15th Annual National Association for the Education of Young Children National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development
Atlanta, GA

Title:Teach me what to do! Strategies for supporting young children’s social/emotional development and preventing challenging behavior
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Presenters: Mary Louise Hemmeter and Lise Fox

22nd Annual Division of Early Childhood International Early Childhood Conference on Children with Special Needs and their Families
Little Rock, AK

Title: Addressing challenging behavior and promoting social compentence: A program-wide approach
Presenters: Lise Fox, Mary Louise Hemmeter, and Susan Jack

3rd International Conference on Positive Behavior Support
Reno, NV

Title: Positive behavior support for toddlers with challenging behavior in typical routines
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Presenters: Lise Fox, Shelley Clark, and Michelle Duda
Description: This examines the effectiveness of positive behavior support for toddlers who exhibit challenging behavior and their families. Two within-subject time-series studies are provided to describe the components of both the intervention and child/family outcomes.

5th Biennial Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention
San Diego, CA

Title: KIDS: A longitudinal study of young children’s development and challenging behavior
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Presenters: Glen Dunlap, Judy Carta, Maureen Conroy, and Lise Fox
Description: The KIDS study is a longitudinal, descriptive examination of the developmental characteristics and trajectories of young children (18-48 months at enrollment) with or at risk for challenging behavior. The study was initiated in 2003 at 6 sites in 5 states and there are 260 children enrolled. A variety of child, family, and ecological variables are being measure with the goal of identifying factors related to differences in growth functions and school readiness. This panel will describe the methods and initial findings of the study and facilitate discussion regarding key issues in multi-site longitudinal research and challenging behavior.

14th Annual National Association for the Education of Young Children National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development
Washington, DC

Title: Help! What do I about these challenging behaviors? A positive approach to preventing and addressing challenging behavior.
Presenters: Mary Louise Hemmeter and Lise Fox

Title: Adopting the teaching pyramid: Effective practices for promoting social competence and addressing challenging behavior
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Presenters: Lise Fox, Mary Louise Hemmeter, Nancy Little, Doreen Altieri, Cary Spinoza, and Sharon Doubet

21st Annual Division of Early Childhood International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families
Portland, OR

Title: A program-wide model for implementing positive behavior support in early education settings
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Presenters: Lise Fox, Susan Jack, Mary Louise Hemmeter, and Sharon Doubet

Association of Positive Behavior Support 2005
Tampa, FL

Title: Program-wide approaches for addressing young children’s challenging behavior
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Presenters: Lise Fox, Mary Louise Hemmeter, Sharon Doubet, and Linda Broyles
Description: Program-wide positive behavior support offers early childhood programs an effective way to prevent and address young children’s challenging behavior. In this session, the presenters will discuss the application and outcomes of program-wide pbs in early childhood settings including a public school early childhood center and a regional Head Start program. The presentation will include a discussion of the unique challenges associated with early childhood program-wide pbs and provide information that will assist in program adoption.

Title: Early intervention for children with serious challenging behaviors: Strategies and recent research
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Presenters: Glen Dunlap, and Lise Fox
Description: This session will provide a description of positive behavior support strategies from working with two- and three-year-old children who exhibit challenging behaviors that impede learning opportunities for themselves and their peers. The presentation will include a review of effective procedures for implementation by teachers and parents along with recent research data collected in home and preschool environments.

Title: PBS for children and families in the Part C System: An early intervention model
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Presenters: Lise Fox, Shelley Clarke, and Michelle Duda
Description: This session will provide an overview of an early intervention project that integrates PBS within the Part C service delivery system. The presenters will describe the model and demonstrate through case-study illustration the participation of a young child and a sibling set who displayed challenging behavior. Teams were established with family members implementing all interventions during typical routines. Utilizing an experimental design, empirical data was collected on challenging behavior, engagement, parent interaction, and social validation. Outcome measures indicated positive changes in child behavior and parent satisfaction.

20th Annual Division of Early Childhood International Conference on Young Children With Special Needs and Their Families
Chicago, IL

Title: EIPBS: A prevention –proactive approach for toddlers with challenging behaviors
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Presenters: Kathleen Hague Armstrong, and Lise Fox
Description: EIPBS is an OSEP-funded research project intended to demonstrate the efficacy of utilizing positive behavior support with toddlers in the Part C System. This session will cover the EIPBS model of care; project implementation; evaluation data (including single-subject design, pre-post assessments, interview, focus groups); and next steps.

28th Annual Teacher Educators for Children with Behavioral Disorders Conference
Tempe, AZ

Title: Systematic assessment and intervention of social skill deficits for students with autism spectrum disorders
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Presenters: Janine Stitcher and Maureen Conroy
Description: This presentation provides an overview of assessment and intervention strategies for working with children with autism who have deficits in the area of social skills. Functional assessment of social skill strategies are presented as well as proactive intervention techniques for ameliorating social skill deficits.

28th Annual Teacher Educators for Children with Behavioral Disorders Conference
Tempe, AZ

Title: Using Restricted Interests of Young children with Autism to Increase Their Social Behavior with Peers
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Presenters: Brian A. Boyd, Maureen A. Conroy, and Peter J. Alter
Description: This presentation discusses the social skill and restricted interest literature for children with autism. A strategy for using restricted interests as an antecedent based intervention is presented along with data to support this strategy.

