Online Courses – ePyramid
Introduction to the ePyramid Courses
Introducing The ePyramid Model, our online training program for the early childhood workforce. Learn how to enhance social-emotional development in young children, without ever leaving the classroom. We created these online courses that make new-hire and recurrent training for your staff easier. Like all our work, the courses are evidence-based and promote nurturing relationships between staff and children. Each of our courses are on-demand so your workforce learns at their pace.
For more information about the content of each module, [email protected] or call 406-698-5231.
Cohort Facilitation Available for all Packages!
We are excited to offer the option for individuals or teams to join a cohort to receive virtual facilitated sessions. These cohorts are designed to support application and implementation of the ePyramid practices. For $329 per person, participants will receive the training package of your choice with connected cohort coaching.
For additional information or to sign up for a cohort contact Erin Kalanick, [email protected] or call 406-698-5231.
ePyramid Leader Guides
Preschool Leader Guide PDF
Infant/Toddler Leader Guide PDF
Birth to 5 Leader Guide PDF
Trauma-Informed Care Leader Guide PDF
Culturally Responsive Practices Leader Guide PDF
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ePyramid courses are available in English and Spanish.
This course is 21 contact hours in total for all 9 modules. Each module can also be purchased separately.
The hours for each module are noted below.
Introduction to the Pyramid Model
This module introduces the Pyramid Model framework to participants and should be used before the other modules. Topics include: the relationship of the Pyramid Model to prevention science, equity, inclusion, trauma-informed care, anti-bias practice and the use of data for decision-making, understanding child behavior, and the research that provides an evidence-base for the use of the Pyramid Model.
2 contact hours
Infant-Toddler Module 1: Introduction and Understanding Social-Emotional Development
As the first training module in the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module Series, Understanding Social-Emotional Development will acquaint participants with the Pyramid Model, introduce important terms that will be used throughout the Pyramid Model training modules, and lay a foundation to better understand the role caregivers play in young children’s social-emotional development.
2 contact hours
Infant-Toddler Module 2: Focusing on Relationships
In Focusing on Relationships, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module Series, participants will explore the importance and complexities of developing relationships between caregivers, families, and children. Participants should leave understanding that social-emotional development takes place within the context of relationships, so strategies to support development must prioritize building relationships. This training covers topics such as reflecting on participants’ past and current relationships, as well as addressing issues related to culture, diversity, race, equity, risk, and protective factors.
3 contact hours
Infant-Toddler Module 3: Responsive Routines, Schedules, and Environments
In Responsive Routines, Schedules, & Environments, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module series, participants will learn how being intentional about establishing daily routines and setting up the environment can: help young children feel confident and secure, paving the way for social-emotional growth; promote children’s active and safe exploration and learning; and facilitate positive child-peer and adult-child interactions.
3 contact hours
Infant-Toddler Module 4: Understanding Behavior
Working with infants and toddlers is rewarding, but it can also sometimes be challenging. In Understanding Behavior, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module Series, participants will learn how to use observation to better understand child behavior. We will look at the many influences affecting behavior and use this knowledge to examine our own beliefs. We will practice reframing our thoughts to better respond to challenging situations.
2 contact hours
Infant-Toddler Module 5: Teaching About Feelings
In Responsive Routines, Schedules, & Environments, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module series, participants will learn how being intentional about establishing daily routines and setting up the environment can: help young children feel confident and secure, paving the way for social-emotional growth; promote children’s active and safe exploration and learning; and facilitate positive child-peer and adult-child interactions.
2 contact hours
Infant-Toddler Module 6: Promoting Positive Peer Interactions
In Positive Peer Interactions, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module Series, participants will gain knowledge on how to facilitate positive peer interactions and support the development of social and friendship skills, learn about the developmental stages of social and play skills, and apply that knowledge to classroom practices.
