Historical Figures & Theories
The founders of Circle of Security hold that in order for children to experience secure relationships with caregivers, caregivers must strive to be these four characteristics:
What is Being bigger, stronger, wiser, and kind?
This assessment tool is completed over two observations of two hours each.
What is the Preschool Mental Health Climate Scale?
CSEFEL is a common resource that consultants refer to and/or share with providers. This acronym stands for:
What is the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning?
This is a section of the Smart Support Database where templates/forms, articles, and information on processes is stored.
What is SharePoint or Shared Documents?
This form is used to document unusual events that occur at sites.
What is the Critical Incident Report?
Walter Gilliam and his team conducted a research study on suspensions and expulsions in early child care settings. This study identified three factors that put children at more risk for being suspended or expelled, known as the “3 B’s.”
What is being big, black, and boy?
This questionnaire is designed to help consultants gain a better understanding of how the provider/teacher sees the identified focus child by asking the provider/teacher to list five adjectives to describe the child, and five adjectives to describe their relationship with the child.
What is the Working Model of the Child Interview?
The CDC website hosts a variety of videos regarding milestones for child development within these age ranges.
This is the title of the official Smart Support document that has information about our program and services, as well as guidelines for completing assessments.
What is the service delivery plan?
After the initial Letter of Commitment has been reviewed and signed, this is how often the LOC Addendum needs to be updated.
What is 6 months?
This consultant helped develop the ten elements of the consultative stance, and is the co-author of a book “Mental Health Consultation in in Child Care, which all consultants receive when they are first hired.
Who is Kadija Johnston?
This psychologist developed a scale to assess the relationship between children and their teachers/caregivers called "The Student-Teacher Relationship Scale"
Who is Robert Pianta?
The Birth to 5 Helpline can be contacted by dialing these digits.
What is 877-705-KIDS (5437)?
Collaboration amongst TAPs is a common practice. This is where the notes from Collaboration Meetings are uploaded and stored. ( 2 places)
This type of Goal Plan would not be uploaded on the Extranet.
What is a child focussed plan or a PBS plan?
This mental health scholar said, “how you are is as important as what you do".
Who is Jaree Pawl?
The Emotional Availability Scale assess two dimensions for the child.
What is Child Responsiveness to Adult and Child Involvement with Adult?
This is known as the top tier of the Pyramid Model.
What is intensive intervention or tertiary intervention?
Under a site’s profile on the Extranet, this is where one would you look in order to gather information about a site’s results from their assessments.
What is the Assessment Summary or Quality First Point Scale?
These are two of the three forms that Directors are provided with at the onset of services.
What is the Smart Support Parent Letter, Welcome Letter from Supervisor, and/or Provider Background Information (PBI)?
This theorist coined the term “holding environment,” which refers to the supportive environment a therapist establishes with his or her client, which is what consultants strive to create with provider.
Who is Donald Winnicott?
The Emotional Availability Scale assess four care provider/teacher dimensions.
What are: Sensitivity, Structuring, Non-Intrusiveness, and Non-Hostility?
This a series of 1 page handouts that outline various topics and provide strategies for caregivers to try at home and at school. Topics range from various emotional skills to social skills and can be found on the CSEFEL website.
What is the Backpack Connections Series?
When experiencing technological difficulties, you can notify Tech Support by submitting an online ticket, or by calling them from the office at this 4-digit number.
What is 2222?
These are the three components of our Quarterly Report?
What is Collaboration Efforts, General Successes, and Specific Success?