SERV Forum
Myrtle Beach, SC

Title: The social and emotional aspects of school readiness
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Presenter: Lise Fox

Title: Program-wide approaches for addressing children’s challenging behavior
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Presenters: Mary Louise Hemmeter, and Lise Fox

Title: Positive behavior support: Training issues and strategies
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Presenters: Mary Louise Hemmeter, and Lise Fox

Title: Keynote address
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Presenters: Glen Dunlap

Title: Effective strategies for young children with serious problem behaviors: A family-centered program model
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Presenters: Mary Glen Dunlap

National Association for Education of Young Children 2003 Annual Conference and Expo
Chicago, Illinois
http://www.naeyc.org/conferences/

Title: Promoting social emotional development and preventing challenging behaviors: Effective strategies for use in early care and education settings
Presenters: Mary Louise Hemmeter, Lise Fox, and Phil Strain

27th Annual Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth
Tempe, AZ

Title: Positive Behavior Supports for Children with Challenging Behavior: A Review of the Literature
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Presenters: Maureen Conroy, Glen Dunlap, and Shelley Clarke
Description: Positive behavior support (PBS) is one area of intervention research that has only recently begun to be used with young children. PBS is a term that refers to a group of intervention strategies that are highly individualized, based on scientific principles and empirical data, grounded in person-centered values, and designed to prevent the occurrence of challenging behaviors. PBS interventions generally involve instruction to enhance the capacity of a child to manage his or her social environment and/or environmental modification to promote desirable behavior and remove or ameliorate triggers for challenging behaviors. This presentation provided a synthesis of the empirical, peer-reviewed literature in PBS with young children (six years and younger) who display challenging behaviors. A comprehensive review of the literature was presented across four categories of PBS: (1) Functional assessment and assessment-based interventions: (2) Functional communication Training, (3) Self-management, and (4) Choice making. A critique of the current literature and future research directions were discussed.

33rd Annual National Black Child Development Institute Conference
New Orleans, LA

Title: Challenging Behaviors: Evidence-Based Strategies Promoting the Social-Emotinal Development of Young Children
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Presenters: Matt Timm

October 12-15
2003

DEC 2003. The 19th Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and their Families
Washington, D.C.
http://www.dec-sped.org/

Title: Pre-Conference Workshop. Positive Behavior Support: Providing effective intervention to young children with challenging behavior
Presenters: Lise Fox and Rochelle Lentini.
Description: This workshop provided participants with information on effective practices for providing early intervention and prevention to young children who have persistent and intensive challenging behavior. Detailed instruction on building a behavior support team, conducting a functional assessment, developing and implementing a behavior support plan, and the measurement of meaningful outcomes were provided.

Title: Pre-Institute Workshop on Supporting Young Children's Social and Emotional Development and Preventing Challenging Behavior: Providing Training and Support to Teachers
Presenters: Mary Louise Hemmeter, and Lise Fox.
Description:Gain evidence-based content information to promote children's social-emotional development and prevent challenging behaviors; discuss how to use this material to provide effective training and technical assistance

Title: Evidence-Based Practices for Young Children with Challenging Behavior: Syntheses of Existing Knowledge
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Presenters: Glen Dunlap, Phillip Strain, and Lee Kern.
Description: This presentation offered summaries of comprehensive
syntheses of the published evidence related to interventions for challenging
behaviors in the repertoires of young children.

2003 Council for Exceptional Children Annual Convention and Expo
Seattle, Washington
Web: http://www.cec.sped.org/seattle

Title: Evidence-Based Practice for Young Children with Challenging Behavior
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Presenters: Lise Fox, Mary Louise Hemmeter, Barbara J. Smith, and Glen Dunlap.
Description: Researcher from two national centers, Center for Evidence Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior and Center for Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning will present a synthesis of the literature on evidence-based interventions for young children with challenging behavior and their families.

Title: Positive Behavior Support and Young Children with Challenging Behavior
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Presenters: Lise Fox and Glen Dunlap.
Description: Increasing attention is being devoted to the challenging behaviors of toddlers and preschoolers who have disabilities or who are at risk for disabilities. Research has shown that positive behavior support (PBS) can be an effective approach for preventing and resolving serious behavioral challenges exhibited by these children. This session described practical PBS strategies for promoting desirable, pro-social interactions and preventing and reducing behavior problems of young children in home, child care, and preschool settings.

Title: Challenging Behaviors in Young Children
Presenters: Barbara J. Smith, Lise Fox, and Mary Louise Hemmeter.
Description: This session bridged the gap between current research and practice and offer guidance to parents and professionals who work with young children with challenging behavior. This session demonstrated practical strategies for promoting social and emotional development in young children, preventing challenging behaviors, and intervening with challenging behaviors when they occur.

The First International Conference on Positive Behavior Support
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Orlando, Florida
Web: http://www.rrtcpbs.org

Title: Evidence-Based Practice for Young Children with Challenging Behavior
Presenters: Glen Dunlap, Lee Kern, and Micki Ostrosky.
Description: This presentation provided descriptions of a comprehensive analysis of evidence-based practices related to interventions for young children with challenging behavior. The investigation focused on the functioning of service systems and the empirical knowledge related to intervention strategies. The study was conducted under the auspices of the OSEP Center on Evidence-Bases Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior. This session will emphasize the status of knowledge related to social skills procedures, peer-mediated strategies, stimulant medications, and positive behavior support.

December 5-8
2002

18th Annual Division of Early Childhood 2002 International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families
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San Diego, California

Title: Effective Practices for Supporting Young Children with Challenging
Behavior
Presenters: Lise Fox, Glen Dunlap, Mary Louise Hemmeter, Barbara J. Smith, and Phillip Strain.
Description: This presentation includes information on effective practices
for providing early intervention to young children who are at risk for or
have challenging behavior; and a summary of effective practices for service systems, classroom preventive practices, social and emotional interventions, positive parenting, and individualized intensive interventions.