This spring MCIE is partnering with Brookes Publishing to present an online training series on positive behavior supports. This 3-part series will feature Brookes' authors whose work supports individuals who engage in challenging behavior at home or in the classroom. In each of the interactive one hour sessions, the authors will highlight strategies from their books and provide insights on how to use them effectively.
Each session includes:
Access to the live presentation
Q&A session with the presenter
A copy of the presenter's book
A certificate of attendance
Access to the recorded presentation
$49/session
June 1, 2016
3-4pm ET
Parenting with Positive Behavior Support:
A Practical Guide to Resolving Your Child's Difficult Behavior
With the right information, tools, and resources, parents can be empowered to employ the principles of positive behavior support to address their children’s challenging behavior and improve family lives. In this session, you will learn these principles and apply the positive behavior support process using case examples. You will also have an opportunity to discuss strategies to more effectively engage families with the author.
with Meme Hieneman, Ph.D.
Dr. Hieneman is a consultant with Positive Behavior Support Applications and also engages in research related to engaging parents in behavioral intervention. She is an active member of APBS, leading Florida’s network and participating in various national workgroups. Meme has a Ph.D. in Special Education and is nationally certified as a behavior analyst. She has published a variety of articles, chapters, and books including “Parenting with Positive Behavior Support: A Practical Guide to Resolving Your Child’s Difficult Behavior.”
Meme has worked with children with severe behavioral challenges and their families for going on 30 years. She was a group home manager, behavior specialist for a school district, staff member for a program assisting families and professionals of children with autism, director of a state-wide PBS project helping schools to implement proactive, evidence-based interventions, co-training coordinator for the National Research and Training Center on PBS, research director of the Positive Family Intervention Project at USF St. Petersburg, and director and developer of the ABA and autism programs at All Children’s Hospital.
June 9, 2016
3-4pm ET
Supporting Students with Emotional and Behavioral Problems:
Prevention and Intervention Strategies
This session will focus on classroom strategies to prevent and address student behavior problems. We will describe ways that teachers can assess their classrooms for the presence of important environmental features to support behavior and learning. We will then describe specific strategies to strengthen the classroom structure. In addition, we will discuss instructional approaches to enhance student engagement and motivation.
with Lee Kern, Ph.D.
Dr. Kern received her doctorate in Special Education from the University of South Florida. She is currently Iacocca Professor of Special Education at Lehigh University. Dr. Kern has worked in the field of Special Education for more than 25 years as a classroom teacher, behavior specialist, consultant, and faculty member. Her research interests include challenging behavior, functional assessment, and curricular interventions. She works primarily with students with social, emotional, and behavioral disorders. She has published numerous articles, book chapters, and three books. Dr. Kern has received approximately 20 million in grants from the Department of Education and the National Institute of Mental Health to pursue research in behavior problems. She is currently Editor of Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Associate Editor of School Mental Health and serves on the editorial boards of six educational journals.
and Michael George, Ed.D.
Dr. George is the Director of the Centennial School of Lehigh University. Under Michael’s leadership, Centennial School has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, the Department of Justice, the Office of Civil Rights, the American Institutes of Research, and the National Disability Rights Network for its work with challenging children and youth. It has been designated a School of Excellence by the National Association of Special Education Teachers; and its story has been featured on the ABC Evening News, ABC’s Nightline as well as CNN.
Michael received his Doctorate in Education from the University of Missouri and he has served children with disabilities and their families for the past 42 years. More recently, Michael worked with Drs. Lee Kern and Mark Weist to publish a book entitled Supporting Students with Emotional and Behavioral Problems (Brookes Publishing), to assist pre-service and inservice teachers in their work with challenging students.
June 23, 2016
3-4pm ET
The Teacher's Pocket Guide for Postive Behavior Support:
Targeted Classroom Solutions
Are you looking for strategies to support students displaying undesired behavior in your classroom? Do you have a few students who just don’t seem to be responding to your preventative classroom management approach? Are you interested in starting or strengthening your use of targeted supports with a small group of students? Are you curious as to what targeted (Tier 2) supports may looks like in your school or how to apply these approaches in your classroom? In this session, you will take away targeted (Tier 2) strategies to help you identify what you may already have in place in your school, gather data to inform your practice, and in turn implement effective practices that can result in positive student outcomes with students who appear difficult to reach.
with Robin Drogran, Ph.D.
Dr. Drogan holds a doctoral degree in Special Education from Lehigh University. She is an assistant professor and graduate program coordinator at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Exceptionality Programs. Robin has presented at national and international conferences and has published multiple articles in peer reviewed journals. Her research and practical interests focus on tiered behavioral and academic support, team collaboration including teacher involvement, meeting the needs of students in inclusive settings, and preventative intervention strategies for young children.