Kimberly Crosland

The purpose of this project is to develop MOTIVATED, a modular-based consultation coaching framework to help elementary school teachers select and implement evidence based, class-wide behavior interventions for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) who are placed in self-contained classrooms. The number of students who are found eligible for special education services under the eligibility of emotional disturbance (ED) has been steadily increasing over the past 40 years. Unf...

Children and youth with or at risk for disabilities in foster care are at increased risk for school failure due in part to a high frequency of running away from their residential placements in the child welfare system (e.g., foster home). When children and youth run away they are missing school, which leads to poor educational outcomes. The purpose of this project is to develop and pilot test an intervention package that includes a functional assessment process and a menu of assessment-based...