Nevada aims to prevent children from being expelled, suspended or excluded in all early childhood settings. Exclusionary discipline practices, like expulsion and suspension, are adult behaviors that occur in response to children’s consistent, persistent, and/or intense challenging behavior1
. These adult behaviors do not teach children the needed social and communication skills to be successful and they prevent children from accessing
educational opportunities that should be teaching these age- and culturally-appropriate social and communication skills. The goal of this policy statement is to provide guidance to programs and families with children in early childhood settings (birth to kindergarten) to create policies that promote inclusive positive guidance and discipline practices that eliminate expulsion and suspension. This document is Nevada’s stance on supporting young children’s social and emotional development and behavioral health.