Our Research

Peer Reviewed Research Articles

Longstreth, S. & Garrity, S. (2025). From exclusion to equity: Transforming behavior guidance in early childhood education. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14639491251379500 
 
Longstreth, S., Garrity, S., Winneker, A., & Fox, L. (2025). The role of early childhood leadership in the effective implementation of high-quality child guidance policies. Young Children, 80(3), 6-13. https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/fall2025 

Garrity, S., & Longstreth, S. (2019). Using the Teaching and Guidance Policy Essentials Checklist to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate behavior guidance policies, to Early Childhood Education Journal, 1-7.

Garrity, S., Longstreth, S., Linder, L., & Potter, N. (2019). Early childhood education centre director perceptions of challenging behavior: Promising practices and implications for professional development. Children and Society, 33(2), 168-184.

Garrity, S., Longstreth, S., & Linder, L. (2016). An examination of the quality of behavior guidance policies in NAEYC- accredited early care and education programs. Topics in Early Childhood Education, 37 (2), 94-106.

Garrity, S., Longstreth, S., Potter, N., & Staub, A*. (2015). Using the Teaching and Guidance Policy Essentials Checklist to build and support effective early childhood systems, Early Childhood Education Journal, 1-8.

Publications for Practitioners

Garrity, S., Longstreth, S., Linder, L. (Spring 2023). A Tale of Two Programs: Using the Teaching and Guidance Policy Essentials Checklist to guide early childhood mental health consultation at the programmatic level. Perspectives in Infant Mental Health, 31 (1), 8-13.

Garrity, S., & Longstreth, S. (March/April 2020). Research to practice: Using high-quality behavior guidance policies to support culturally and linguistically responsive learning environments and interrupt implicit bias. Childcare Information Exchange, 22-29.
 
Garrity, S. (2020). Using high-quality behavior guidance policies to prevent and address challenging behavior in early childhood settings. Blog post for Kaplan Early Learning Company. https://www.kaplanco.com/ii/sarah-garrity-discipline-policies 
 
Garrity, S., & Longstreth, S. (2016 Nov/Dec). How can high quality guidance policies be used to prevent and address challenging behaviors in the classroom? Childcare Information Exchange, 42-48.