Essential Social Emotional Practices: Directly Teach Expectations and Social Skills

Session Dates

Tuesday July 01, 2025 - PaTTAN - Online Course
Tuesday September 30, 2025 - PaTTAN - Online Course

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Learn how to directly teach behavior expectations and peer related social skills as preventative classroom-wide practices that are research-based and promoted by the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations. Participants will self-assess how they currently teach behavior expectations and peer-related social skills and further learn how direct teaching can decrease challenging behaviors and promote desirable behaviors. Participants will build upon what they are already doing to be more intentional and systematic with their implementation. Participants will leave with action steps that can be implemented immediately in early childhood and intervention settings.

Objectives

Participants will be able to:

1. Identify research to support the practice of directly teaching behavior expectations in early childhood environments.
2. Describe how to directly teach behavior expectations through developmentally appropriate activities.
3. Describe how to directly teach peer-related social skills (e.g., problem-solving, friendship skills, etc.) through developmentally appropriate activities.
4. Create an action plan.
5. List resources to support implementation and learn how to implement strategies successfully.

Target Audience

This course is intended for Early Intervention Special Instructors, Preschool Teacher/Itinerant, Preschool Paraprofessional/Classroom Aides, ECE Teacher/Aides, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists and Physical Therapists. Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate individuals who have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and who need assistance at this event. Contact: Molly Martz, at 717-901-2151, or mmartz@pattan.net.