2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
6/21/2017 | 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | Happy Kids Don't Punch You in the Face: Integrating Positive Psychology in MTSS Frameworks | Ballroom B
Happy Kids Don't Punch You in the Face: Integrating Positive Psychology in MTSS Frameworks
This session will bridge the principles most practitioners have been exposed to for the past few decades, (e.g., Response to Intervention/Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, Applied Behavioral Analysis), and integrate them into the best practices of Positive Psychology (e.g., happiness, Flow, optimism training, etc.). The content in this session has been previously provided (via training seminars) to hundreds of educators with backgrounds in general education, special education, school psychology, school counseling, administration, and pupil transportation. The content is also valuable for classified employees such as paraprofessionals and bus attendants. In fact, one of the driving philosophies of Happy Kids is that there is an important role for everyone working with a student exhibiting aggressive or dangerous behavior. Really, this session is intended to help anyone interested in a) the reasons why children become aggressive, b) effective methods in preventing aggressive behavior, and c) explicit steps to respond to aggressive behavior.
- Attendees will learn to 1) Identify the roots of aggression in children, 2) learn effective strategies to prevent aggression in children, 3) respond safely to a child's aggression, 4) build compassionate relationships with children, and 5) Adapt to the modern-day circumstances of children in the school setting.
- The secondary learning objective for this session is to provide concrete examples from over 20 school districts and charter schools implementing these strategies via a comprehensive Train-the-Trainer (TTT) model.
- The tertiary learning objective for this session is for attendees to consider applications of the findings in their respective settings when investigating MTSS adoption and implementation.
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Presenters/Authors
Ben Springer
(), Wasatch County School District, ben.springer@wasatch.edu;
Ben Springer is an award-winning and Nationally Certified School Psychologist currently serving as the Director of Special Education in Wasatch County School District. Dr. Springer studied evidence-based practice, school-wide positive behavior supports, bullying prevention, parental involvement, and social skills instruction at the University of Utah. Dr. Springer's applied work experience includes positions in Early Intervention in Davis School District, Applied Behavioral Analysis at the Pingree Center, Psychoeducaitonal Assessment in Jordan School District, Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavioral Intervention Plans in Park City School District, and Leadership in Wasatch County School District. Dr. Springer is also the author and trainer of the ASPEN Training Modules published by Totem Professional Development.
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