Kansas Division for Early Childhood

How Can You Avoid Making These Three Common K-Readiness Mistakes?

• How Can You Avoid Making These Three Common K-Readiness Mistakes?
• Stop Trying to Make Kids "Ready" for Kindergarten
• Three Mistakes Made Worldwide in "Getting Children Ready for School"

Teaching in the Messy Middle

• Teaching in the Messy Middle
• RTI Frameworks ECE: Descriptions and Implications

Inclusion: How It Works in a Day-to-Day Instructional Setting; Some of the Challenges and Successes

• Inclusion: Day-to-day strengths and challenges in an instructional setting; from a teacher's perspective

Reshaping Social-Emotional Development: How Can Early Intervention Affect the Outcomes?

• "Reshaping" Social Emotional Development
• Meeting the Social and Emotional Needs of Infants and Toddlers - Handout #2

Understanding the Impact of Maternal Sensitivity on Social and Emotional Development in Infants

• Understanding Impact of Maternal Sensitivity on Social and Emotional Development in Infants

Respectful Intervention: Using Evidence-Based Practices in Partnering with Families and Caregivers

• Respectful Intervention: Using Evidence Based Practices in Partnering with Families and Caregivers
• Key Principles of Coaching

The "Real" Common-Core: What We Should Be Teaching in an Age of Accountability

• Real Common-Core: What We Should Be Teaching In an Age of Accountability
• Three Mistakes Made World Wide in "Getting Children Ready" for School"
• Digital Essence Glossary (Digital Cards)
• Essence Glossary - Promoting Social-Emotional Intelligence Across the Lifespan

Executive FUNction in Preschool – We Can Teach It!

• Executive FUNction in Preschool - We can teach it!
• Building the Brain's "Air Traffic Control" System
• Handout Developmental Progression
• Group Size Self-Regulation
• Benedict Handout: Assessment and implementation of positive behavior support in preschools
• Expectations
• Kindergarten Success
• Embedding Self-Regulation Activities into Routines
• Stop Think Act Games
• Children's Book List
• Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence
• Developing Young Children's Self-Regulation through Everyday Experiences
• Self Regulation Links
• Routine Based Support Guide

Nancy Miller &
Stephanie Parks

Trauma Smart Communities: Schools and Families Working Together to Address the Impact of Trauma on Behavior, Participation, and Learning

• Trauma Smart
• One Page Model Description

Vision Screening in Part C

• First Look: Vision Screening for Infants - Viewer's Guide and Selected Resources
• Hierarchy of Vision Function
• Parents Their Infants with Visual Impairments 3nd Edition Kit

Creating the Road to a Child's Success: Parent Engagement and Involvement Leading to Parent/Provider Partnership

• Creating the Road to a Child's Success
• FRIENDS Fact Sheet: the Role of Parent Mutual Support
• Parent Engagement and Leadership Article
• Parent Leadership: Moving Parents toward Greater Self Sufficiency

Find the Teachable Moment in the Middle of a Meltdown

• Finding the Teachable Moments in the Middle of a Meltdown
• B2K Practice Points - the ABCs of Feeling Words
• Vocabulary Instruction in Inclusive Preschool Classrooms

The Essentials of Kansas MTSS in Early Childhood: Everyday Strategies for Tiered Instruction

• Resource Handout

Vocabulary Development for Dual Language Learners with Disabilities

• Bilingual Vocabulary
• Handouts

Including All Learners: Adaptations and Modifications for Success in the Pre-K Classroom

• KDEC Adaptations for Website

Kansas Early Childhood Outcomes: What You Need to Know

• Kansas Early Childhood Outcomes: What you need to know
• Child Outcomes Summary Form
• Decision Tree for Summary Rating Discussions
• Developmental Progressions and the Child Outcome summary (COS) Process 7-Point Rating Scale
• Documenting the Basis for the Rating
• Federal Reporting Categories for Child Outcomes Data
• Child Outcome Summary Form (COSF) Discussion Prompts
• Definitions for Outcome Ratings: For Use with the Child Outcomes Summary Form (COSF)
• What is a Functional Outcome
• Kansas COSF Example Entry Rating, Jennifer Pretendkid, 36 months

Supporting Language and Communication through Classroom Engineering

• Supporting Language and Communication through Classroom Engineering

Empowering Your Child: Using Visuals in Partnership with Families to Support Children's Social and Emotional Competence across Settings

• Empowering Your Child
• Using Visual Supports at Home

Getting Your Child to Sleep

• Sleep Solutions