Leveling Up Behavior Management
Explore the root causes of difficult behaviors, learn techniques to promote emotional regulation, and create positive, supportive learning environments for all young people.
Full Course Description
Enhance your skills in creating positive learning environments with our Leveling Up Behavior Management online course. Designed for educators and youth workers, this 1.5-hour course dives into the root causes of challenging behaviors and offers empathetic, effective strategies for managing them. You’ll learn techniques for promoting prosocial behavior, emotional regulation, and redirecting negative actions while fostering social and emotional growth. By the end, you’ll have the tools to maintain a supportive, structured environment that values every young person. Enroll today to master behavior management and create a more harmonious classroom.
This course will take approximately 1.5 hours to complete.
This course satisfies these child care training requirements:
- Critical Competencies: 1. Child Development
- Maryland: Critical Competencies
- : Maryland
- Early Care and Education Knowledge Base: 1. Child Development
- Early Care and Education Knowledge Base: 4. Teaching and engagement
- Early Care and Education Knowledge Base: 5. Curriculum and learning environment
- Montana: Early Care and Education Knowledge Base
- : Montana
- Childcare Program: Continuing Education: 1. Child development
- Childcare Program: Continuing Education: 3. Caring for children with exceptionalities
- Childcare Program: Continuing Education: 7. Behavior guidance
- New Hampshire: Childcare Program: Continuing Education
- : New Hampshire
- Child Care Training Regulations: 1. Child Development
- Child Care Training Regulations: 4. Positive behavior management
- Child Care Training Regulations: 6. Supervision of children
- Child Care Training Regulations: 21. Providing developmentally appropriate activities and experiences for children
- Child Care Training Regulations: 22. Inclusion of children with special needs
- Vermont: Child Care Training Regulations
- : Vermont
- Core Knowledge Areas from the Michigan Core Knowledge and Core Competencies for the Early Care and Education Workforce: 1. Child development and learning
- Core Knowledge Areas from the Michigan Core Knowledge and Core Competencies for the Early Care and Education Workforce: 5. Teaching and learning
- Core Knowledge Areas from the Michigan Core Knowledge and Core Competencies for the Early Care and Education Workforce: 7. Interactions and guidance
- Michigan: Core Knowledge Areas from the Michigan Core Knowledge and Core Competencies for the Early Care and Education Workforce
- : Michigan
- Teachers of Early Childhood Education Subject Matter Standards: 1. Child Development and Learning
- Teachers of Early Childhood Education Subject Matter Standards: 2. Developmentally appropriate learning experiences
- Teachers of Early Childhood Education Subject Matter Standards: 5. Historical and contemporary development of early childhood education
- : Minnesota
- Minnesota: Teachers of Early Childhood Education Subject Matter Standards
- Early Care & Education Professional Development Content Areas: 1. Child Development and Learning in Context
- Early Care & Education Professional Development Content Areas: 4. Developmentally, Culturally, and Linguistically Appropriate Teaching Practices
- Early Care & Education Professional Development Content Areas: 5. Knowledge, Application, and Integration of Academics Content in the Early Childhood Curriculum
- Missouri: Early Care & Education Professional Development Content Areas
- : Missouri
- Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Staff: 1. Child development, including discipline, guidance, nutrition, injury control and safety
- Georgia: Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Staff
- : Georgia
- Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners: 1. Child growth and development
- Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners: 5. Learning environments and curriculum
- Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners: 6. Interactions with children
- Oklahoma: Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners
- : Oklahoma
- All Staff Annual Training: 1. Child growth and development
- All Staff Annual Training: 2. Social and Emotional Development
- All Staff Annual Training: 3. Child Guidance
- Director Annual Training: 4. Child Guidance
- South Carolina: All Staff Annual Training
- South Carolina: Director Annual Training
- : South Carolina
- Department of Social Services, Child Care Services (CCS): Pathway to Professional Development: 1. Child growth and development
- Department of Social Services, Child Care Services (CCS): Pathway to Professional Development: 3. Guidance and behavior management
- Department of Social Services, Child Care Services (CCS): Pathway to Professional Development: 11. Learning environments
- Department of Social Services, Child Care Services (CCS): Pathway to Professional Development: 12. Age-appropriate activities and planning
- South Dakota: Department of Social Services, Child Care Services (CCS): Pathway to Professional Development
- : South Dakota
- Early Childhood Education and Care Department: 1. Child growth, development, and learning
- Early Childhood Education and Care Department: 4. Developmentally appropriate content
- Early Childhood Education and Care Department: 5. Learning environment and curriculum implementation
- New Mexico: Early Childhood Education and Care Department
- : New Mexico
- Department of Children, Youth & Families: Child Care Provider Training Requirements: 1. Child/adolescent growth and development
- Department of Children, Youth & Families: Child Care Provider Training Requirements: 2. Learning environment and curriculum
- Department of Children, Youth & Families: Child Care Provider Training Requirements: 6. Interactions with children/youth
- Department of Children, Youth & Families: Child Care Provider Training Requirements: 9. Cultural competency and responsiveness
- Washington: Department of Children, Youth & Families: Child Care Provider Training Requirements
- : Washington
- Early Learning and Development Standards: 1. Early Childhood Education and Child Development
- : Connecticut
- Connecticut: Early Learning and Development Standards
- NYC DYCD Core Competencies for Youth Work Professionals: 1. Knowledge of the principles and practices of child and youth development and ability to use this knowledge to achieve the goals of the program.
