The highly anticipated follow-up to Unpacking the Pyramid Model, this one-of-a-kind book is the first to provide a comprehensive, step-by-step overview of the widely used Pyramid Model Practices for infants and toddlers from birth to three. With this accessible training guide, teachers and providers will use research-based practices to meet the unique needs of infants and toddlers--and boost their social-emotional development in the critical first years of life.

Created by the Pyramid Model developers and experts with extensive training experience, this book gives readers a complete introduction to the framework, plus in-depth guidance, evidence-based practices, and helpful checklists for implementing all levels of the Pyramid Model: universal, targeted, and individualized. Teachers and providers will learn how to:

• Address their own well-being to prepare for their important work
• Build positive partnerships with families and colleagues
• Develop predictable and responsive schedules, routines, and transitions
• Promote children's social skills and emotional competencies
• Support children's active engagement with their environment and peers
• Create an anti-racist and inclusive early care environment
• Meet the needs of young children who have experienced trauma
• Understand, prevent, and effectively respond to challenging behavior
• Provide individualized support for children with persistent needs related to social-emotional developmentand behavior
• Use data to monitor Pyramid Model practice implementation and effects

Ideal for use in preservice and inservice training, this book will expertly prepare infant-toddler teachers and providers to give the youngest children a strong foundation of social-emotional competence.

PRACTICAL MATERIALS: Checklists of Effective Practices for each main topic covered; tools for observation, planning, and reflection; vignettes and photos illustrating classroom examples.