MIEBD Summer Institute

"Practical Tools for Meeting the Needs of Students with Challenging Behaviors"

This workshop will provide specific examples of writing and using meaningful FBA’s in the context of RTI. Use of FBA’s has been widely implemented in schools since IDEA ’98; however, practitioners continue to struggle with how to make them meaningful and effective. Participants will learn best practice tools for improving teaching practice from the assessment report to the implementation of behavior improvement plans and to student progress monitoring. Specific topics will include:

• Distinguishing between minimal legal standards and optimal teaching practice;

• Defining and determining what is “meaningful”;

• Using FBA’s/RTI in practical, meaningful ways;

• Implementing positive behavior support plans to improve skills within the 3-tiered framework; and

• Monitoring and measuring student progress.

Beth, Nancy and Barbara are MIEBD mentor teachers from throughout Minnesota.

Barbara Mackey has a Master's Degree in Special Education and has been teaching students with emotional and behavior challenges for 11 years. Currently, she teaches the Success Program in Grand Rapids and works with challenging youth that have been removed from six different school districts. She loves the challenge of dissecting a behavior to develop and implement an intervention that helps a student become more successful.

August 2-6, 2010

Roseville, Minnesota

Arnold Goldstein Memorial Library

Key Dates

August

2  Day 1 - Using Skill-Based Assessment to Make Decisions for Students with Challenging Behaviors

3  Day 2 - Teaching with Web Technology

4  Day 3  - AM: Substance Abuse Prevention

PM: Motivating the Reluctant (and Challenged) Reader

5  Day 4 - FBA/RTI: Tools to Teach Pro-social Skills

6  Day 5 - More Tools to Ensure Your Efforts Pay Off for Students

Sponsors

Professional Learning Board

Credits & CEUs

National Association of School Psychologists

Behavioral Institute for Children and Adolescents is approved by NASP to provide continuing professional development credits for school psychologists.

APS provider #1038

Behavioral Institute for Children and Adolescents is an approved Continuing Education Provider.

CE provider #CEP-218