Practical, evidence-based consultation and training for schools that want solutions that work beyond the meeting room.
Your staff doesn't need another behavior plan that looks good on paper but falls apart in the classroom.
They don't need another professional development session filled with ideas they'll never use.
And they don't need to keep trying harder when the current approach isn't working.
I help schools understand what's getting in the way and build practical systems, skills, and strategies that staff can actually use.
Whether you're navigating a complex student need, strengthening special education practices, or developing your staff, I bring behavior science and special education expertise directly to the problems your team is trying to solve.
School/District Consultation
I partner with administrators, special education teams, teachers, and related service providers to solve complex student, classroom, and systems-level challenges.
Consultation can include:
Behavior support • Complex student cases • IEP development • FBA and behavior plans • Classroom systems • Executive functioning • Inclusion • Staff implementation • Progress monitoring • Special education practices • Team problem-solving
Professional Development
I provide practical, engaging professional development that turns research into strategies educators can apply in real classrooms with real students.
Popular topics include:
Understanding behavior • Motivation • Classroom behavior support • Executive functioning • IEP development • Meaningful goals • FBA and behavior plans • Progress monitoring • Paraprofessional support • Inclusion • Student independence • Staff burnout • Family collaboration
Popular Training Topics
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From present levels to meaningful, measurable goals
Strengthen the connection between student needs, present levels, goals, accommodations, services, and progress monitoring so the IEP becomes a useful educational roadmap rather than just a compliance document.
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Writing measurable goals and monitoring progress without the overwhelm
Learn how to define meaningful outcomes, write observable and measurable goals, choose useful data, and use progress monitoring to make better instructional decisions.
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Connecting behavioral needs to meaningful educational support
Explore how behavior, functional needs, goals, accommodations, services, supports, and progress monitoring can work together within the IEP.
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Turn assessment into practical intervention
Move beyond completing the paperwork. Learn how to use functional assessment information to develop behavior supports that address why behavior is happening, teach meaningful skills, and can realistically be implemented by staff.
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Match the support to the barrier
Move beyond copied-and-pasted accommodation lists and learn to identify supports based on the individual student's needs and the barriers affecting access, participation, and performance.
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Support students without creating dependence on support
Learn practical strategies for prompting, reinforcement, skill building, environmental supports, and fading assistance to increase meaningful student independence.
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Understanding behavior through a different lens
Move beyond labels like unmotivated, defiant, or attention-seeking. Learn how context, skills, environment, and learning history influence behavior and what that means for how educators respond.
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Practical behavior support for real classrooms
Help educators understand what may be driving challenging behavior and respond in ways that reduce power struggles, teach skills, and support positive change.
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The science behind engagement, effort, and follow-through
Explore why rewards, consequences, praise, and "trying harder" don't always work as expected and learn practical ways to create conditions that support student motivation and engagement.
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Understanding the gap between knowledge and performance
Learn why knowing a skill doesn't guarantee using it and how educators can identify barriers to performance before assuming a student simply won't comply.
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Helping students start, plan, organize, persist, and follow through
Turn executive functioning from a buzzword into practical strategies educators can use to support independence and success throughout the school day.
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Learn how routines, expectations, prompts, reinforcement, classroom design, and everyday educator practices can prevent problems and make successful behavior more likely.
Looking for Something Different?
I can develop customized training around topics such as inclusive practices, neurodiversity, classroom systems, student engagement, transition planning, self-advocacy, family engagement, behavior support, staff performance, implementation, leadership, school-wide systems, and more. You can choose a focused workshop, half-day or full-day training, or build a professional development series around your district's priorities. Training can be customized for teachers, special educators, paraprofessionals, administrators, related service providers, or district-wide teams.