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  • Behind Every Child Behavior, There is a Feeling offers ideas about understanding big emotions in young children and supporting them to manage those emotions. This resource includes a video and PDFs
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  • Caregiver Skills Training: Responding to Challenging Behavior is one of a series of YouTube videos from Autism Speaks using play and home routines to promote engagement and respond to challenging behavior.
  • Center on Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) provides specific tools for families to promote social/emotional development in young children.
  • Challenging Behaviors Tool Kit Autism Speaks provides strategies and resources to address behaviors challenges
  • Community Behavior Resources for young children.  Compiled by Comfort Connection Family Resource Center for Orange County
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  • **Essentials for Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers is specifically designed for parents of 2–4 year olds and offers strategies for common parent challenges.
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  • **Behavioral Health Service Directory from OCHCA provides a complete listing of all county behavioral programs and services.
  • Discipline Tips Conscious Discipline offers tips when stumped by a behavior or you don’t remember how to do “that thing” from your last workshop?
  • Managing Challenging Behaviors Videos from The Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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  • Navigating Behavioral Services (ABA) Videos from The Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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  • **OC Links Info and Referral Line provides telephone and online support in navigating the Behavioral Health System in Orange County and will assist in identifying the right program for your family.  Call (855)OC-LINKS (855-625-4657)
  • Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support from OSEP’s Technical Assistance Center provides tools for families and professionals for school-age children.
  • Project Bloom is a free behavior intervention program for children ages 0-5 that focuses on behavior management strategies, building a parent-child relationship, and providing guidance for effective communication skills. Each family is provided with five 1-on-1 sessions to help manage their child’s behaviors.
  • Services for Families with Young Children offers parents of newborns through age 8 supportive services to address concerns in their children’s developmental and social/emotional health; services offered in nine different languages.
  • Start Well: Mental Health Consultation for Early Care and Education is an evidence-based program, for children 0-8 years.  It builds collaborative relationships with Early Care and Education (ECE) providers in family child care homes and center-based programs, providing information and guidance through a six-step consultation process.
  • Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI) is associated with CSEFEL (above)  provides research-based materials to help professionals and parents with challenging behaviors of young children.

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