Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch

Children who struggle with behavioral problems at school entry are at significant risk for a host of school difficulties. Many of these children will be referred for special education because of adjustment problems in the classroom, achievement problems co-varying with behavioral concerns, or both. Many will ultimately be placed within the special education system. Interventions are available to prevent and reduce these early disruptive behaviors by providing children with high-quality teach...

The University of Virginia's Interdisciplinary Predoctoral Training Program in Education Sciences (PTPES) built upon the Curry School of Education's interdisciplinary focus on risk and prevention and educationally relevant research in a range of departments in the College of Arts and Sciences.