ABSTRACT Research Findings: This study explored the role Head Start teachers'(n= 355)
depressive symptoms play in their interactions with children and in children's (n= 2,203) …

High stress and burnout are common for early childhood special educators, contributing to
high rates of attrition, diminished educational effectiveness, and high turnover. Acceptance …

Viewed through a social justice lens, preschool expulsion is an educational equity issue.
This study focused on prior expulsion from preschool and child-care in a longitudinal study …

The primary mission of any school system is to educate students. To achieve this goal, the
school district must maintain a culture and environment where all students feel safe …

Current neurodevelopmental research suggests that chronic and highly stressful
environments and experiences, occurring during early development, have a strong negative …

This paper describes the development, implementation and preliminary evaluation of the
Reaching Educators and Children (REACH) program, a training and coaching intervention …

An important goal of early childhood education is teaching emotional self-regulation within
the context of a safe, stable, nurturing environment. Expulsion of young children ignores …

The preschool and early elementary years play a major role in transforming young African
American boys from" brilliant babies" into" children placed at risk". A preschool to prison …

Comprehensive and Integrated School Psychologist Services in 2010. The 2010 model
includes recognition of the need for systems-level services for school-based mental health …

The majority of children from lower income families enter elementary school well behind
their peers in reading, math, and general knowledge. Poor academic achievement in the …