Social and emotional resources

Library resources

Please contact our lending library to check out the following resources related to supporting young children’s behavior:

• Bell, S. H., Carr, V., Denno, D., Johnson, L. J., Phillips, L. R. (2004). Challenging behaviors in early childhood settings: creating a place for all children. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
• Bayat, M. (2015). Addressing Challenging Behaviors and Mental Health in Early Childhood. Oxfordshire: Routledge Publishers.
• Burke-Harris, N. (2018). The Deepest Well: Healing the long-term Effects of Childhood Adversity. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
• Chazon-Cohen, R. (2012). Understanding Early Childhood Mental Health. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
• Croft, C. (2007)The Six Keys: Strategies for Promoting Children’s Mental Health in Early Childhood Programs. Sparrow Media Group.   
• Edwards Ph.D., N. (2018). Early Social-Emotional Development: Your Guide to Promoting Children’s Positive Behavior. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
• Forbes, H. (2012). Help for Billy: A Beyond Consequences Approaching to Helping Challenging Children in the Classroom. Beyond Consequences Institute, LLC. 
• Kaiser, B. & Rasminsky, J. (2012). Challenging Behavior in Young Children: Understanding, Preventing and Responding Effectively. London: Pearson Publishing.
• McClelland, M., Tominey, S. (2015). Stop, Think, Act: Integrating Self-Regulation in the Early Childhood Classroom (1st edition). Oxfordshire: Routledge.
• McWilliam. R.A, Casey A. (2008). Engagement of Every Child in the Preschool Classroom. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
• Nefertiti, B., Cairone, K. (2011). Socially Strong, Emotionally Secure: 50 Activities to Promote Resilience in Young Children.Lewinsville, NC: Gryphon House.
• Porter, L. (2008). Young Children's Behavior: Practical Approaches for Caregivers and Teachers (3rd edition). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
• Philibert, C. T..(2018). Everyday SEL in Early Childhood: Integrating Social-Emotional Learning and Mindfulness Into Your Classroom. Oxfordshire: Routledge.
• Shanker, S.(2012). Calm, Alert and Learning: Classroom Strategies for Self-Regulation. London: Pearson Education
• Shanker, Stuart (2017). Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life. London: Penguin Random House.
• Siegel, D, & Payne-Bryson, T. (2014) No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind. New York City: Bantam Books
• Van Der Kolk, B. (2015). The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. London: Penguin Random House.

Web resources

• Kids Mental Health
• Center for Mental Health Consultation
• Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
• Zero to Three, Infant and Mental Health
• Virginia Early Childhood Mental Health
• Center on the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
• Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning
• ECTA: Reducing Early Childhood Expulsion and Suspension
• The National Council for Behavioral Health, Trauma Informed Care
• World Association for Infant Mental Health
• TED Talks: Dr. Nadine Harris: How Childhood trauma affects health across a lifespan
• National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations 
• Pyramid Model Consortium