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| Project/Program/Clinic Contacts: | Co-Director, Positive Behavior Support Project | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline(s): |
Education/Special Education Education: Administration Education: Early Intervention/Early Childhood Education: General Psychology |
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| AUCD Council Membership: |
No Council Membership |
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| Research: | Positive Behavior Support, school-wide discipline, systems change, implementation processes, function-based support planning. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education: | Special Education and School Psychology | ||||||||||||||||||||
Vita/Bio
EDUCATION
Louisiana State University, Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Special Education and School Psychology (August, 2000)
Indiana State University, M.S. in Psychology (August, 1994)
Winona State University, B.A. in Psychology with a Minor in Sociology, Cum Laude (May, 1992)
POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT
2002-Present Research Assistant Professor/Coordinator, DARES/Department of Child and Family Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2001-2002 Assistant in Research, DARES/Department of Child and Family Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2001-Present Adjunct Faculty, College of Education, Departments of Psychological and Social Foundations and Special Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
OTHER EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2004-Present Collaborating Partner with the Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
2003-Present Association for Positive Behavior Support
2001-Present Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Guest Reviewer
SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Kincaid, D., George, H.P. & Childs, K.E. (in press). Review of "Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum: Supervisory and Direct Support Editions." Journal of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports.
George, H. P., Harrower, J. K., & Knoster, T. K. (2003). School-wide prevention and early intervention: A process for establishing a system of school-wide behavior support. Preventing School Failure, Summer (4), 170-176
Knoster, T. & George, H.P. (2002). Realizing durable and systemic behavior change in schools: Guiding questions. Communique¢ Special Edition: Systemic Behavior Change, 30 (6) 34-37.
George, H. P. (2000). Comparing interventions on disruptive classroom behaviors derived from descriptive analysis, experimental analysis, and reinforcer assessment. Dissertation Abstracts International, 61, (08A), 3118.
GRANT ACTIVITIES
Florida's Positive Behavior Support Project. Funded by the Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services with Florida's Department of Education to increase the capacity of school districts in individual, classroom and school-wide positive behavior support. Heather P. George, Co-Principal Investigator/Coordinator. $1,350,000/year. (10/01/04-Present).
