Foundations of PBC-DIDM
Since 2007, members of the PBC-DIDM Project Team have collaborated on Practice-Based Coaching (PBC)- focused activities and related projects that have informed the development of the PBC-DIDM Model, including Embedded Instruction for Early Learning, the Pyramid Model, and BEST in Class.
The PBC-DIDM Project Team has extensive experience working with state and program leadership teams, coaches, practitioners, and families to support the implementation of professional learning experiences, PBC, and effective practices with children and their families, to promote positive child and family outcomes. PBC-DIDM is an opportunity to build on this federally funded work conducted with support from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and to explore effective implementation strategies for building capacity within states and programs to advance learning and outcomes for young children and their families.
Our work would not be possible without strong collaborative partnerships with participating states and early childhood programs that are serving as PBC-DIDM model demonstration sites.
To learn more about the PBC-DIDM Model Demonstration Project, watch this 8-minute presentation by Dr. Patricia Snyder.
This presentation was initially recorded for the Office of Special Education Programs Leadership and Project Directors Conference.
This model demonstration grant provides our team with opportunities to demonstrate that PBC-DIDM can be implemented as intended by coaches working in the demonstration sites, rather than by external coaches who were part of our early PBC work.
Learn more about PBC Foundations
Below are select resources and links to help you learn about the evidence base for PBC and other professional learning supports that informed the development of the PBC-DIDM Model, tools, and resources.
Practice-Based Coaching
Practice-based coaching (PBC) helps people learn what to do and say to support young children’s development and learning. Coaches can support anyone who interacts regularly with young children, including practitioners and families. Anyone can benefit from receiving PBC because what people learn to do or say as they support young children matches their individual strengths, needs, priorities, preferences, and goals.
Pyramid Model
The Pyramid Model supports practitioners and families to use practices that promote children’s positive social interactions with peers and adults. It is a multi-tiered framework that organizes effective practices for promoting young children’s healthy development.
Embedded Instruction for Early Learning
Embedded Instruction for Early Learning applies the 3R’s of Early Learning: Relationships, Repetition, Routines ™ to help children learn important skills during everyday activities with familiar people at home, in early learning programs, and in the community. It is essential for people who interact regularly with young children to learn how to do Embedded Instruction because children learn best during everyday routines and activities with people and things that are part of everyday life.
BEST in CLASS
BEST in CLASS helps people who interact with young children, including practitioners and caregivers, to encourage children’s positive interactions with peers and adults. When entering early childhood programs, some children need additional support to learn how to follow classroom expectations and routines, participate in classroom learning activities, and play with their friends. BEST in CLASS enhances practitioners’ and caregivers’ use of effective practices when interacting with these young children. When children learn to interact positively with others at school or home, they optimize their well-being and early learning experiences.