Virginia Department of Education

Training and Technical Assistance Center

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., and Phillips, L.R. (2004). Challenging behaviors in early childhood settings: creating a place for all children. Baltimore, MD: 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, 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 Approach to Helping Children Cope with Challenging Children in the Classroom. Beyond Consequences Institute LLC 
  • Kaiser, B. and Rasminsky, J. (2012). Challenging Behaviors in young children: Understanding, Preventing and Responding Effectively. London: Pearson Publishing
  • McClelland, M., and Tominey, S. (2015). Stop, Think, Act: Integrating Self-Regulation into the Early Childhood Classroom. Oxfordshire: Routledge 
  • McWilliam. R.A, and Casey A. (2008) Engagement of Every Child in the Preschool Classroom. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
  • Nefertiti, B., and Cairone, K. (2011). Socially Strong, Emotionally Secure Children: 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 and Mindfulness into Your Classroom. Oxfordshire: Routledge 
  • Shanker, S. (2012). Calm, Alert and Learning: Classroom Strategies for Self-Regulation. London: Pearson Education
  • Shanker, S. (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., and Payne-Bryson, T. (2014). No Drama Discipline: 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