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How can teachers help young children learn expected behaviors?

  • Page 1: Preventing Challenging Behavior in Young Children
  • Page 2: Understanding Behavior Expectations and Rules
  • Page 3: Developing and Displaying Rules
  • Page 4: Teaching Classroom Rules

How can teachers encourage and reinforce expected behaviors?

  • Page 5: Providing Rule Reminders
  • Page 6: Providing Positive Feedback
  • Page 7: Using Classroom Reinforcement Systems
  • Page 8: Sharing Rules with Families

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To cite this module, please use the following:

The IRIS Center. (2014). Early childhood behavior management: Developing and teaching rules. Retrieved from https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/ecbm/

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