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TACSEI Consultants

Massachusetts

Marilou Hyson

Stockbridge, MA
hyson@challengingbehavior.org
Age Expertise: 3-5

This consultant has reported to TACSEI that he or she has expertise in the following topic areas:

  • Social emotional curricula
  • Evidence-based practices and modules that promote the social emotional development of preschoolers (3-5)
  • Policies and procedures for effective in-service and pre-service professional development
  • Policies and procedures that promote the adoption, implementation, sustainability and scaling up of effective practices

Geneva Woodruff

Brookline, MA
woodruff@challengingbehavior.org
Age Expertise: b-5

This consultant has reported to TACSEI that he or she has expertise in the following topic areas:

  • The development of IFSPs that include goals relating to social emotional and behavioral development
  • Evidence-based practices and modules that promote the social emotional development of infants/toddlers (b-2)
  • Evidence-based practices for behavior intervention for preschoolers (3-5)
  • Evidence-based practices for behavior intervention for infants/toddlers (b-2)
  • Parent training or family support related to social emotional or behavior promotion and intervention
  • Implementing the pyramid model for promoting the social emotional development of infants/toddlers (b-2)
  • Policies and procedures related to providing services to children and families referred to Part C through CAPTA
  • Effective leadership strategies for state and local program administrators, directors, principals, family leaders, etc.
  • Evidence-based practices and modules that promote the social emotional development of preschoolers (3-5)
  • IDEA requirements related to social emotional and behavioral development/intervention
  • Effective evaluation procedures for programs and systems
  • The development of IEPs that include goals that relate to social emotional and behavioral development
  • Effective training and technical assistance and coaching strategies and systems
  • Policies and procedures for effective in-service and pre-service professional development
  • Policies and procedures that promote the adoption, implementation, sustainability and scaling up of effective practices
  • Pyramid model for children with disabilities
  • Program-wide implementation of the pyramid model
  • IDEA and OSEP requirements related to measuring outcomes
  • Social emotional curricula
  • Assessment instruments and procedures related to social emotional development
  • Approaches to monitoring growth or outcomes related to social-emotional and behavior development
  • Providing appropriate intervention for children with autism
  • Preventing the expulsion of children due to behavior problems
  • Implementing positive behavior support (PBS) for social skills/behavior for young children
  • Implementing response to intervention (RTI) for social skills/behavior for young children
  • Implementing the pyramid model for promoting the social emotional development of preschoolers (3-5)
  • Collaboration and teaming