How To
Resources for Educators and Families for Early Elementary
All behavior has meaning. When trying to understand a child’s behavior, it is important to step back, calmly reflect, and consider all perspectives. The resources below were developed by the Office of Early Childhood and the CSDE to help with this process.
- Decision Guide for Behavioral Supports Preschool to Grade 2
- Tip Sheet: Seek to Understand a Child’s Behavior
- Tip Sheet: De-escalation Strategies
- Videos (YouTube)
Supporting Students Who Are Expelled
Academic and Instructional Supports
- A Supportive Beliefs Intervention to Facilitate the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (School Mental Health)
- Best Practices for Delivering Virtual Classroom Training
- Best Practices in Teaching K-12 Online: Lessons Learned from Michigan Virtual School Teachers (Journal of Interactive Online Learning)
- Blended Learning Systems: Definition, Current Trends and Future Directions
- Guidelines for Implementation Mastery-Based Learning (CSDE)
- Using Online Learning for Credit Recovery: Getting Back on Track to Graduation (International Association for K-12 Online Learning)
Alternative Opportunities for Students Who Have Been Expelled
- A Framework for Learning Alternatives Environments in Iowa (National Dropout Prevention Center)
- Alternative Educational Opportunities for Students Who Have Been Expelled: Best Practice Guidelines for Program Implementation (CSDE)
- Alternative Schools: Policy and legislation Across the United States (University of Minnesota)
- How Do States Define Alternative Education? (U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance)
- Guidelines for Alternative Education Settings (CSDE)
- Guidance Regarding Student Expulsion (CSDE Superintendent Letter, August 31, 2018)
CSDE Standards for Expelled Students
- Standards for Educational Opportunities for Students Who Have Been Expelled
- Understanding School Expulsions in Connecticut
Climate and Culture: Discipline, Behavior Management and School Safety
- Effects of Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports on Child Behavior Problems (Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Guidelines for Identifying and Educating Students with Emotional Disability (CSDE)
- Guidelines for the Practice of School Psychology (CSDE)
- Meeting the Challenge of Combating Chronic Absenteeism: Impact of the NYC Mayor’s Interagency Task Force on Chronic Absenteeism and School Attendance and Its Implications for Other Cities (Johns Hopkins School of Education)
- Relationships Matter: Linking Teacher Support to Student Engagement and Achievement (Journal of School Health)
- School Connectedness: Improving Students’ Lives (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
- Supportive Relationships and Active Skill-Building Strengthen the Foundations of Resilience: Working Paper 13 (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University)
Parent/Guardian and Family Engagement Practices
Program Characteristics
- Connecticut Compilation of School Discipline Laws and Regulations (U.S. Department of Education)
- Preventing Dropout in Secondary Schools (U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance)
- The Persistent Effect of Race and the Promise of Alternatives to Suspension in School Discipline Outcomes (Children and Youth Services Review)
- What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report: Dropout Prevention Check & Connect (U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences)