Reviews
Patricia Snyder, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, University of Florida & Emeritus Faculty Member, Pyramid Model Consortium - November 4, 2024
"With a focus on sharing effective and equitable practices that enhance the quality of interactions and caregiving and learning environments for infants and toddlers, Unpacking the Infant-Toddler Pyramid Model is a welcome resource for ECE teachers as they partner with families and other primary caregivers to promote positive social-emotional learning and development."
Marilou Hyson, Ph.D., Consultant, Early Childhood Development and Education - October 16, 2024
"This isn't a book to read once and put down. This one will soon become dog-eared! Teachers, professional development providers, program leaders, and others will repeatedly draw on the book's checklists, practice tips, resource links, and thought-provoking vignettes. Wherever you are in your professional journey, this book will help promote the social-emotional competence of all our smallest children and their families. It's a gem."
Robin Levy, M.A., Pyramid Coordinator, Healthy Child Care Colorado - October 16, 2024
"It all begins somewhere! Social and emotional competence doesn't develop in isolation. This book equips infant and toddler practitioners with the tools to actively promote these skills, giving them the agency to explore the 'how' of fostering social and emotional growth in our youngest citizens and students—our babies. It offers a hands-on guide for caregivers to effectively implement the Pyramid Model, ensuring early foundations of emotional well-being are modeled and built from the start."
Junlei Li, Ph.D., Program Co-Chair, Human Development and Education, Saul Zaentz Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education - October 16, 2024
"With relationship at the heart and foundation of the Pyramid Model, this outstanding team of researcher-practitioners infuse each principle and practice with compassionate care for infants, families, and most importantly, care providers and educators themselves."
Christen Million, M.S., D.T., Assistant Vice President of Early Childhood Mental Health, Rooted in Relationships, Nebraska Children and Families Foundation - October 16, 2024
"Unpacking the Infant–Toddler Pyramid Model will serve as an excellent resource for infant and toddler teachers that are new to the Pyramid Model, as well as experienced teachers looking to deepen their knowledge and skill set around the social-emotional development of infants and toddlers. The social-emotional development in ages 0-36 is arguably the most important part of a child's developmental and life trajectory, and having an easy to understand, practical guide for the educators that are caring for this specific age group will be invaluable…Teachers, families, and children will benefit greatly from the work that was done in creating this book."
Lori Cassidy, M.Ed., Pyramid Model Trainer and Coach, Pyramid 802 Plus, VT - October 16, 2024
"This book is filled with useful information and truly 'unpacks' the Infant-Toddler Pyramid Model Practices. The information in this book will help practitioners dig deeper into the Practices and have a better understanding of how to support the social and emotional development of infants and toddlers…this book will be an invaluable resource, and I'm sure I will be using it as much as I use the Preschool version. Thank you so much for the thought and intentionality that was put into this book."
Marilyn Armstrong, BAHSA, Connecting Canada Project Manager - GRIT Program, Edmonton, Alberta - October 16, 2024
"From understanding the importance of teacher well-being and their impact on brain development in the first three years of life to fostering a sense of belonging for all families, this book has it all! Teachers everywhere will benefit from the evidence-based practices and self-reflection checklists that support the creation of safe and secure environments for our youngest citizens."
Tammy Vittum, M.Ed., NH Pyramid Model Coach - October 16, 2024
"Early education teachers and providers have been eagerly waiting for additional high-quality resources tailored to the unique developmental needs of infants and toddlers. This guide honors the remarkable opportunity individuals and programs have to partner with families in applying research-based practices to meet the needs of all children."
Lucy J. Marose, BSW, M.Ed. - October 16, 2024
"This book is an absolute treasure trove for people who work with infants and toddlers and are invested in helping them get the best possible start in life. It provides clear context and background information necessary for deep insight into the critical importance of social-emotional development in the early years. The true beauty of this book is that it also provides specific, practical, and understandable resources and examples to help ECE professionals put the information into practice. It is a gift that helps caregivers be able to say, 'Now I really understand how to do this job well.'"
Kate Sweeney, MSW, LCSW-C, Assistant Extension Professor, Co-Director, Parent Infant Early Childhood (PIEC), University of Connecticut - October 16, 2024
"This book that speaks practically about strategies that help to operationalize approaches to understand and support the social and emotional needs of infants and toddlers in care is exactly what the workforce needs. As a former Infant Mental Health Consultant in Early Head Start, this would have been in my bag on a daily basis."
Dawn Wimbush, M.S., IMH-E®(II), IFS-ERS, Supervisor of Infant and Toddler Behavior Consultation, Virginia - October 16, 2024
"Unpacking the Infant-Toddler Pyramid Model not only acknowledges the importance of infants and toddlers' social-emotional development and competencies, but it also provides a framework for building an effective workforce which supports quality interactions and fosters positive relationships…Both the novice and seasoned teacher, administrator, or coach will return again and again to this invaluable resource for its practical strategies, checklists, concrete examples, and reflective practices promoting the highest quality of care."