“The ABC’s of Challenging Behavior” at OHSAI June Conference

Posted by Julie Stone on April 21, 2011 under News | Be the First to Comment

Helping Teams use Positive Behavior Support to Understand, Prevent, and Respond to Persistent Challenging Behavior in Preschool

Tuesday, June 7^th, 9:00am to 4:30pm and Wednesday, June 8^th, 9:00am to 4:30pm

The Center for Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5.  This session is based on their Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children.

This workshop will provide participants with information to better understand challenging behavior and will provide the skills needed toimplement a process of Positive Behavior Support, a process to be used with children whose challenging behavior continues after trying prevention approaches and developmentally appropriate child guidance procedures.

Kathleen Artman Meeker, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral research scientist at The Ohio State University. She completed her Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University where she worked extensively with teachers around using the Pyramid Model and positive behavior supports in public preschools, Head Start programs, and community childcare. She has served as a special education teacher, pre-service supervisor, instructional coach, and researcher.  Kathleen is a board certified behavior analyst and has helped develop individualized supports for children in home, school, and clinic settings.

Who should attend? This session is intended for Education Coordinators, Disability Coordinators, Mental Health Consultants and other Agency Leaders.  It is best experienced by a team attending the session together to discuss and plan for implementation.

The June Leadership and Professional Development Conference will be held at the Dayton Marriott, June 6-9, 2011.  Registration materials will be available soon. Click here to link to hotel reservation site.