Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

Part II: Topic Specific Resources: Challenging Behavior

• Acknowledging Positive Behaviors
  (http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/health/Mental%20Health/Special%20Help%20for%20Children%27s%20Individualized%20Needs/Challenging%20Behaviors/AcknowledgingPos.htm)
  Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  (http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in English
  (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-easy-to-read/index.shtml) and in Spanish (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/espanol/trastorno-de-deficit-de-atencion-e-hiperactividad-facil-de-leer/index.shtml)
  National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
  (http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/index.html)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Behavior
  ("http://www.babycenter.com/302_behavior_1517760.bc?intcmp=lnav_bc20bigkid_bc20bkdbbeh&pn=Big%20Kid%20SubTopic)
  BabyCenter
  The BabyCenter includes tools, articles, expert answers, polls, and groups on behavior problems and discipline strategies.
• Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens in English
  (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/bipolar-disorder-in-children-and-teens-easy-to-read/index.shtml)
  and in Spanish (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/espanol/trastorno-bipolar-en-ninos-y-adolescentes-facil-de-leer/index.shtml)
  National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
• Biting and Other Aggressive Behavior
  (http://healthykids.us/chapters/biting_main.htm)
  Healthy Kids, Healthy Care, National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education
• Caring for the Spirited Child
  in English (http://www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org/pdfs/healthandsafety/spiriteden081803_adr.pdf [PDF format])
  and in Spanish (http://www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org/pdfs/healthandsafety/spiritedsp081308_adr.pdf [PDF format])
  California Childcare Health Program, University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing
  This resource offers tips on working with children who are strong-willed; easily frustrated; very active; have very intense emotions; or have trouble with changes, transitions, or situations that are new.
• Children's Mental Health - Campaign Materials
  (http://www.samhsa.gov/children/page2.asp)
  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  These resources provide information on children's mental health; attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder; bipolar disorder; conduct disorder; anxiety disorders; depressive disorders; and mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. It also includes an English and a Spanish family guide for finding services for children.
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/child-and-adolescent-mental-health/index.shtml)
  National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
  This series of podcasts, research, and resources covers a range of childhood disorders including ADHD, autism, depression, and suicide.
• Concerns About a Child: Making Observations
  (http://www.firstsigns.org/concerns/index.htm)
  First Signs
  First Signs provides information about developmental milestones, red flags to look out for, how to express your concern, and developmental/behavioral disorders, including videos on Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• Discipline
  (http://healthykids.us/chapters/discipline_main.htm)
  Healthy Kids, Healthy Care, National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education
• Flexible, Fearful or Feisty: Temperamental Differences
  (http://www.parecovery.org/documents/Focus_ECMH_Temperaments_010810.pdf [PDF format])
  Pennsylvania Recovery and Resiliency
  This tip sheet explains what temperament is and how to work with children of different temperaments.
• Fostering Emotional Literacy in Young Children: Labeling Emotions
  (http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/health/Mental%20Health/Special%20Help%20for%20Children%27s%20Individualized%20Needs/Challenging%20Behaviors/WhatisEmotional.htm)
  Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families
• Fussy Babies Network
  (http://www.fussybabynetwork.org/)
  Fussy Babies Network
  This network offers support to families who are experiencing a baby who is fussy, crying excessively, or has difficulties with sleeping or feeding.
• How To Raise a Well Behaved Child
  (http://sparkaction.org/node/60)
  Center for Effective Discipline
  This guide is for parents who are unsure of their parenting skills. It provides tips on when and how to use reward or punishment, and how best to help toddlers develop self-control and good coping skills.
• Positive Beginnings: Supporting Young Children with Challenging Behavior
  (http://pbs.fsu.edu/PBS.html)
  Positive Beginnings
  These resources include instructional modules that employ problem-based learning components and links relating to training, behavioral assessment, technology, communication, and research.
• Preventing Challenging Behavior in Young Children: Effective Practices
  (http://www.challengingbehavior.org/do/resources/documents/rph_preventing_challenging_behavior.pdf [PDF format])
  Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children
• Program-Wide Positive Behavior Support: Supporting Young Children's Social-Emotional Development and Addressing Challenging Behavior
  (http://www.challengingbehavior.org/do/resources/documents/sek_cap_booklet.pdf [PDF format])
  Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children
• Resources for Helping Children, Families, and Early Childhood Educators Build Coping Skills
  (http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/200809/CopingSkillsResources.pdf [PDF format])
  National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Sensory Processing Disorder
  (http://www.parecovery.org/documents/FOCUS_ECMH_SensProc_081009.pdf [PDF format])
  Pennsylvania Recovery and Resiliency
• Separation Anxiety
  (http://www.parecovery.org/documents/Focus_ECMH_SepAnx_060909.pdf [PDF format])
  Pennsylvania Recovery and Resiliency
  This tip sheet explains what causes separation anxiety and how parents can handle children experiencing it.
• Social/Emotional Development, Challenging Behaviors, & EHS/Infants and Toddlers
  (http://www.ehsnrc.org/Publications/English%20Tip%20Sheets/TIP%20SHEET%2036.pdf [PDF format])
  Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families
• Speaking of Science: National Institute of Mental Health Vodcast Series
  (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/media/video/speaking-of-science/index.shtml)
  National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
  These videos address the warning signs of childhood bipolar spectrum disorder, autism, and other mental health issues.
• Teaching Kids the Importance of Sleep
  (http://www.sleepforkids.org)
  Sleep for Kids
  Sleep for Kids provides information on how long kids should be sleeping, problems that may arise during their sleep that may be causing multiple awakenings or inability to sleep, and how to create a healthy sleeping environment and routine.
• Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children
  (http://www.challengingbehavior.org/)
  Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI)
  TACSEI is a 5-year grant made possible by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. TACSEI takes the research that shows which practices improve the social-emotional outcomes for young children with, or at risk for, delays or disabilities and creates free products and resources to help decision-makers, caregivers, and service providers apply these best practices in the work they do every day.
• Toddlers Who Bite
  (http://www.parecovery.org/documents/Focus_ECMH_Biting_060909.pdf [PDF format])
  Pennsylvania Recovery and Resiliency
  This tip sheet provides information on why toddlers bite.
• Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community: Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors
  (http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED417846&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED417846)
  Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families
  This technical guide offers a process for reflecting on practices, assessing difficult situations, and designing interventions for problem behaviors through joint problem solving.
• Understanding Aggressive Behavior
  (http://www.parecovery.org/documents/Focus_ECMH_Aggressive_Behavior_102709.pdf [PDF format])
  Pennsylvania Recovery and Resiliency
  This tip sheet explains what aggression is, its causes, its role in healthy development, and how to handle it.
• Using Functional Communication: Training to Replace Challenging Behavior
  (http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/ecdh/Mental%20Health/Special%20Help%20for%20Children's%20Individualized%20Needs/Challenging%20Behaviors/UsingFunctional.htm)
  Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families
• What Is Infant Mental Health?
  (http://www.parecovery.org/documents/What_Is_Infant_Mental_Health.pdf [PDF format])
  Pennsylvania Recovery and Resiliency