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I\u2019m LAURA, AN EXPERT IN
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Teacheropedia provides online training and educational materials to help professionals, educators, and family members communicate more effectively with people of differing ability levels.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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With more than 50 years of experience, I have trained thousands of teachers, parents, counselors, psychologists, administrators, and bus drivers on how to make data-based decisions as a way to change behavior.\u00a0 My \u00a0seminars are filled with humor and make data collection easy to understand and use in any setting.<\/p>

I served as the webmaster for the National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports sponsored by the Office of Special Education Programs (www.pbis.org<\/a>) from 1999-2012. I have traveled the world presenting on Functional Behavior Assessment and Writing Effective Behavioral Plans as a private consultant. \u00a0I also present on Positive Interventions and Effective Strategies for classroom teachers, autism, oppositional defiant disorder, ADHD, and learning disabilities.<\/p>

The Turning Point<\/h2>

In the early 1970s, I began my career as a volunteer at the School for the Blind, which led to my interest in special education. I received my bachelor\u2019s degree in elementary education from Kansas State University with a minor in special education. My master\u2019s degrees are in 1) special education with an area of concentration on learning disabilities and intellectual disabilities; 2) special education consulting, and 3) personal counseling. My Ph.D. from the University of Kansas is in Cognitive and Multiple Disabilities, Families, and Policy, with a minor in research. I have had the opportunity to teach the following students:<\/p>