Many professionals are asked to provide support and training to adults in the classroom including teachers, administrators, related service providers, mentors, instructional coaches, and consultants. Whether you are providing support and training to paraprofessionals as a teacher in the classroom or to the teacher and classroom staff as a consultant or coach from outside the classroom, every classroom and every situation is unique. Different adults have different learning styles and different needs. Some welcome feedback and seek out support and new ideas. Others are more resistant and have difficulty accepting new ideas. And each is at a different place in their journey of learning. In addition, you, as a consultant or practitioner, have your own style of approaching the consultation and support. This presentation will discuss strategies for conceptualizing educational professionals’ mindsets about receiving support. Based on those observations of their behavior, strategies will be outlined to help you tailor your approach to their set. In addition, discussion will include strategies for making decisions about allocating time based on how to create the most positive outcomes with for the most classrooms effectively with the most limited resource: time. Finally, the presentation will share strategies for addressing common roadblocks faced in working with classroom support situations.

From writing and podcasting at Autism Classroom Resources to creating teacher resources, Dr. Christine Reeve’s driving goal has always been about bringing special educators together and helping them serve their students in the best ways they can. With a doctorate in psychology and as a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral, she has spent the last 25 years working with a wide variety of special education programs as a behavior specialist, an administrator, university faculty, and primarily as a trainer and consultant. Chris has co-authored several books for special education teachers including Taming the Data Monster and Setting Up Classroom Spaces for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She is currently the founder and director of Autism Classroom Resources & the Special Educator Academy.