Two-Day Conference: 2025 Conference: Effectively Dealing With Challenging Behaviors (Grades K-12) Presented by Experts In Discipline

Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Choose from 21 Strategy-Packed Conference Sessions

• Outstanding Trainers
• Helpful Resources
• Hundreds of Practical Strategies
… and Much More!

Uniquely Qualified Instructors

Julie Compton is a highly experienced educator with expertise working directly with challenging students exhibiting difficult behavior. Her extensive experience across time and grade levels gives her an incredibly unique perspective. The transparency with which she approaches educators makes her very relatable and trustworthy. Julie presents in a way that gets to the heart of the matter and addresses repeatedly disruptive student behaviors in ways that improve learning and relationships.

Cindy Jones has extensive experience as a teacher of special needs and general education students, crisis interventionist, principal of a school for students with behavior and emotional challenges, at-risk consultant, diagnostician, behavior specialist, author, and national trainer. She offers dozens of practical and effective strategies that have worked for her and countless educators. Her lively, practical sessions feature cutting-edge, research-based information and effective strategies that will work for you.

Sandy Stewart is an experienced and current classroom teacher with diverse teaching experiences in both urban and suburban settings at a wide range of grade levels. Sandy knows what works and doesn't when it comes to challenging students. She's passionate about researching and incorporating the best strategies for helping each student reach his/her full potential. You'll leave Sandy's sessions inspired, enthused, and equipped with a wealth of use-tomorrow strategies.

Conference Agenda

Who Should Attend

Educators Serving Grades K-12: General Education Teachers, Special Education Staff, Counselors, Instructional Assistants, Title I Staff, and Administrators

Special Benefits of Attending

Comprehensive Digital Resource Handbook
You will receive an extensive digital resource handbook, specifically designed for this conference. Included in the handbook are resource materials for ALL conference sessions, even those you don't attend. These materials include:

• Descriptions of specific strategies for decreasing recurring behaviors
• Ready to use strategies for all students, even the most difficult
• Ideas for improving the motivation of students
• Teacher-tested verbal interventions that keep teachers in control and out of power struggles
• Successful, classroom proven ideas to de-escalate problematic situations with difficult, disruptive students

Semester Credit Option
Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements
Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.

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