The Center for Behavioral Education and Research (CBER) in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut is hosting its 7th Graduate Assistant Symposium, an annual student-led conference, on May 12, 2017. We expect a high volume of attendees this year, especially because U.S. Senator Chris Murphy and Education Counsel Catherine Holahan will be our keynote speakers. This is a great opportunity for you to present your own research posters to a large number of people! Please go to the survey and submit your proposal by Friday, April 28, 2017.

 

 

Agenda

08:30-09:30	Registration, Brunch, and Poster Session Presentations
09:30-10:00	Welcoming remarks
10:00-10:30	Senator Chris Murphy and Cathy Holahan share remarks
10:30-11:00	Q&A with Senator Chris Murphy and Cathy Holahan
11:00-11:15	Break/Transition (Catering has box lunches set up in atrium)
11:15-12:30	Lunch and Poster Session

If your poster is selected, we ask that you set it up by 8:00 a.m. on the day of the event.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact CBER Graduate Assistant Meiko Howell at meiko.howell@uconn.edu. We look forward to receiving your proposal!

Develop your professional network in Positive Behaviorial Intervention 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.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 12th

6th Annual
Northeast PBIS Network Leadership Forum
May 18 – 19, 2017

Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa
625 North Road
Groton, CT 06340

 

Featured Keynotes:

Anthony Biglan, Oregon Research Institute: “How the Behavioral Sciences Are Making America More Nurturing”

 

Diane Myers, Texas Woman’s University: “What Training Teachers Can Teach You about Classwide PBIS”

Strands:

PBIS Implementation & Sustainability:
Supporting Teacher’s Classroom Management
The Ongoing (and sometimes hard) Work of Changing Adult Thinking around PBIS
PBIS in a Community Schools Model: Practice Examples and Evaluation Data
School-Wide PBIS:
Getting Started with Tier 1 School-wide PBIS
Staying on Course Through Choppy Waters: Overcoming Obstacles of School-Wide PBIS Implementation
School-Wide PBIS in Non-Classroom Settings: IGNITE Session
Student Social Connections, The Answer to the Question We Should be Asking?

Class-Wide PBIS:
Classwide PBIS Foundations: Connecting to the Basics
Intensive Classroom Management Support for Teachers in High-Need Settings
Effective Professional Development of Teachers Classroom Management Practices
The PAX Good Behavior Game: a Valuable Supplement to PBIS

Advanced Tiers:
The Systems-Conversation Approach to Tier 2: Making Your Targeted Interventions More Effective
Creative Collaboration at Tier 3 to Support Youth with Emotional Behavioral Challenges
Tier 2 Systems and Practices: IGNITE Session

Integration & Alignment:
Systematically Aligning SEL with PBIS via Empirically Based Instruction and Measurement
“It was eye-opening”: Integrating Multiple Data-Based Initiatives to Build Tiered Behavioral Support
Using Disciplinary, Academic, and Universal Screening Data to Provide Integrated Supports for Students
Aligning SEL with PBIS: Exemplar Schools

Special Settings:
PBIS in an Early Childhood Center: A School-Family-Community Partnership
Integration of the Pyramid Model and School-Wide PBIS
PBIS in Alternative Settings: IGNITE Session

Special Topics:
The Year of the Student Experience: PBIS at AHS
Practices to Promote Family Engagement in MTSS
Supporting Implementation of the Universal Tier in Urban Schools
Scaling Up PBIS in Rural Contexts: Lessons Learned in Maine

Data/Evaluation: NEW
Building Tier 1 Data Systems within the Schoolwide PBIS Framework
Drilling Down in SWIS Data for School and Student Level Analysis
School Climate Evaluation
Data-Based Decision Making: IGNITE Session

Coaching & Training: NEW
Trainer Development: Northeast PBIS Training of Trainers
Scaling-up systems-level supports for low-performing schools statewide
Using Team Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS) with School Leadership Teams
Making it Happen: Vermont’s Strategy for Building and Growing Classroom Behavior Practice Coaches

Click here for the conference app with the program.

 

CBER researchers presented at Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2017 Convention and Expo last week.
Thank you all for your contributions!

Wednesday April 19, 2017

3:30-4:30
Making all Students College and Career Ready Through 21st Century Literacy Skills (Room 107)
Presented by: Allison Lombardi, Margo Izzo, Jessica Monahan, & Keith McLaren

Thursday April 20, 2017 

9:45-10:45
Review of Practices to Prevent or Reduce the Use of Crisis Procedures- Presentation Q &A (Room 204)
Presented by: Kate Dooley, Jennifer Freeman, Laura Kern, & Brandi Simonsen

11:00-11:45
Improving Reading Skills of Kindergarten Through Third Grade Students- Poster Session (Poster 23, Ballroom A)
Presented by: Michael D. Coyne, Ashley Oldham, Kaitlin Leonard & Taylor Koriakin
 
