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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:

Child Care Core of Knowledge

  • 1. Child Development

Early Care and Education Knowledge Base

  • 1. Child Development
  • 4. Teaching and engagement
  • 5. Curriculum and learning environment

Childcare Program: Continuing Education

  • 1. Child development
  • 3. Caring for children with exceptionalities
  • 7. Behavior guidance

Child Care Training Regulations

  • 1. Child Development
  • 4. Positive behavior management
  • 6. Supervision of children
  • 21. Providing developmentally appropriate activities and experiences for children
  • 22. Inclusion of children with special needs

Core Knowledge Areas from the Michigan Core Knowledge and Core Competencies for the Early Care and Education Workforce

  • 1. Child development and learning
  • 5. Teaching and learning
  • 7. Interactions and guidance

Teachers of Early Childhood Education Subject Matter Standards

  • 1. Child Development and Learning
  • 2. Developmentally appropriate learning experiences
  • 5. Historical and contemporary development of early childhood education

Early Care & Education Professional Development Content Areas

  • 1. Child Development and Learning in Context
  • 4. Developmentally, Culturally, and Linguistically Appropriate Teaching Practices
  • 5. Knowledge, Application, and Integration of Academics Content in the Early Childhood Curriculum

Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Staff

  • 1. Child development, including discipline, guidance, nutrition, injury control and safety

Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners

  • 1. Child growth and development
  • 5. Learning environments and curriculum
  • 6. Interactions with children

All Staff Annual Training

  • 1. Child growth and development
  • 2. Social and Emotional Development
  • 3. Child Guidance

Director Annual Training

  • 4. Child Guidance

Early Learning Staff Professional Development Areas

  • All Staff Annual Training
  • Director Annual Training

Department of Social Services, Child Care Services (CCS): Pathway to Professional Development

  • 1. Child growth and development
  • 3. Guidance and behavior management
  • 11. Learning environments
  • 12. Age-appropriate activities and planning

Early Childhood Education and Care Department

  • 1. Child growth, development, and learning
  • 4. Developmentally appropriate content
  • 5. Learning environment and curriculum implementation

Department of Children, Youth & Families: Child Care Provider Training Requirements

  • 1. Child/adolescent growth and development
  • 2. Learning environment and curriculum
  • 6. Interactions with children/youth
  • 9. Cultural competency and responsiveness

Early Learning and Development Standards

  • 1. Early Childhood Education and Child Development

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.
  • 3. Ability to promote an inclusive, welcoming, and respectful environment that embraces diversity.

School Age Child Care

  • 3. Child Day Care Program Development
  • 4. Safety and Security Procedure

Early Childhood Professional Learning Categories

  • 1. Learning Communities
  • 5. Learning Designs
  • 6. Implementation

Program Quality Practices

  • 1. Physical Environment, Curriculum, and Program Activities
  • 2. Assessment, Planning, and Improvement
  • 3. Relationships
  • 4. Child and Youth Engagement

Department of Human Services Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education Child Care Licensing Unit

  • 1. Proper supervision of children
  • 2. Behavioral guidance practices

Workforce Knowledge and Competencies

  • 2. Alignment with CDELS
  • 2. Learning Environment and Curriculum (LEC)
  • 3. Positive Interactions (PI)
  • 7. Professionalism and Leadership (PL)

Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals

  • 1. Safe Environments
  • 2. Healthy Environments
  • 3. Learning Environments
  • 8. Self-Esteem
  • 9. Social Development
  • 10. Guidance

Core Knowledge and Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals

  • 2. Child and youth development

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Training

  • 2. Child growth and development
  • 5. Guidance and discipline techniques

Early Childhood - Continuing Education

  • 2. Child Guidance
  • 6. Learning Activities

Early Childhood Educator Requirements: Birth to Second Grade

  • 2. Developmental curriculum planning/ environment and curriculum
  • 4. Positive behavior management/social-emotional development

2. Learning and Development

  • 2a. Youth Learning and Development
  • 2b. Staff Professional Development and Leadership