2 contact hours
Infant-Toddler Module 7: Individualized Teaching
In Individualized Teaching, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module Series, participants will learn how to identify and address delays in social-emotional development. The module provides an overview of the screening and assessment process and guidance on how to develop a systematic plan to provide individualized teaching to children who have delays.
2 contact hours
Infant-Toddler Module 8: Challenging Behavior
In Challenging Behavior, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module Series, participants will: identify and define challenging behavior, and work to understand why challenging behavior happens; discuss how to gather data and implement strategies that will prevent challenging behavior; and discuss strategies to address or respond effectively to challenging behavior when it is present.
3 contact hours
This course is 29 contact hours in total for all 9 modules. Each module can also be purchased separately.
The hours for each module are noted below.
Introduction to the Pyramid Model
This module introduces the Pyramid Model framework to participants and should be used before the other modules. Topics include: the relationship of the Pyramid Model to prevention science, equity, inclusion, trauma-informed care, anti-bias practice and the use of data for decision-making, understanding child behavior, and the research that provides an evidence-base for the use of the Pyramid Model.
2 contact hours
Preschool Module 1: Nurturing and Responsive Relationships
Establishing nurturing and responsive relationships within a caring community is the foundation of the Pyramid Model. This training focuses on practices for building relationships with children, promoting relationships between children, relationships with families that affirm family culture and identity, and relationships with team members.
6 contact hours
Preschool Module 2: High-Quality, Supportive Environments
This module focuses on the practices for establishing high-quality supportive classroom environments that promote social-emotional skill development and prevent challenging behavior. Practices related to schedules, routines, transitions, promoting engagement, expectations, and rules are addressed in this module.
6 contact hours
Preschool Module 3: Teaching Social-Emotional Skills
Promoting social-emotional development is core to the Pyramid Model. This module provides training on the practices for teaching friendship skills, emotional literacy, self-regulation, and problem-solving.
6 contact hours
Preschool Module 4: Individualized Teaching of Social-Emotional Skills
This module guide practitioners in how to individualize instruction on social-emotional skills for children who need more targeted supports. Practices that are taught include: teaching systematically, peer-mediated intervention, planning for embedded instruction, and progress monitoring.
2 contact hours
Preschool Module 5: Addressing Challenging Behavior
This module provides the practices for understanding child challenging behavior, how to respond to challenging behavior, becoming aware of bias in responding, de-escalating behavior, and the components of developing a behavior support plan for children with persistent challenging behavior.
6 contact hours
Preschool Module 6: Overview of Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children
In this module, practitioners learn about the steps of Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children (PTR-YC) and how PTR-YC is used as a manualized process for conducting a functional behavioral assessment and developing a behavior support plan.
1 contact hours
This course is 18 contact hours.
Module 1: Building Relationships and Creating Supportive Environments
Content Includes:
- Understanding the Relationship between Challenging Behavior and Social Emotional Development
- What is social emotional development?
- Considering the foundation nature of early relationship experiences.
- Forming and maintaining relationships with your young children, families and co-workers.
- Identifying responsive care giving strategies adults can use to support infants and toddlers.
- Examining Our Attitudes about Challenging Behaviors
- Designing the Physical Environment
- Schedules, Routines, and Transitions
- Planning Activities that Promote Engagement
- Giving Directions and Teaching Classroom Rules
- Ongoing Monitoring and Positive Attention
Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies
Content Includes:
- Identifying the Importance of Teaching Social Emotional Skills
- Identifying ways a high-quality supportive environment can promote social emotional development in infants and toddlers.
- Targeted strategies to enhance social emotional well-being of infants and toddlers.
- Understanding the positive impact of responsive caregiving routines
- Developing Friendship Skills
- Enhancing Emotional Literacy
- Controlling Anger and Impulse
- Developing Problem-Solving Skills
- Individualizing Instruction
- Partnering with Families
Module 3: Individualized Intervention: Determining the Meaning of Behavior and Developing Appropriate Responses
Content Includes:
- Overview of Positive Behavior Supports
- Reviewing the dimensions of communication: Form and function
- Considering behavior, including challenging behavior as communication
- Providing an introduction to Functional Assessment
- Understanding the development of Behavior Support Planning
This course is 8 contact hours.
