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Office of Early Childhood webinar spotlights restorative practices, layered supports for challenging behaviors
Summary
Connecticut’s Office of Early Childhood hosted a webinar highlighting restorative practices, MTSS layers of support and family–school collaboration as ways to help young children with challenging behaviors; speakers shared practical tools, a classroom case study and resources for implementation.
Hartford — The Connecticut Office of Early Childhood convened a webinar to address how early childhood programs can respond to challenging behaviors by strengthening relationships, aligning supports across systems and using restorative practices.
Commissioner Beth Bayh, Commissioner of the Office of Early Childhood, opened the session by urging professionals to collaborate so children can "get to the proper setting" and so more programs can accept children with mild to severe behavior needs. "We as professionals all need to work together and collaborate to help children get to the proper setting," Bayh said.
Julia Miller, the 2025 Connecticut Teacher of the Year, described restorative justice practices and framed supports through the "social discipline window," which she said balances accountability and support. "Relationships really are at the heart of teaching and learning," Miller said, urging programs to favor "high support and high accountability" and to do the work "with"…
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