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Addressing the
Needs of Young Children Who Engage in Challenging Behavior |
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About This Project
Since 1992, we have successfully developed and evaluated a model of
training and technical assistance addressing challenging behavior. As
a result of these efforts, over 25 teams in urban and rural areas in
seven states have been equipped to address the needs of young children
who either currently engage or have a propensity to engage in
challenging behavior.
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Our training has focused on preparing educators and family members to
conduct functional behavioral assessment and to implement positive
behavioral support. This has included linking assessment results to
proactive interventions, designing effective instructional
environments, facilitating social interaction, and reaching functional
communication skills. The training format that we have used includes
workshops offered onsite as well as training via interactive
television, online instruction, and development of individual
technical assistance teams.
With the increasing need for training and
technical assistance support, it becomes important to not only
continue these training efforts but to also create mechanisms that (1)
create resources and support that are available to practitioners over
time, and (2) further extend training throughout the state of
Minnesota. This project was designed to make existing materials
that we have developed in previous projects increasingly available via
web pages, CD-ROMs, online courses, and Interactive Television (ITV)
workshops. Additionally, development continues of in-depth
tutorial CD-ROMs and web-based products that will improve early
childhood educators' ability to address the needs of young children
who engage in challenging behavior.
Individuals who are interested in more
information about the development of a technical assistance team
within their area may visit our related project
Preventing Challenging Behavior in
Rural Early Childhood Education Settings: Blending Technology and
Technical Assistance.
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Project Staff
Joe Reichle, Ph.D., Principal
Investigator
LeAnne Johnson, Ph.D., Project Coordinator
Shelley Neilsen Gatti, Ph.D., Lecturer
Edward Carney, Research Associate
Karen Anderson, Support and Web maintenance
For further information,
contact LeAnne Johnson at 612-626-3457 or
chaf0032@umn.edu.
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Related Resources
Workshop presentation handout: March 1, 2006, Augmentative
Communication Systems for Preschoolers with Autism: When to Consider,
How to Implement, and What About Challenging Behavior? Presented at
University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, Joe Reichle, Ph.D., via ITV
to sites throughout MN and to sites in Dupree, South Dakota and
University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Color full-page slides (46
pages, best viewed on screen, pdf file)
Black and white handout (15
pages, 3 slides per page, best for printing, pdf file)
Workshop presentation handout: May 17,
2005,
Learning to Talk:
How Early Can Augmentative Communication be Implemented with Toddlers?
Training: Addressing the Needs of Young Children Who Engage in
Challenging Behavior
Online
Course: Addressing the Needs of Young Children Who Engage in
Challenging Behavior
Related Project: Preventing
Challenging Behavior in Rural Early Childhood Education Settings:
Blending Technology and Technical Assistance
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Associated Publications
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Preventing and
Treating Challenging Behavior in Young
Children (Early Report, Spring 2001)
- But What Can I
Do?: Tips and Strategies for
Paraprofessionals Addressing the Needs of
Children Engaging in Challenging Behavior
(ParaLink Newsletter, Fall 2000, from
Minnesota Paraprofessional Consortium's
"Together We're Better"
- Neilsen,
S., Olive, M., Donovan, A., & McEvoy,
M. (1998). Challenging behavior in your
classroom? Don’t react, teach
instead!
Young
Exceptional Children, 2(1), 2-10.
- Reichle,
J., McEvoy, M., Davis, C., Rogers, E.,
Feeley, K., Johnston, S., &
Wolff, K. (1996). Coordinating preservice
and in-service training of early
interventionists to serve preschoolers
who engage in challenging behavior. In L.
Koegel, R. Koegel, & G. Dunlap
(Eds.), Positive behavioral support:
Including people with difficult behavior
in the community. Baltimore:
Paul H. Brookes
Publishing Company.
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Funding
Minnesota
Department of Education, grant "Addressing the Needs of Children
Through Positive Behavior Support and Relationship-Based
Interventions" awarded to the University of Minnesota, Center for
Early Education and Development.
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