- NYC DYCD Core Competencies for Youth Work Professionals: 3. Ability to promote an inclusive, welcoming, and respectful environment that embraces diversity.
- School Age Child Care: 3. Child Day Care Program Development
- School Age Child Care: 4. Safety and Security Procedure
- : New York
- New York: NYC DYCD Core Competencies for Youth Work Professionals
- New York: School Age Child Care
- Early Childhood Professional Learning Categories: 1. Learning Communities
- Early Childhood Professional Learning Categories: 5. Learning Designs
- Early Childhood Professional Learning Categories: 6. Implementation
- Tennessee: Early Childhood Professional Learning Categories
- : Tennessee
- Program Quality Practices: 1. Physical Environment, Curriculum, and Program Activities
- Program Quality Practices: 2. Assessment, Planning, and Improvement
- Program Quality Practices: 3. Relationships
- Program Quality Practices: 4. Child and Youth Engagement
- Wyoming: Program Quality Practices
- : Wyoming
- Department of Human Services Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education Child Care Licensing Unit: 1. Proper supervision of children
- Workforce Knowledge and Competencies: 2. Alignment with CDELS
- Department of Human Services Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education Child Care Licensing Unit: 2. Behavioral guidance practices
- Workforce Knowledge and Competencies: 2. Learning Environment and Curriculum (LEC)
- Workforce Knowledge and Competencies: 3. Positive Interactions (PI)
- Workforce Knowledge and Competencies: 7. Professionalism and Leadership (PL)
- : Arkansas
- Arkansas: Department of Human Services Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education Child Care Licensing Unit
- Arkansas: Workforce Knowledge and Competencies
- Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 1. Safe Environments
- Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 2. Healthy Environments
- Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 3. Learning Environments
- Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 8. Self-Esteem
- Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 9. Social Development
- Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 10. Guidance
- Nebraska: Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals
- : Nebraska
- Core Knowledge and Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 2. Child and youth development
- West Virginia: Core Knowledge and Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals
- : West Virginia
- The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Training: 2. Child growth and development
- The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Training: 5. Guidance and discipline techniques
- : Mississippi
- Mississippi: The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Training
- Early Childhood - Continuing Education: 2. Child Guidance
- Early Childhood - Continuing Education: 6. Learning Activities
- Louisiana: Early Childhood - Continuing Education
- : Louisiana
- Early Childhood Educator Requirements: Birth to Second Grade: 2. Developmental curriculum planning/ environment and curriculum
- Early Childhood Educator Requirements: Birth to Second Grade: 4. Positive behavior management/social-emotional development
- : Delaware
- Delaware: Early Childhood Educator Requirements: Birth to Second Grade
- Department of Early Education & Care Standards: 2. Planning Programs and Environments for Young Children
- Department of Early Education & Care Standards: 4. Child and Classroom Management
- Department of Early Education & Care Standards: 10. Supervision or Staff Development in Early Childhood Education
- Massachusetts: Department of Early Education & Care Standards
- : Massachusetts
- Early Learning and Development Standards: 2. Social and Emotional Development
- Rhode Island: Early Learning and Development Standards
- : Rhode Island
- Hawaii: 2.Learning and Development
- 2.Learning and Development: 2a. Youth Learning and Development
- 2.Learning and Development: 2b. Staff Professional Development and Leadership
- : Hawaii
- Quality Standards for OST Programs: 2: Relationships and Interactions
- Quality Standards for OST Programs: 3: Youth-Centered Program Design
- : North Dakota
- North Dakota: Quality Standards for OST Programs
- Child Care Centers Professional Growth and Development Training Requirements: 3. Positive ways to support children’s social and emotional development (includes guidance and discipline)
- Child Care Centers Professional Growth and Development Training Requirements: 8. Principles of child growth and development
- Iowa: Child Care Centers Professional Growth and Development Training Requirements
- : Iowa
- ECE Competencies: 3. Relationships, Interactions, and Guidance
- ECE Competencies: 8. Learning Environments and Curriculum
- : California
- California: ECE Competencies
- Family/Community Relations: 3. Transitioning
- Career Development: 4. Using child care tools
- Child Growth and Development: 6. Social/emotional development
- Career Development: 6. Strategic leadership and planning
- Child Growth and Development: 7. Challenging behaviors
- Ohio: Career Development
- Ohio: Child Growth and Development
- Ohio: Family/Community Relations
- : Ohio
- Core Knowledge and Competencies: 4. Learning Environment and Curriculum
- Indiana: Core Knowledge and Competencies
- : Indiana
- Early Learning eGuidelines Competencies: 4. Preparing for and Including Young Children in the Child Care Setting
- Early Learning eGuidelines Competencies: a. Introduction to Inclusive Child Care
