The resources provided will guide the user through a pyramid intervention approach to addressing behavior. The first (blue) level of intervention represent strategies that are good for all children in a program such as Universally Designed Instruction (UDL) strategies. The second level of intervention (green) offers suggestions for the smaller population of student who show a risk for challenging behaviors. The most intense level of intervention (orange) is for the very small population of students who are in need of intensive behavior interventions. You will notice that early childhood has built these tiered interventions upon a foundation. The foundation that supports all of these interventions is a trained and effective workforce who puts all of these interventions in place in an age-appropriate way.
The model is supported at the foundation by an effective workforce.
The foundation for all of the practices in the Pyramid Model are the systems and policies necessary to ensure a workforce able to adopt and correctly implement these evidence-based practices.
At the universal level we include the practices needed to ensure the appropriate social emotional development of all children.
High Quality Environments
Inclusive early care and education environments
Supportive home environments
Nurturing and Responsive Relationships
Essential to healthy social development
Includes relationships with children, families and team members
This prevention level includes providing targeted supports to children at risk of challenging behavior.
Targeted Social Emotional Supports
Direct instruction and support
Self-regulation, expressing and understanding emotions, developing social relationships and problem-solving
This most intensive level of the Pyramid Model describes the need to provide individualized and intensive interventions to the very small number of children with persistent challenges.
Individualized Intensive Interventions
Family-centered, comprehensive interventions
Assessment-based
Skill-building