Confluence Podcast Episode Focuses on How to Prevent Challenging Behaviors

Challenging behaviors in early learning classrooms can disrupt routines, affect classroom safety, and frustrate even the most experienced educators. 

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A new episode of the Confluence Podcast focuses on how to prevent such behaviors before they even start. In the episode, Preventing Child Behaviors That Challenge Us and Resources Available to Providers, hosts Ruby Martin and Chris Loos discuss the real-world prevention strategies to help reduce challenging behaviors in early learning programs. Listeners will hear about proven ways to foster positive behavior before issues escalate.

Staci Kenney, division chief of the Bureau of Early Intervention and Family Supports, is a guest on the podcast. She provides insight into when and how to request early intervention support, helping providers know which signs to watch for and how to connect families with the right services at the right time.

The episode provides practical tools and resources to help educators - whether they are seasoned child care providers, supporting children with specific needs, or new to early education - create safer, more supportive learning environments.

The podcast is available on The Pennsylvania Key website.