Proactive Strategies for Challenging Behaviors
Learning Outcomes: I can develop a framework for school and classroom management that minimizes and diffuses challenging student behaviors.
Participants will learn about components of a preventative framework that they can incorporate into their school and classrooms to minimize potentially challenging behaviors. For more significant or intense behaviors that may be associated with various disabilities, participants will learn strategies to diffuse instances of disruption and accommodate students in their classrooms.
Dr. Rachel Youngblom currently serves as a Professor of Special Education at Martin Luther College (MLC). She also supports the efforts of the Academic Success Center (ASC) on campus. Prior to her call to teach at MLC, Dr. Youngblom worked as a Licensed Psychologist in a private practice and as a School Psychologist in the public school system in Phoenix, Arizona. She has taught advanced courses in special education, school psychology, and psychology at other universities. All in all, Dr. Youngblom has over 20 years of experience in the field of education and has held diverse positions working with children in schools throughout the United States, including Minnesota, South Dakota, Colorado, and Arizona, and has completed international work and research in Belize.