Department of Early Education & Care Standards

  • 2. Planning Programs and Environments for Young Children
  • 4. Child and Classroom Management
  • 10. Supervision or Staff Development in Early Childhood Education

Early Learning and Development Standards

  • 2. Social and Emotional Development

Quality Standards for OST Programs

  • 2: Relationships and Interactions
  • 3: Youth-Centered Program Design

OST Quality Guidelines

  • 3. Human Relationships
  • 5. Staff Qualifications and Training
  • 6. Youth Development and Engagement

Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Administrators

  • 6. Professional development and leadership
  • 8. Teaching practices

Child Care Centers Professional Growth and Development Training Requirements

  • 3. Positive ways to support children’s social and emotional development (includes guidance and discipline)
  • 8. Principles of child growth and development

ECE Competencies

  • 3. Relationships, Interactions, and Guidance
  • 8. Learning Environments and Curriculum

Family/Community Relations

  • 3. Transitioning

Career Development

  • 4. Using child care tools
  • 6. Strategic leadership and planning

Child Growth and Development

  • 6. Social/emotional development
  • 7. Challenging behaviors

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services: Child Care Center Professional Development Training Topics

  • Career Development
  • Child Growth and Development
  • Family/Community Relations

Core Knowledge and Competencies

  • 4. Learning Environment and Curriculum

Early Learning eGuidelines Competencies

  • 4. Preparing for and Including Young Children in the Child Care Setting
  • a. Introduction to Inclusive Child Care
  • d. Preparing for and Including Young Children in the Child Care Setting

B-3 Continuum

  • 5. Joint Professional Development

Department of Early Learning and Care: Training

  • 5. Learning Environments and Curriculum
  • 7. Special Needs
  • 8. Understanding and Guiding Behavior

Standards of Early Learning and Development

  • 6. Positive Discipline and Guidance

Department of Children and Families (Annual In-Service Training)

  • 7. Behavior management
  • 16. Guidance and discipline

Child Care VA Standards

  • 10. Inclusion of All Children
  • 13. Foundations of Child Development and Approaches to Learning

Child Care Facilities: Staff Development Topics

  • a. Planning a safe, healthy learning environment
  • c. Positive ways to support children's social and emotional development

Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines

  • I. Child/Adolescent Growth and Development
  • II. Learning Environment and Curriculum
  • III. Child/Adolescent Observation and Assessment
  • VI. Interactions with Children/Youth/Others
  • VIII. Professional Development and Leadership

Early Childhood Education: Professional Development Areas

  • Annual Training (1) Child growth and development
  • Annual Training (2) Guidance and discipline
  • Annual Training (4) Teacher-child interaction
  • Pre-Service 3. Positive guidance and discipline of children
  • Pre-Service 4. Fostering children’s self-esteem
  • Pre-Service 5. Supervision and safety practices in the care of children
  • Pre-Service 6. Positive interaction with children

Child Care Training & Education

  • Standard 1: Learning Environment/Developmentally Appropriate Practice

Department of Children & Families: Staff Training Requirements for Childcare Centers

  • i. Child growth and development
  • ii. Positive guidance and discipline
  • vi. Creating a classroom environment

Department of Education: Standards for Professional Development

  • f. Strategies for working with children with disabilities
  • g. Classroom management, which must include, without limitation, positive discipline and guidance and social, emotional, and academic development

Division of Early Care and Education: Staff Development

  • i. Child growth and development
  • k. Guiding children’s behavior

Early Childhood Professional Development Framework

  • Standard I: Designs/Plans Instruction
  • Standard II: Creates/Maintains Environments
  • Standard III: Implements Instruction
  • Standard V: Reflects/Evaluates Teaching/Learning
  • Standard VII: Engages in Professional Development

Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators (PA PSCECE)

  • Standard 1: Child Development and Learning in Context
  • Standard 4: Developmentally, Culturally, and Linguistically Appropriate Teaching Practices

Course Content

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Course Includes

  • 27 Lessons
  • 2 Topics
  • 2 Check-ins
  • Course Certificate