- Early Learning eGuidelines Competencies: d. Preparing for and Including Young Children in the Child Care Setting
- Idaho: Early Learning eGuidelines Competencies
- : Idaho
- B-3 Continuum: 5. Joint Professional Development
- Illinois: B-3 Continuum
- : Illinois
- Department of Early Learning and Care: Training: 5. Learning Environments and Curriculum
- Department of Early Learning and Care: Training: 7. Special Needs
- Department of Early Learning and Care: Training: 8. Understanding and Guiding Behavior
- Oregon: Department of Early Learning and Care: Training
- : Oregon
- Standards of Early Learning and Development: 6. Positive Discipline and Guidance
- : Alabama
- Alabama: Standards of Early Learning and Development
- Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Administrators: 6. Professional development and leadership
- Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Administrators: 8. Teaching practices
- : Colorado
- Colorado: Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Administrators
- Department of Children and Families (Annual In-Service Training): 7. Behavior management
- Department of Children and Families (Annual In-Service Training): 16. Guidance and discipline
- Florida: Department of Children and Families (Annual In-Service Training)
- : Florida
- Child Care VA Standards: 10. Inclusion of All Children
- Child Care VA Standards: 13. Foundations of Child Development and Approaches to Learning
- Virginia: Child Care VA Standards
- : Virginia
- Child Care Facilities: Staff Development Topics: a. Planning a safe, healthy learning environment
- Child Care Facilities: Staff Development Topics: c. Positive ways to support children's social and emotional development
- North Carolina: Child Care Facilities: Staff Development Topics
- : North Carolina
- Kansas: Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines
- Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines: I. Child/Adolescent Growth and Development
- Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines: II. Learning Environment and Curriculum
- Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines: III. Child/Adolescent Observation and Assessment
- : Kansas
- Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines: VI. Interactions with Children/Youth/Others
- Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines: VIII. Professional Development and Leadership
- Early Childhood Education: Professional Development Areas: Annual Training (1) Child growth and development
- Early Childhood Education: Professional Development Areas: Annual Training (2) Guidance and discipline
- Early Childhood Education: Professional Development Areas: Annual Training (4) Teacher-child interaction
- Texas: Early Childhood Education: Professional Development Areas
- Early Childhood Education: Professional Development Areas: Pre-Service 3. Positive guidance and discipline of children
- Early Childhood Education: Professional Development Areas: Pre-Service 4. Fostering children’s self-esteem
- Early Childhood Education: Professional Development Areas: Pre-Service 5. Supervision and safety practices in the care of children
- Early Childhood Education: Professional Development Areas: Pre-Service 6. Positive interaction with children
- : Texas
- Maine: Child Care Training & Education
- : Maine
- Child Care Training & Education: Standard 1: Learning Environment/Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- New Jersey: Department of Children & Families: Staff Training Requirements for Childcare Centers
- Department of Children & Families: Staff Training Requirements for Childcare Centers: i. Child growth and development
- Department of Children & Families: Staff Training Requirements for Childcare Centers: ii. Positive guidance and discipline
- : New Jersey
- Department of Children & Families: Staff Training Requirements for Childcare Centers: vi. Creating a classroom environment
- Nevada: Department of Education: Standards for Professional Development
- Department of Education: Standards for Professional Development: f. Strategies for working with children with disabilities
- Department of Education: Standards for Professional Development: g. Classroom management, which must include, without limitation, positive discipline and guidance and social, emotional, and academic development
- : Nevada
- Wisconsin: Division of Early Care and Education: Staff Development
- Division of Early Care and Education: Staff Development: i. Child growth and development
- Division of Early Care and Education: Staff Development: k. Guiding children’s behavior
- : Wisconsin
- Kentucky: Early Childhood Professional Development Framework
- : Kentucky
- Early Childhood Professional Development Framework: Standard I: Designs/Plans Instruction
- Early Childhood Professional Development Framework: Standard II: Creates/Maintains Environments
- Early Childhood Professional Development Framework: Standard III: Implements Instruction
- Early Childhood Professional Development Framework: Standard V: Reflects/Evaluates Teaching/Learning
- Early Childhood Professional Development Framework: Standard VII: Engages in Professional Development
- : Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania: Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators (PA PSCECE)
- Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators (PA PSCECE): Standard 1: Child Development and Learning in Context
- Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators (PA PSCECE): Standard 4: Developmentally, Culturally, and Linguistically Appropriate Teaching Practices
Course Content
Module 1: Course Overview
Course Includes
- 27 Lessons
- 2 Topics
- 2 Check-ins
- Course Certificate