These modules will guide the user through the Early Intervention Pyramid Model Practices Training. They will help you identify and understand the Pyramid Model practices within the context of early intervention/Part C. The knowledge you acquire from these modules will help you build an awareness of what the Pyramid Model practices in early intervention are, and how to use them with more intention throughout your work with families. The modules are for anyone who is working with and coaching families with infants and toddlers. The practices identified in this training are aligned with the Early Interventionist Pyramid Practices Fidelity Instrument, also known as the EIPPFI, which is a tool that can be used by early interventionist and coaches when building staff capacity in using Pyramid Model practices with fidelity.
Soon we will be launch our ePyramid course specifically for Family Child Care providers!
This course is 8 contact hours.
This ePyramid course will explore the Prevent Teach Reinforce progress for preschool teams. Prevent‐Teach‐Reinforce for Young Children (PTR‐YC) is a research‐proven, family‐centered approach used in preschool settings nationwide to resolve persistent challenging behaviors. This course, along with the PTR-YC manual, introduces the five steps of the PTR‐YC model: 1) teaming and goal setting; 2) data collection; 3) functional behavioral assessment; 4) development and implementation of a behavior intervention plan; and 5) using data, arranging for generalization, and next steps. During this course you’ll get instructions for conducting all five steps, case examples from real‐world experience, and the tools and assessment instruments you need to implement the steps effectively.
This course is 8 contact hours.
This ePyramid course will explore the Prevent Teach Reinforce progress for families. In this course, paired with the PTR-F manual, you’ll discover how to take on the role of PTR-F facilitator to meet each family’s unique needs, and you’ll get a clear 5-step process for guiding families as they promote their child’s positive behavior. With this comprehensive, adaptable model of behavior support, you’ll strengthen family engagement, set each child on the path to healthy social-emotional development, and improve quality of life for the entire family.
Help Families with the 5-step PTR-F process:
- Initiating the process. Establish a partnership with the family, and then work together to set individualized goals and develop a vision for the child’s future.
- Assessment. Guide the family through the steps of functional behavioral assessment (FBA) to uncover the triggers and functions behind the child’s behavior.
- Intervention. Using results of the FBA, help the family choose from a menu of intervention options to build a behavior support plan that meets their specific needs.
- Coaching. Conduct meetings with the family, acting as cheerleader and coach and guiding the family to implement the behavior support plan with fidelity in home and community settings.
- Monitoring. Review behavioral data with the family to monitor how well the plan is being implemented and whether the child is making progress.
This course is 8 contact hours.
Practice-Based Coaching (PBC) is a research‐based coaching framework for supporting early childhood practitioners’ use of evidence‐informed teaching practices. In these modules we will explore why coaching has become a popular professional development support, what exactly Practice-Based Coaching is, and how PBC can be delivered to support implementation of effective practices.
This course will:
- Introduce the Practice-Based Coaching model
- Describe characteristics of collaborative partnerships
- Identify practices that are the focus of Practice-Based Coaching
- Identify key features of and practice goal setting and action planning
- Identify key features of and practice focused observation
- Identify key features of and practice supporting reflection and providing feedback
This course is 5 contact hours.
The Trauma-Informed Care & the Pyramid Model on-line lessons are what you need to ensure that teachers understand the impact of trauma on young children and their families.
Adding a Trauma-Informed Care lens to your existing Pyramid practices will help to implement practices that promote children’s social emotional development, healing and resilience.
Benefits of Trauma-Informed Care & the Pyramid Model On-Line Lessons:
- Assists teachers to understand the impact of trauma on young children and their families and to recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma in young children.
- Ensures teachers understand the assumptions and principles of trauma informed care.
