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	M. Lynn Woosey BellaOnline's Special Education Editor

Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behaviors [offsite link]
The Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs to raise the awareness and implementation of positive, evidence-based practices and to build an enhanced and more accessible database to support those practices.

Developing a Positive Attitude Towards IEP’s
How teacher's can impact the success of IEP's by developing a better understanding, attitude and more effective behavioral modification strategies.

Learned Helplessness
Is your child feeling hopeless because of their failure to succeed in school? If so, he may be at risk for learned helplessness, which can be a much larger problem.

Overwhelming Odds - The Story of John O’Leary
Find out the story of John O'Leary who survived a horrendous tragedy and turned it into a story of personal growth and determination while finding the true meaning of lasting happiness and success.

Positive Behavior Support
A brief overview of positive behavioral supports as a powerful tool for assisting children in overcoming behavior challenges that prevent them from learning and finding success in the school and home environments.

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports [offsite link]
A methodolog to help make problem behavior less effective, efficient, and relevant, and desired behavior more functional.

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