Successful Parenting: Preventing Challenging Behaviors
Join George Mason University’s Mason Speaker Series for a Parenting Seminar
George Mason University Professor Christan Coogle will share guidance and research to support parents seeking to decrease their children's challenging behaviors while increasing more desirable behaviors. Attendees will also learn how to understand and identify the function of challenging behaviors, and how to teach and reinforce more appropriate or desired behaviors.
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Please call 703-228-3352 or email Lib-Courthouse@arlingtonva.us for more information.
- Date:
- Tuesday, September 3, 2024
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Location:
- Cherry Conference Room
- Library:
- Courthouse Library
- Audience:
- Events for Adults Good for Parents
- Categories:
- Health, Wellness & Food
- Calendar:
- Arlington Public Library
Transportation: Parking in the garage located beneath the Bozman Government Center is free on weekends and after 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. We are also accessible via public transit: by Metro (Orange and Silver Lines - Courthouse) and by bus.
Speaker Bio: Dr. Christan Coogle is an Associate Professor in the Early Childhood Education Program. Prior to obtaining her doctorate she worked as an early intervention provider, preschool inclusion teacher, and K-5th grade special education teacher. Dr. Coogle also worked at the Florida Center for Reading Research where she supported educators and developed early literacy interventions. She completed her Doctoral Degree at Florida State University as a Fellow in the Leadership in Family Centered Early Intervention Fellowship Program. Her area of expertise is early childhood special education. Dr. Coogle teaches courses in early childhood special education, and her research is focused on bridging the research to practice gap through the use of embedded interventions particularly for children identified with autism spectrum disorder.