- Builds a foundation to support children’s resilience and recovery.
- Supports implementation of specific practices for teachers and families to implement Trauma Informed Care Pyramid Model practices in early childhood.
This course is 2 contact hours.
Wellness: Taking Care of Yourself On-Line Lessons will support staff to:
- Understand the impact of adult well-being on children’s social emotional development.
- Identify symptoms of stress, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma and vicarious trauma.
- Learn strategies for reducing stress and increasing wellness.
- Understand how mindfulness can reduce stress and improve well-being.
- Practice mindfulness.
- Develop a self-care plan.
This is the one tool you need to help teachers understand the link between their own well-being and children’s behavior. Use these lessons to take steps towards improving staff wellness in your program leading to higher quality care for children. Wellness: Taking Care of Yourself On-Line Lessons is an excellent supplement to the Trauma Informed Care and Pyramid Model On-Line Lessons.
This course is 2 contact hours.
This module will focus on the importance of culturally responsive practices in enhancing outcomes for all children, especially those from diverse backgrounds. The role of implicit bias will be discussed. Participants will be offered a variety of activities for implementing the 7 principles of culturally responsive practices that help us recognize and identify implicit bias. Additionally, participants will be offered ideas for how to use the values of the family and community to inform teaching and learning through the lens of the Pyramid Model. The development of this module (2 hours) was partially support by the Pyramid Equity Project in collaboration with the University of South Florida, the University of Colorado Denver, and the PBIS Center with Preschool Development Grant national activity funding.
Interested in the exploring Pyramid Model Implementation? The purpose of this course is to help you gain an understanding of the Pyramid Model program-wide implementation process, and to give you the information you need to determine if this is the right time for you to commit to implementing this framework. These modules can be completed on your own or together with your leadership team.
In this course, we’ll:
- Review some of the concerns that may have led you to consider implementing the Pyramid Model in your program.
- Explore the Pyramid Model and how it has helped other programs address these concerns.
- And get familiar with the Benchmarks of Quality. This is the data source and guide of the Program-wide journey.
By the end of this course, you’ll see how providing this evidence-based, systematic implementation of the Pyramid Model benefits both your staff and the children and families you serve.
Este curso es de 18 horas presenciales.
Módulo 1: Construcción de relaciones y Creación de ambientes de apoyo favorables
El contenido incluye:
- Comprender la relación entre los comportamientos difíciles y el desarrollo Socioemocional
- ¿Qué es el desarrollo socioemocional?
- Considerando la naturaleza fundamental de las relaciones tempranas
- Formar y mantener relaciones con sus niños y niñas pequeños, familias y compañeros de trabajo
- Identificar estrategias que brindan atención receptiva que los adultos pueden usar para apoyar a los bebés, niños y niñas pequeños.
- Examinar nuestras actitudes sobre los comportamientos difíciles.
- Diseñar el entorno físico
- Rutinas, horarios y transiciones
- Planificar actividades que promuevan la participación
- Dar instrucciones y enseñar las reglas de la clase
- Monitoreo continuo y atención positiva
Módulo 2: Estrategias de enseñanza socioemocionales
CEl contenido incluye:
- Identificar la importancia de la enseñanza de habilidades socioemocionales
- Identificar formas de apoyo de los entornos de alta calidad para el desarrollo de los bebés, niños y niñas pequeños
- Estrategias dirigidas a mejorar el bienestar socioemocional de bebés, niños y niñas pequeños.
- Comprender el impacto positivo de relaciones responsivas positivas
- Desarrollo de habilidades de amistad
- Mejorar la alfabetización emocional de los niños y niñas pequeños
- Regular la ira y los impulsos
- Desarrollar habilidades para resolver problemas
- Individualizar la instrucción
- Colaborar con las familias
Módulo 3: Intervención individualizada: Determinación del significado del comportamiento y desarrollo de respuestas adecuadas
El contenido incluye:
- Descripción general de apoyos para un comportamiento positivo
- Revisar las dimensiones de la comunicación: Forma y Función
- Consideración del comportamiento como medio de comunicación
- Proporcionar una introducción a la evaluación funcional
- Comprender el desarrollo de la conducta para una planificación de apoyo
Este curso es de 21 horas presenciales. Cada módulo también se puede comprar por separado.
