-YC Information
Creating a partnership for individual child support
Family Survey Templates
Family Survey Templates
Family Engagement Survey
Family Engagement Survey
The Pyramid Model State Implementation team has created a Family Survey template to help your program better understand the family perspective of Pyramid Model implementation, and can also provide insight into families communication preferences. In addition, the survey template provides the opportunity for a family to provide feedback on Pyramid Model implementation at your site.
The Pyramid Model State Implementation team has created a Family Survey template to help your program better understand the family perspective of Pyramid Model implementation, and can also provide insight into families communication preferences. In addition, the survey template provides the opportunity for a family to provide feedback on Pyramid Model implementation at your site.
There are a few considerations that should be made before sending out this survey:
Add your school logo/branding as you see fit to customize this survey for your site.
Add/remove questions as needed to meet your site’s needs.
If you are sending this to a family where English is not their primary language, or to families that may struggle with written communication- please provide appropriate assistance to them to complete the survey.
Short & Sweet Survey to Families at End of Year
Short & Sweet Survey to Families at End of Year
Thank you to Perham Dent for sharing the questions they send in a survey to families at the end of each school year. Five simple questions, but such great feedback to receive.
Family Engagement Resources
Family Engagement Resources
Visual Schedules , Solution Toolkits, and Problem Solving Steps for the Home
Visual Schedules , Solution Toolkits, and Problem Solving Steps for the Home
Solution Toolkit: Home Edition
Solution Toolkit: Home Edition
***Now available in English, Spanish, Somali, Hmong, and Ojibwe.***
Parent educators and teaching team members may want to consider supporting families in creating their own Visual Schedule, Problem Solving Steps, and Solution Toolkit for home use.
Parent educators and teaching team members may want to consider supporting families in creating their own Visual Schedule, Problem Solving Steps, and Solution Toolkit for home use.
How might you introduce these strategies to families?
How can you support families in understanding how these strategies are used at home and the similarities/differences in how they are used at school?
How will you individualize these strategies for specific children and families?
Might some families need these resources translated into another language? How can you make that happen?
Creating a Visual Schedule to Use at Home
Creating a Visual Schedule to Use at Home
We Can Be Problem Solvers at Home Social Story
We Can Be Problem Solvers at Home Social Story
Problem Solving Steps Wrist Cards
Problem Solving Steps Wrist Cards
Supporting parents in helping their children use calming strategies at home?
Supporting parents in helping their children use calming strategies at home?
Creating a Calm Down Area at Home
Creating a Calm Down Area at Home
Calm-Down_Poster_EN.pdf
Additional Resources to Share with Families
Additional Resources to Share with Families
Activity Ideas to Share with Families.pdfFamily Strategies Poster.pdfTransition Warning Strategies for Families
Social_Emotional Videos for Families to Watch.docxThank you to NCPMI and Vanderbilt University for these resources to share with families!
FBSApp
FBSApp
FBSApp Spotlight.pdfTo learn more about the FBSApp, designed for use by parents with young children (2-5) with disabilities and challenging behaviors, click on the slides to the left or visit the Barton Lab at Vanderbilt's Peabody College.
To learn more about the FBSApp, designed for use by parents with young children (2-5) with disabilities and challenging behaviors, click on the slides to the left or visit the Barton Lab at Vanderbilt's Peabody College.
How Can Your Program Use Seesaw to Promote Social Emotional Learning?
How Can Your Program Use Seesaw to Promote Social Emotional Learning?
Pyramid Model Activities-See Saw.pdfPyramid Model templates available on Seesaw
Pyramid Model templates available on Seesaw
A big thank you to Mackenzie Meuleners from the Monticello Pyramid Model Team for submitting these templates to be added to the community of templates available on Seesaw! You can access each of these by clicking on the image to the left.
A big thank you to Mackenzie Meuleners from the Monticello Pyramid Model Team for submitting these templates to be added to the community of templates available on Seesaw! You can access each of these by clicking on the image to the left.
Checkout this Example of a Teacher Using SeeSaw to Engage Families in Problem Solving with their children.
Checkout this Example of a Teacher Using SeeSaw to Engage Families in Problem Solving with their children.
Thank you to Johanna Taylor in Edina for sharing this creative idea!
Thank you to Johanna Taylor in Edina for sharing this creative idea!
Sharing Site Specific Pyramid Model Resources with Families
Sharing Site Specific Pyramid Model Resources with Families
Check out Pine City's Early Childhood Program presentation at our Spring 2023 Retreat around Community Engagement with the Dragon Wagon! Lots of creativity in action when thinking about bringing social emotional learning to the local community!
Dragon Wagon and Community Engagement-Pine City.pdfRobbinsdale Pyramid Model BrochureThank you to the Robbinsdale Pyramid Model team for sharing their Pyramid Model program brochure that they share with families.
Thank you to the Robbinsdale Pyramid Model team for sharing their Pyramid Model program brochure that they share with families.
How does your Pyramid Model site share information regarding the Pyramid Model with new families?
What information would be important to include on a parent flyer like this?
What additional languages would you want to print this flyer in?
How else might you communicate this information to families?
Thank you Milaca for sharing a picture of your Parents Den! What a great idea to be able to share information about the Pyramid Model with caretakers who are walking through your building!
Thank you Milaca for sharing a picture of your Parents Den! What a great idea to be able to share information about the Pyramid Model with caretakers who are walking through your building!
Do you have a place in your building where parents can access information regarding your Pyramid Model efforts?
What information would you want to display on this board?
How might your team coordinate these efforts and involve all staff?
Thank you Milaca for sharing your super creative Tucker Goes to School Social Story! What a fun idea to print these books out for families who will be joining your program!
Click in the top left corner of the box below to see a variety of additional flyers, handouts, and other correspondence Pyramid Model teams have shared with caretakers in their programs around introducing behavior expectations/rules, theme of the month, what PBC is, monthly Parent Newsletters, etc. Thank you to the following programs for contributing to these resources: North Branch, Prior Lake Savage, and Virginia.
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