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Understanding Each Other - Developing Positive Relationships With Challenging Students, Ann M. Van Buskirk Ph.D., Kimberly Oliver Robinson Ph.D.

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Everyone has encountered someone who is hard to like and may not "fit" well with our own personality. As parents, we do not choose the temperament of our children, and as educators we often do not choose the students in our classroom. Studies have suggested that for every 10 students, 2-3 will be a "perfect match" for the teacher, 6-7 may be a “good fit” and often at least one student will present significant challenges for her or his teacher. Many of the challenges faced by parents and educators in working with students are exacerbated by lack of understanding and …

The A-B-Cs Of Behavior: May The Environment Be With You, Denise C. Duke

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

This presentation will provide participants with knowledge about behavior (both positive and problem) and how environmental events and people can influence it. This is valuable information that can be used in the home, school and community. It will include a description and discussion of the 3-term contingency (Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence) that can be observed and manipulated in virtually every behavior of interest. Discussions will include setting events (slow triggers) as well as immediate triggers for problem behavior. This conversation will also include insights into factors that increase or decrease the value of a particular result of a behavior. Additionally, operational definitions for …

Class Dojo: An Awesome Progress Monitoring Tool!, Patricia J. Wolf

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

ClassDojo is a FREE classroom management platform for teachers, parents and students. Class Dojo helps teachers to encourage specific student behaviors through real-time teacher-to-student feedback through the web and mobile devices. The software automatically generates behavior reports that can be shared with parents and students. Behaviors tracked by the app can be customized. Participants in this session will learn basic skills in usage of ClassDojo and the advantages to using this effective progress monitoring tool. Class DOJO can also be customized for IEP progress monitoring or Multi-tiered PBIS Support. Learn how to use class dojo as a school wide management …

Pbis And Rti : Best Practices And Practical Applications Using Technology, Maggie Kjer Phd, Pearson

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

This presentation will focus on the practical application of PBIS and RTI for Behavior within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) for K-12. The common challenges expressed by districts in establishing these systems will be reviewed, as will the requisite components and processes for a complete PBIS rollout. The presenters will discuss these challenges, and how districts have utilized available online tools to help overcome them, and have more successful processes and better outcomes for their students. Creating a positive climate more conducive to learning and more preventative of problem behaviors, establishing a systematic approach to discipline, identification of students …

Collaborating With Families: Supporting And Including Caregivers In Early Intervention, Chris R. Watts, Kimberly Ann Resua, Jennifer Stapel-Wax

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

An essential element of early intervention services is the inclusion of families throughout the intervention process. Caregiver-mediated intervention consists of caregiver coaching and collaboration, supporting interactions between the caregiver and child, as well as supporting caregiver learning and competence (Friedman & Woods, 2012). In order to implement caregiver-mediated intervention, early intervention providers must hone their abilities to collaborate with and support caregivers to deliver high-quality services, empower caregivers, and build competence (Friedman & Woods, 2012). It is important for interventionists to build consensus with caregivers on the child’s short term and long term goals, as well as opportunities for learning …

Excellence For All: A Community Viable Coaching Initiative Throughout Georgia, Jennifer Stapel-Wax, Tabitha Nelson

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

As professionals in the area of child development, we strive to ensure that all children who are in need of early developmental support receive the highest quality evidence-based intervention in their natural environments, regardless of their location. This can be achieved through collaborative coaching partnerships between specialized coaches, early childhood professionals and caregivers, empowering each team member with expert knowledge and practical skills to successfully support all children in obtaining their fullest developmental potential. Though each team member brings a specific level of knowledge and experience to the collaborative partnership, there are important processes that must occur to ensure all …

Building District-Level Capacity For The Sustainability Of Pbis, Michele F. Flowers

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Are you struggling with how to make PBIS work in your District? Are you frustrated and or concerned about staff buy-in? Are you worried that your staff will not know how to support the framework and deal with student misbehavior? Are you pondering on how you can overcome the barriers? Then this session is for you. There are several key factors that enhance PBIS sustainability in schools. Among the most critical identified include use of data, teaming and staff buy-in, administrator support, and the availability of ongoing resources. Administrator support is perceived as an important key feature because it serves …

Collaborative And Proactive Solutions: Successfully Treating Oppositional Behavior In Children, Moshe R. Manheim

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Collaborative Proactive Solutions, from Ross Greene's groundbreaking book "The Explosive Child," provides a practical, realistic problem solving methodology for children with oppositional and behavioral disorders. Moshe Manheim, a psychotherapist with over 30 years of experience working with kids and families is certified by Dr. Greene in the CPS methodology. The presentation will discuss the application of CPS for typically developing as well children with special needs.

The CPS methodology relies on careful communication with the child to define the problem; the use of empathy to align with and engage the child; a review of the child’s and parent’s (or teacher’s) …

Early Identification And Screening Of Infants And Toddlers With Autism And Related Disorders, Naima D. Bond, Erica Chapman

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Early Identification and Screening of Infants and Toddlers with Autism and Related Disorders

Parents and childcare providers are in a unique position to increase early identification and screening of infants and toddlers. Caregivers and early childhood educators are usually the first to observe developmental differences in children. Because early intervention can have dramatic impacts on later outcomes, it is imperative to increase the awareness of early red flags and the ability to identify developmental concerns in infants and toddlers before they reach preschool age. Research in the field of Autism and related disorders recommends that early intervention is key to …

Teaching Social Skills In The Community To Individuals With Autism, Lisa Cymbor, Chiara Cunningham, Dana Zavatkay

