Month: April 2019

Drs. Tamika La Salle and Sara McDaniel receive a five-year $2.4 million grant from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities

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Drs. Tamika La Salle and Sara McDaniel receive a five-year $2.4 million grant from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities. Dr. La Salle, assistant professor of the school psychology program in the UConn Neag School of Education, and Dr. Sara McDaniel, associate professor of psychology at the University of Alabama, will work to look at ways to address a gap in the effectiveness of Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (SWPBIS) by enhancing the traditional SWPBIS model with SWPBIS+: culturally responsive SWPBIS. Please click the link for more information.

Dr. La Salle

Dr. La Salle

 Dr. McDaniel                 Dr. McDaniel

8th Annual NEPBIS Network Leadership Forum: REGISTRATION IS OPEN

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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

8th Annual
Northeast PBIS Network Leadership Forum
May 16-17, 2019

Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa
625 North Road
Groton, Conn.

Develop your professional network in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). Enhance your capacity to work smarter and more effectively in implementing the PBIS framework. Join us for this exciting regional opportunity for PBIS leaders and implementers in the Northeast.

Featured Keynotes:
Kent McIntosh 
Kent McIntosh 
Professor of Special Education, University of Oregon
Director, Educational and Community Supports
Co-Director, OSEP Center on PBIS
Susan Barrett
Susan Barrett
Director, Mid-Atlantic PBIS Network
Implementer Partner, Center on PBIS
Brandi Simonsen
Brandi Simonsen
Professor of Special Education, University of Connecticut
Co-Director, Center for Behavioral Education and Research
Co-Director, National Technical Center on PBIS

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you in Mystic.

CBER Breakfast Brown Bag with Jacqueline Rabe, Reporter at CT Mirror & ProPublica

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“Politics Behind School Funding and Getting Media Coverage on Research”

Jacqueline Rabe
CBER will hold our Breakfast Brown Bag with Jacqueline Rabe, Reporter at CT Mirror & ProPublica, on Monday, April 8th. The topic will be “Politics Behind School Funding and Getting Media Coverage on Research”. Join us for this event!

Location: Gentry Building, Room 144

Time: 9 – 10 a.m., Monday, April 8th

Light refreshments will be served.