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Naperville, IL
March 21-22

Conference:
Naperville, IL
March 21-22

<i>Conference:</i><br>Naperville, IL<br>March 21-22

"Behavioral Interventions for Challenging Students"

Wednesday, March 21 - Thursday, March 22, 2012

Naperville, IL - Northern IL University Naperville



March 21st - Day 1: Prevention Level
March 22nd - Day 2: Strategic and Intensive Intervention Level




Presented By Howard Knoff, Ph.D.
This interactive presentation focuses (Day 1) on how to establish effective school-wide Discipline, Behavior Management, and School Safety systems (Tier 1) to increase students’ interpersonal, social problem-solving, conflict prevention and resolution, and emotional coping skills, as well as their academic engagement and academic achievement. Using a “Positive Behavioral Support” foundation, the workshop then (Day 2) discusses Strategic (Tier 2) and Intensive (Tier 3) interventions to assist challenging students who are behaviorally unsuccessful or non-responsive.

One of the principles emphasized throughout the workshop is: “The absence or elimination of a student’s behavioral problem does not necessarily mean that the student has good pro-social skills.” For that reason, Day 1 will focus on how to teach students effective social, emotional, and behavioral skills, and how to help them to apply these skills at self-management level.

Day 2 will focus on how to specifically plan, implement, and evaluate Tier 2 behavioral interventions. These interventions will be organized to address the need to: (a) Increase or Establish New Student Behaviors; (b) Decrease or Eliminate Inappropriate Student Behaviors; (c) Teach Attention and Engagement Skills; (d) Teach Social, Self-Management, and Self-Control Skills; (e) Increase Student Motivation; and (f) Address Teasing, Taunting, Bullying, Harassment, and Physical Aggression/Fighting. The specific interventions discussed will be evidence-based, teacher-friendly, and field-tested.

This workshop will provide case examples as appropriate. For each intervention, the following information will be provided: (a) Problem Situations where the Intervention is most-used or most useful; (b) functional assessment outcomes that necessarily link to make this intervention relevant; (c) the Age Levels where the Intervention will be most successful; and (d) the Severity Level of the Student and/or Problem where the Intervention will be most successful. While participants may come separately to either Day 1 or Day 2, we strongly recommend that they attend both days so that they get the benefits from integrating all of the information.



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Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations made within two weeks of the conference will receive no reimbursement. Cancellations made prior to the two weeks before the conference will be subject to a $30 administration fee. No refunds will be made for those cancelling during the two weeks before the conference. No exceptions. Cancellations will be accepted only in writing via email, post mail or fax. Always verify that the cancellation was received.



CEU Info:
0.6 CEUs (for one day attendance) are available for an additional $15.
1.2 CEUs (for two day attendance) are available for an additional $25.
The CEUs are from IACET (International Association for Continuing Education and Training).

CPDUs will be available for no charge at the conference.



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