Early Childhood Special Education

Helping Early Childhood Special Education specialists improve their District and Campus programs.

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  • Coaching

    Evidence Based Practices in the Early Childhood Classroom Coaching

    Custom Dates

    $800+

    Creating a high quality early childhood classroom requires using strategies backed by strong evidence and research. Evidence based practices are those research-based, high leverage, strategies that can take a teaching practice from good to great when used correctly and consistently.

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  • Consultations

    Center-Based Classroom Setup Consultations

    Custom Dates

    $800+

    Centers are an integral part of any early childhood classroom. Classroom centers are where your kids go to learn and develop with meaningful, hands-on experiences. Our early childhood special education specialists help campuses and districts set up their classroom centers to ensure high-quality learning is happening every day.

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  • Coaching

    Classroom Management Coaching Using the Tiered Pyramid Model

    Custom Dates

    $800+

    The Pyramid Model is a framework of evidence-based practices for promoting young children’s healthy social and emotional development and is divided into three tiers. Our early childhood education specialists support learning and implementation of the Pyramid Model through online support, online training, in-person training, and support through observations, modeling strategies, and implementation assistance for teachers.

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  • Video

    Pyramid Model Consortium

    Change can be hard for young children. Kelly Wilson From the Pyramid Model Consortium invites viewers to explore the 5 Big Bang Classroom strategies that can reduce challenging behaviors by up to 80%.

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  • Video

    Jeanine Fitzgerald Video Series

    Certified Human Behavior Specialist Jeanine Fitzgerald discusses how coping becomes a lifestyle for children who are in environments that do not support the optimal development of the brain. In this series she will discuss how to recognize a brain at risk, teach impulse control, and look through a lens of wellness.

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    Product

    Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines - Spanish (Spiral-Bound)

    Use Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines to design meaningful and purposeful experiences for young children to provide them a foundation that guides their growth in all aspects of development. The Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines are based on current knowledge of theory and scientific research about how children develop and learn. The guidelines: Reflect the growing consensus among early childhood professional organizations that a greater emphasis be placed on young children’s conceptual learning, acquisition of basic skills and participation in meaningful, relevant learning experiences. Provide professional development as the key to high-quality prekindergarten programs, the involvement of families for better school readiness of children, strategies for bilingual instruction, considerations for children with special needs and disabilities, and methods for monitoring children’s progress. Are intended to be useful to a broad audience, including school districts, Head Start programs, child care providers, and, most importantly, children’s families. Provide a means to align prekindergarten programs with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The print edition of this document is offered here as a service to our customers at no profit to ESC Region 13 - the purchase price covers professional color printing and binding. A PDF version of this document can be downloaded free from TEA’s website. ESF Alignment Supports Lever 4.1 - Daily use of high-quality instructional materials aligned to instructional planning calendars and interim and formative assessments Spiral-bound, 140 pages Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines was written by TEA and printed and bound by Education Service Center Region 13.

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  • Video

    Preschool Special Education Pyramid Model

    Ron Roybal from the University of Colorado Denver and the Pyramid Model Consortium gives an overview of the three-tiered model of behavior intervention at the Early Childhood level. Ron discusses how supportive environments and responsive relationships are the first response to challenging behavior.

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Supporting Early Childhood Special Education

Our Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) specialists are dedicated to promoting best practices, training and on site support in early childhood settings for teacher and administrators working with three to five-year-old children with disabilities.

The mission of ECSE is to promote an understanding of the importance of intervention during the most critical developmental years of a child’s life while providing for their communicative, academic, cognitive and social success in the least restrictive setting.

We provide Early Childhood Special Education services and supports to help programs move children closer to age-expected functioning by looking at integrated behaviors or skills that allow the child to achieve functional outcomes across domains and situations. We address three main objectives: positive social-emotional skills, acquisition and use of knowledge and skills and use of appropriate behaviors to meet their needs.

Need to get in touch?

Contact a member of our team for more information.

Maryteresa Tracy, 512-919-5181

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