The Early Childhood Education Center is offering FREE admission for UM-Dearborn SOE early childhood students for a presentation by Mary Louise Hemmeter, Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.Dr. Hemmeter will present "We Are All in This Together: Preventing and Addressing Challenging Behavior" on Thursday, May 2, 2013 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall B of the Social Science Building.
Addressing the needs of children with challenging behavior can be challenging and frustrating for parents, teachers and other caregivers. This presentation will focus on strategies for preventing and addressing challenging behavior as well as how to provide supports to the adults who work with young children with challenging behavior. The presentation will include a description of a framework for promoting social emotional competence and preventing and addressing challenging behaviors, videotaped examples of strategies associated with that framework, and a team based approach for supporting children with the most significant behavioral needs.
To attend for at no cost, please RSVP to liasim@umich.edu with your name, referencing the Inclusion Conference and bring this flyer with your student ID to the registration table on the date of the presentation.
