

Make your plans now to attend the ILCCBD 2024 Virtual Winter Conference, Thursday, February 1st - Sunday, February 4th. Join us for 4 days of great speakers addressing timely topics for eduation professionals who work with students with emotional and behavioral disorder. View the lineup of speakers and tops below and select the Online Store tab to register. PDs will be provided to those who provide their IEIN and speaker handouts will be available on the ILCCBD Wiki.
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Thursday, February 1, 2024
5 p.m.-6 p.m.--Cassie McConkey, BCBA, Rantoul City School District 137, Rantoul, Using Collaborative Teams to Conduct and Write High Quality FBAs and BIPs
6:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m.--Levy Grant, Doctoral Student, Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana-- Managing Challenging Behaviors Through Academics: A Scooping Review
7:30 p.m. -8:30 p.m.--James Nuse. Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Counseling, Applied Behavior Analysis, McNeese University--Use of an Enhanced Choice Model to Teach Functional Communication Skills for Students with Challenging Behaviors
Friday, February 2, 2024
2:00 p.m-3:00. p.m.--Dr. Richard Van Acker, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, Chicago--Youth Depression and Suicide Risk/prevention
3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.--Wayne Downs, Spring-Ford Area School District, Fleetwood, PA--Keeping Children with Emotional Behavioral Disorders in the Public Education Setting
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.--Dr. Keri Sullivan, BCBA, LBA lecturer at the University of North Carolina, Pembroke--ABCs of Behavior
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.--Jacki Lopushonsky, Teacher and Consultant, Developing Trauma Informed Schools
7:15 p.m.-8:15 p.m.--Sam Barrett, BCBA--Working with Students with Autism
Saturday, February 3, 2024
8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.--Neal Takiff, Esq., and Shermin Ali-Andani, Esq., Attorneys, Partners, Whitted Takiff, LLC--The Top Ten Cases in School Law
9:45 a.m. -10:45 a.m.--Michelle Trager. MSW, Parent Advocate, FASCETS Facilitator--Linking Brain Function with Behavior: What if this Person’s Brain Works Differently: An Introduction to the Neurobehavioral Approach
11 a.m. -12 noon--Dr. Donna Pettit, Assistant Professor of Special Education at Southwest Minnesota State College--A Culturally Responsive Approach to Teaching and Proactive Classroom Management
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.--Dr. Meg Carroll, Professor, Saint Xavier university, Chicago--Training for Transitions: Taming the Tension
1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.--Jason Harlacher, Center on MTSS at the America Institutes for Research--Effective Classroom Management: Strategies and Helpful Considerations
3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.--Dr. Helane Folske-Starlin, Associate Professor of Special Education, at Peru State College, Nebraska--Designing UDL with Equity
Sunday, February 4, 2024
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.--Michelle Laird Special Education Director Troy School District, President-Elect, Illinois CCBD--Improving Behavioral Outcomes Through Instructional Design
2:15 p.m. -3:15 p.m.--Lisa Cipriano, and Debbie Bumber, BCBA, Naperville District 204--Building Relationships with All Learners
3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.--Kristin Murphy, Associate Professor of Special Education, University of Massachusetts, Boston--Mixed Reality Simulations: Working with Avatars to Support Our Real Students and Each Other
4:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m.--Lauren Engelke-Smith, Special Education Teacher, Springfield Public Schools--There Are No Limits with ADHD