Las horas de cada módulo se detallan a continuación.
Introducción al Modelo Pirámide
This module introduces the Pyramid Model framework to participants and should be used before the other modules. Topics include: the relationship of the Pyramid Model to prevention science, equity, inclusion, trauma-informed care, anti-bias practice and the use of data for decision-making, understanding child behavior, and the research that provides an evidence-base for the use of the Pyramid Model.
2 horas
Bebés y Niños Módulo 1: Introducción al Modelo Pirámide y desarrollo socioemocional
As the first training module in the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module Series, Understanding Social-Emotional Development will acquaint participants with the Pyramid Model, introduce important terms that will be used throughout the Pyramid Model training modules, and lay a foundation to better understand the role caregivers play in young children’s social-emotional development.
2 horas
Bebés y NIños Módulo 2: Centrándose en las relaciones
In Focusing on Relationships, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module Series, participants will explore the importance and complexities of developing relationships between caregivers, families, and children. Participants should leave understanding that social-emotional development takes place within the context of relationships, so strategies to support development must prioritize building relationships. This training covers topics such as reflecting on participants’ past and current relationships, as well as addressing issues related to culture, diversity, race, equity, risk, and protective factors.
3 horas
Bebés y Niños Módulo 3: Rutinas, horarios y entornos receptivos
In Responsive Routines, Schedules, & Environments, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module series, participants will learn how being intentional about establishing daily routines and setting up the environment can: help young children feel confident and secure, paving the way for social-emotional growth; promote children’s active and safe exploration and learning; and facilitate positive child-peer and adult-child interactions.
3 horas
Bebés y Niños Módulo 4: Comprensión del comportamiento
Working with infants and toddlers is rewarding, but it can also sometimes be challenging. In Understanding Behavior, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module Series, participants will learn how to use observation to better understand child behavior. We will look at the many influences affecting behavior and use this knowledge to examine our own beliefs. We will practice reframing our thoughts to better respond to challenging situations.
2 horas
Bebés y Niños Módulo 5: Enseñar sobre los sentimientos
In Responsive Routines, Schedules, & Environments, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module series, participants will learn how being intentional about establishing daily routines and setting up the environment can: help young children feel confident and secure, paving the way for social-emotional growth; promote children’s active and safe exploration and learning; and facilitate positive child-peer and adult-child interactions.
2 horas
Bebés y Niños Módulo 6: Promoción de interacciones positivas entre pares
In Positive Peer Interactions, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module Series, participants will gain knowledge on how to facilitate positive peer interactions and support the development of social and friendship skills, learn about the developmental stages of social and play skills, and apply that knowledge to classroom practices.
2 horas
Bebés y Niños Módulo 7: Enseñanza individualizada
In Individualized Teaching, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module Series, participants will learn how to identify and address delays in social-emotional development. The module provides an overview of the screening and assessment process and guidance on how to develop a systematic plan to provide individualized teaching to children who have delays.
2 horas
Bebés y Niños Módulo 8: Comportamiento desafiante
In Challenging Behavior, a module of the Pyramid Model Infant-Toddler Module Series, participants will: identify and define challenging behavior, and work to understand why challenging behavior happens; discuss how to gather data and implement strategies that will prevent challenging behavior; and discuss strategies to address or respond effectively to challenging behavior when it is present.
3 horas
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*This course reflects the regulations of the State of Colorado. No information in this course supersedes any regulations or laws in your state. Regulations for all states are accessible on the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education (NRC) website. Click on the link provided to view regulations in your state.
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