2019 Minnesota PBS Collaborators Forum

Tuesday April 30, 2019

MN PBS Collaborator’s forum Event Registration

Caryn Ward's headshot

The keynote speaker for the 2019 Collaborators Forum is Caryn Ward, PhD, HSP-P.

Dr. Ward is the Associate Director for Education and Measurement of the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill.  At NIRN, she is the Director of the State Implementation and Scaling up of Evidence Based Practices (SISEP) Center funded by US Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs. Dr. Ward has extensive experience in leading and developing infrastructure and capacity development with state and local education agencies as well as early childhood programs nationally. Within NIRN, Dr. Ward leads the development of implementation capacity measures and fidelity measures for use within education as well as other disciplines. Dr. Ward has served in a leadership role for the National Center for School Turnaround and currently serves on the advisory board of the National School Climate Center and research council for Communities in Schools – NC.

Key Note Presentation: Practical Use of Implementation Science to Meet Your Community’s Positive Behavior Support Goals

What strategies and practices are needed to ensure effective use of positive behavior supports? How do we ensure these strategies and practices are relevant and feasible for our different contexts (e.g., rural, urban, clinic, community) and fields (e.g., early childhood, K-12 education, adult education and services) in Minnesota? The keynote session will share how active implementation practices and strategies can be used to answer these questions through the use of case examples, freely available resources and their respective data stories.

Event locations:

Roseville:

Minnesota Department of Education, Conference Center B
1500 MN-36, Roseville, Minnesota

Duluth:

Historic Old Central High School

215 N 1st Ave. E Duluth MN 55802

Brainerd:

Crow Wing County Land Services Building

322 Laurel St Brainerd MN 56401

The Collaborators Forum is an annual event for people interested in Positive Behavior Supports across settings and the lifespan in Minnesota.

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