My Interests

Special Education: I am interested in disability categories which include Autism, Emotional Disturbance, Behavior Disorders, Developmental Disabilities and Learning Disabilities. I am most interested in training teachers how to work with children who have challenging behaviors. See our MSU-Billings website to learn about your options in special education. http://www.msubillings.edu/COE/SECREC/

Applied Behavior Analysis: I am a board certified associate behavior analyst by the Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB). See their website at www.bacb.com .

On the left I am pictured with students at a private school at Wehai, China for children with Autism. Special Education is not publicly funded in China and without financial support from their parents, many children with disabilities remain at home with grandparents. Teachers at these private schools must take up collections in order to attend professional development opportunities that are usually held in big cities (not locally) at a cost that is approximately 3 times their annual salary. The burden of caring for children with special needs falls on parents and those teachers willing to work in these private unfunded schools. The teachers and assistants at this school were highly devoted to their children's progress.

I was fortunate to have this experience along with several other university faculty in July and August 2007. We were guests teaching conversational English at Shandong University at Wehai. The photo on the right is a group of students at the university (accounting and international law majors) who shared conversations in English with me during class. The Chinese people are terrific hard workers who place a high value on education and educators.

Young, C. A. & Lovell, L. A. (2008, May). Evidence based and emerging practices in education: Tertiary interventions in schools. Paper presented at the 34^th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL

Young, C. A. & Lovell, L. A. (2006). Red Zone Mentoring: A resiliency approach to a tertiary intervention. Presentation at the 4^th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support on March 8-10 at Boston, MA.

Young, C. A. (2006). In their words: Inclusion strategies that work in middle schools. Presentation at the 3^rd International Conference on Positive Behavior Support on March 12-14 at Reno, Nevada.

Young, C. A. (2004). “League of poolplayers: An ethnography”. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Qualitative University Interest Group (QUIG) on January 7-9, 2005 at Athens, Georgia. Paper presented at the University of Central Florida Graduate Research Forum in Orlando, Florida on March 22, 2005.

Lovell, L. A., Warner, B. S., & Young, C. A. (2004).“Implementation of school-wide positive behavioral support in Lee County, Florida: A multi-year project.” Poster presented at the 2^nd International Conference on Positive Behavior Support on March 5-9, 2005 at Tampa, Florida.

Young, C. A., Gregory, S., Dugi, R. & Allard, G. (2009) Autism 101 for Administrators. A series of three presentations to administrators in Billings School District 2 and surrounding educational co-operatives January 23, February 2, and March 9, 2009 at MSU-Billings, Montana.

Young, C. A. (2007). Red Zone Mentoring: A tertiary intervention. Presentation at the Iowa Conference on Positive Behavior Support October 1, 2007 at Ames, Iowa.

Young, C. A. (2007). Making Good Use of School-wide Data Collection Systems: Determining Effectiveness. Invited presentation for the Nebraska Conference on Positive Behavior Support at Lincoln, NE on June 13, 2007.

Young, C. A. (2007). Embedding PBS into all aspects of school life. Invited presentation for the Nebraska Conference on Positive Behavior Support at Lincoln, NE on June 13, 2007.

Young, C. A. & Maddox, L. L. (2007) Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports for Students with Autism. Invited presentations developed for statewide teacher training in the Strategies and techniques for effective practice in schools: Educating children with autism (STEPS) program. Nebraska Department of Education.

Young, C. A., Rockwell, S., & Blasi, L. A. (Submitted for publication) Perceptions from adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders: The experience of inclusion in their words. Behavioral Disorders.

Young, C.A. (September 2007). Education Book Reviews [Review of the book With open arms: Creating school communities of support for kids with social challenges]. Education Review.

Young, C. A. & Holt, L. C. (2006). “Chapter 11: Self-Taught Instruction”, in L. C. Holt and M. Kysilka, Instructional patterns: Strategies for maximizing student learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Young, C. A. (2005). From seclusion to inclusion: A comparative case study of students with emotional and behavioral disorders in middle schools. Dissertation completed in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Education, Curriculum and Instruction. University of Central Florida, Orlando. Published with UMI, ProQuest Information and Learning.

Young, C. A., Gregory, S., Dugi, R. & Allard, G. (Research in development). Autism: What school administrators want to know.

Young, C. A., Stuart, S. S., & Kuhl, S. (Article in development). Improving the perspective-taking ability of children and youth with autism spectrum disorder: A cognitive behavioral approach. Targeted audience: Journal of Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, anticipated submission date: Spring 2009.