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Often times social skills are missed as a significant clinical need for children with high functioning autism when they are successful academically. Social skill deficits impact an individual’s ability to make meaningful friendships, to participate fully in a fully inclusive setting (e.g., public school), and to participate in community activities with their peers and family (e.g., sports events, restaurants, baseball/soccer games, etc.). This presentation will describe a model for providing social skills instruction to children with autism while fully included in a typical summer day camp program. This program was developed in partnership between the Marcus Autism Center and a …

Conducting Functional Behavior Assessments And Functional Analyses In Schools, Andrea Zawoyski, Dana T. Zavatkay

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

According to IDEIA (2004), students who engage in problem behavior that interferes with their ability to attain a meaningful education must receive a functional behavior assessment (FBA). Although methods used in FBAs were derived from research with individuals who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or other developmental disabilities, FBAs yield important information to guide treatment of problem behavior for students regardless of their disability status. The purpose of the FBA is to identify reasons why problem behavior occurs (i.e., the function of problem behavior) so that an effective treatment plan can be developed. The exact methods that should comprise an …

Function Based Interventions, Pbis, And North Metro Gnets Student Successes, Cassandra A. Holifield Dr, Kimberly Thorpe, Jessica Schuster

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Functional Behavioral Assessments are generally considered to be a problem-solving process for addressing student problem behavior. FBAs rely on a variety of techniques and strategies to identify the purposes of specific behavior that help IEP teams select interventions that directly address the problem behavior. A functional behavioral assessment looks beyond student behavior itself. The focus when conducting a functional behavioral assessment is to identify significant, pupil-specific social/emotional, affective, cognitive, and/or environmental factors associated with the occurrence (and non-occurrence) of specific behaviors. The broader perspective of an FBA offers a better understanding of the function or purpose behind student behavior. Behavior …

Operational, Now What? Sustaining High Quality Methods Of Pbis Implementation., Dr. Oatanisha R. Dawson, April Kilroy, Amy Yacobacci

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Since 2011 Glynn County Schools’ commitment to SW-PBIS has been a collaborative effort between school leaders, teachers and stakeholders. Within each phase, challenges to PBIS implementation were met that could have potentially compromised its effectiveness. During the readiness stage, teacher buy-in and stakeholder support had to be tackled head-on. Creativity, faculty and staff motivation, and parental involvement were a concern as each school emerged into full implementation. Now, after acquiring and maintaining operational status, Glynn County’s school leaders merge trend data with survey results to prioritize target areas. In this session, school leaders will highlight strategies to reduce office discipline …

Improving Student Outcomes: A Comprehensive Program For At-Risk Students, Heather P. Bradley

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

In 2014 our school system piloted a program to help ninth students who were at-risk for failure to graduate. The results were far better than we ever could have imagined.

The program involves several steps. First, we identified at-risk students based on behavior referrals, attendance, number of nurses visits, and poor grades. Once these students were identified, they were given the opportunity to participate in a program that involved social skills classes (two days a week), Anger Replacement Training (one day per week), and Check-In, Check-Out and study skills/organizational training (two days per week). Students were able to set short-term …

Georgia International Conference On Information Literacy Program [2015], Georgia International Conference On Information Lieracy

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Inter-Rater Reliability And Validity Of The Australian Football League's Kicking And Handball Tests, Ashley Cripps, Luke S. Hopper, Christopher Joyce

Health Sciences Papers and Journal Articles

Talent identification tests used at the Australian Football League’s National Draft Combine assess the capacities of athletes to compete at a professional level. Tests created for the National Draft Combine are also commonly used for talent identification and athlete development in development pathways. The skills tests created by the Australian Football League required players to either handball (striking the ball with the hand) or kick to a series of 6 randomly generated targets. Assessors subjectively rate each skill execution giving a 0-5 score for each disposal. This study aimed to investigate the inter-rater reliability and validity of the skills tests …

Pathway Efficiency And Relative Age In The Australian Football League Talent Pathway, Ashley Cripps, Luke S. Hopper, Christopher Joyce, James Veale

Health Sciences Papers and Journal Articles

Sporting bodies invest substantial resources into the identification and development of talented junior athletes. However, low retention of junior athletes into senior competition has been reported. One mechanism affecting retention may be selections biased by relative age. This study examined the pathway involvement and birth distribution of athletes (n=2519) selected into the Australian Football League Talent Pathway, over six seasons. Only half of athletes selected into professional teams had any involvement in the talent pathway. Birth distributions at every pathway stage were biased towards relatively older athletes, with relatively older athletes more likely to be de-selected as the pathway progressed. …

Does Motor Competence Affect Self-Perceptions Differently For Adolescent Males And Females?, Elizabeth Rose, Dawne Larkin, Helen Parker, Beth Hands

Health Sciences Papers and Journal Articles

Little is understood about the impact of level of motor competence on self-perceptions in adolescence, in particular how this may differentially affect girls and boys. A sample of 1,568 14-year-old participants (766 girls and 802 boys) were grouped into four motor competence levels (very low to high) based on the McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular Development (MAND). Self-perceptions were assessed using the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents. Boys had higher self-perceptions of global self-worth, athletic competence, and physical appearance, whereas girls had higher scores for close friendships and behavioral conduct. Main effects in the predicted direction were found for motor competence for …

Faculty Senate Minutes-2015

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Georgia Southern Magazine, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Magazine

• Eagles in Love
• Taste of Excitement
• "I Just Want to be a Good Guy"
• Outstanding Service
• Another Leap Forward

Graduate Catalog, Georgia Southern University

Graduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Gurc Program [2015], Gurc

Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (Archived)

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