The Pyramid Plus Approach to Positive Behavior Development
The Pyramid Model “ is a collaborative professional development system that fosters and sustains evidenced-based practices to support the social-emotional development and inclusion of children.
The Pyramid Model builds upon a tiered public health approach to providing universal support to all children to promote wellness, targeted services to those who need more support, and intensive services to those who need them” (from healthychildcareco.org).
• The Pyramid Model for Promoting Social and Emotional Competence of Infants and Young Children- a tiered promotion and prevention model developed by the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) and the Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention (TACSEI);
• The SpecialQuest Birth-Five Approach to Early Childhood Inclusion of children with or at risk for disabilities;
• As well as other related evidence based inclusion practices – LEAP and Building Blocks.
National studies indicate that both social-emotional competence and inclusion are foundational for school readiness. The vision of the Pyramid Model is to build the capacity of communities, families, and early care and education programs state-wide to use evidence-based approaches with fidelity, thereby improving all of Colorado’s young children’s social-emotional competence and opportunities for inclusion. In addition to providing trainings state-wide, the Pyramid Model is building the competence of Colorado’s early childhood personnel through a network of certified trainers, coaches, and sites to broaden the reach of the approach. TLC is working on training all staff in the Pyramid Model to further enhance our ability to provide the highest quality early childhood education available.
