Challenging behavior is an obstacle to social-emotional competence for young children. Function-based behavior support can promote positive outcomes for children and their families, and family collaboration is an important component of successful positive behavior support programs. However, little is known about how families and educators collaborate to support young children with challenging behaviors in early childhood settings. Using qualitative inquiry, we examined family members’ and early childhood educators’ experiences with the behavior support process. Focus groups were conducted with 12 family members and 11 educators to understand how they collaborate. Our findings highlight themes related to communication and building partnerships. Based on these findings, we present a model of family–professional collaboration and a discussion of technology-supported communication tools that may facilitate successful collaboration between families and educators during the behavior support process.

具有挑战性的行为是幼儿社交情感能力的障碍。基于功能的行为支持可以促进儿童及其家庭的积极成果，家庭合作是成功的积极行为支持计划的重要组成部分。但是，关于家庭和教育者如何合作以支持幼儿期儿童具有挑战性行为的幼儿知之甚少。通过定性探究，我们研究了家庭成员和幼儿教育者在行为支持过程中的经历。与12位家庭成员和11位教育工作者进行了焦点小组讨论，以了解他们如何合作。我们的发现突出了与沟通和建立伙伴关系有关的主题。根据这些发现，