3:30-4:30
Examining Developmental Sentence Level Skills for Students With Diverse Learning Needs-Presentation Q &A (Room 206)
Presented by: Natalie Olinghouse, Deborah Howard, & Thilagha Jagaiah

Friday April 21, 2017

9:45-10:45
Strand G, Session 1: What Skills Do Special Education Teachers Need to Ensure Student Achievement?
Presentation Q &A (Room 109)
Presented by: Larry Wexler, Hank Fien & Brandi Simonsen
 
1:30-2:30
Developing and Evaluating a K-3 Multi-Tier or RTI Reading Reform Initiative Using a Regression
Discontinuity Design-Presntation Q&A (Room 207)
Presented by Michael Coyne, Darci Burns, Taylor Koriakin, Kaitlin Leonard, Cindy McGurl, Ashley Oldham
 
2:45-3:45
Writer’s Checklist: Scaffolding Struggling Writers to Meet CCSS in Writing-Presentation Q&A (Room 203)
Presented by: Thilagha Jagaiah, Deborah Howard & Natalie Olinghouse
 
4:00-5:00
Reading Long Words: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Explicit Phonics Instruction-Presentation Q&A (Room 206)
Presented by: Natasha Axelson & Devin Kearns

Saturday April 22, 2017

8:00-9:00
Supporting All Students’ Academic and Behavioral Needs through Multi-Tiered System of Support
Presented by: Tamika La Salle & George Sugar

9:15-10:15
Strand K, Session 2: Positive Classroom Behavior Support: Critical Foundations, Practices, and Systems-Presentation Q&A (Room 200)
Presented by: Jennifer Freeman, Diane Myers & Brandi Simonsen
 
10:30-11:30
Strand K, Session 3: Supporting District, State, and Regional Implementation Capacity: Lessons Learned from Northeast PBIS-Presentation Q&A (Room 200)
Presented by: Adam Feinberg, Brandi Simonsen, Jennifer Freeman, Susannah Everett & Bob Putnam
 
10:30-11:15
Academic Outcomes for Students with Disabilities in Peer Mentor Programs at the Postsecondary Level (Room Hynes, Poster 10, Ballroom A)
Presented by: Jessica Monahan, Emily Tarconish, Allison Lombardi

Use the search option here for more info about each presentation.

Congratulations to Dr. Sandra Chafouleas on being named a Trustees Distinguished Professor, the highest honor that the university bestows on faculty who have demonstrated excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service.

Please see here for more information.

CBER Research Scientist Devin Kearns was part of a panel about the Intensive Intervention Professional Development Pilot Project at the Association of Rhode Island Administrators of Special Education (ARIASE) with Bristol-Warren Regional School District. David Sienko, Rhode Island Department of Education’s Director of Special Education, facilitated the panel discussion.  More than 30 special education directors and staff from across the state attended to hear about the pilot project.

Dr. Kearns and Leslie Anderson, director of pupil personnel services for Bristol-Warren, discussed the five years of work they have done to implement intensive intervention as part of the National Center for Intensive Intervention.

Join us for our Breakfast Brown Bag (B3) Series “Show me the data! Sharing research findings with different audiences”

Time: Monday, April 3, 9 – 10 a.m.

Location: Gentry 144, UConn Storrs campus

Featuring Dr. Michael Coyne and Dr. Jen Freeman

 

 

Dr. Adam Feinberg recently publishes a new article in School Psychology Forum.

Kleinert, W. L., Silva, M. R., Codding, R. S., Feinberg, A. B., & James, P. S. S. (2017, March). Enhancing Classroom Management Using the Classroom Check-Up Consultation Model With In-Vivo Coaching and Goal Setting Components. In School Psychology Forum (Vol. 11, No. 1), 5-19.

Congratulations, Dr. Feinberg!

(See here for more publications by CBER researchers.)

 

Dr. Michael Coyne has been selected to be Co Editor-in-Chief of the Elementary School Journal. Dr. Suzanne Wilson and Dr. Sarah Woulfin from the Neag School  will be Associate Editors.  Congratulations, Drs. Coyne, Wilson, and Woulfin for bringing this influential journal to Neag!

“The Elementary School Journal has served researchers, teacher educators, and practitioners in the elementary and middle school education for more than one hundred years. ESJ publishes peer-reviewed articles that pertain to both education theory and research and their implications for teaching practice. In addition, ESJ presents articles that relate the latest research in child development, cognitive psychology, and sociology to school learning and teaching.” See here for more information about the Elementary School Journal.

 

Dr. Allison Lombardi is quoted in an article about first-year college students on the University Business website, “Helping the haphazard college student.” Read the article here about supporting college students with executive function deficits.

 

Dr. Lisa Sanetti recently publishes an article with Neag alumni Drs. Melissa Collier-Meek and Lindsay Fallon in “Psychology in the Schools”  – Incorporating Applied Behavior Analysis to Assess and Support Educators’ Treatment Integrity. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions!

To see more CBER researchers’ publications, please see here.