The Pyramid Model is supported by the foundation of an effective workforce. This includes the systems and policies necessary to ensure a workforce that can adopt and sustain the evidence-based practices that make up the Pyramid Model framework and are necessary to ensure a workforce that can adopt and sustain the use of Pyramid Model practices.
Learn more about how schools and administrators can support the high-fidelity implementation of the Pyramid Model in this factsheet.
Supporting Students through building relationships
- Building positive relationships is foundational to good teaching and helping students grown and thrive. Learn more in this brief, Building Positive Relationships with Young Children.
- When young children transition back to child care settings after time away, they, and adults, may need help adapting to new-again routines and relationships. Find practical tips for re-connecting and building relationships with infants and young children from our partners at NCPMI.
- To learn more about promoting overall healthy development skills and prevent challenging behavior, review this brief video by Lisa Fox from the University of South Florida.
- Positive descriptive feedback gives the child information about the behavior to help them understand what they have done and why it is being acknowledged. Learn concrete strategies from NCPMI’s tip sheet Recommendations and Considerations for Positive Descriptive Feedback.
Creating High Quality Learning Environments
- The second aspect of Tier-1 supports is about providing predictable and supportive environments for children and families that will promote a child’s healthy development, including inclusive environments that offer social context essential to development of children with or at risk for delays or disabilities.
For more information, check out the Pyramid Model training Modules below: