Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Education

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 2012

Lexington Lansing Hotel, 925 S. Creyts Road, Lansing, Michigan 48917, 517-323-7100

Presented by Steven Vitto, M.A., C.C.I.I., Behavior Consultant

About the Presenter: Steven Vitto, M.A.., CCII., BTC, MAISD.

Steve has been a teacher and behavior teacher consultant, working in Muskegon for the past 34 years. Steve has degrees in

clinical teaching, administration, and education. Steve is a certified Crisis Prevention (CPI) Instructor, a Certified

Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) Instructor, a Certified Davereux Personal Emergency Intervention Trainer, a Michigan

MIBLISi State Trainer, a Certified Balanced and Restorative Justice Trainer, an Adjunct Professor at Muskegon Community

College. Steve recently has been involved as a college instructor for educational staff working in Michigan’s Telamon

Migrant Head Start Programs. (This project is a statewide effort to encourage literacy and social skills among migrant and

seasonal farm worker children and to stress the enjoyment of reading). Steve provides behavior support to schools and

families that are in conflict regarding the development of effective plans for treating challenging behaviors at school.

Steve recently developed a training process for with Challenging Home School Partnerships. Steve can be contacted at

vittosteve@yahoo.com

1. Identify the risk factors for problematic home school partnerships, 2. Identify evidenced based strategies for challenging home school partnerships

3. Identify preventative measures to insure successful home-school meetings 4. Develop a plan for a specific challenging home-school partnerships.