Training Description
The brain is a multifaceted organ, processing input in order to produce a coordinated response or action. Developmental delays are impairments that impedes the brain’s ability to effectively process such inputs. Clinical researchers have identified causative agents including environmental conditions impacting emotion regulation, coordination, processing and expressive communication, and one’s responsiveness to certain stimuli. The aim of this training is to describe the etiology of developmental delays, the principle types of delays, and their impact on learning and behavior.
Trainer Biographies
Penny Cuninggim, EdD is as a special educator, administrator, coach, consultant, and trainer in Massachusetts. Throughout her career she has worked directly both with children and youth with chronic learning, emotional regulation and behavioral problems, and the staffs who work with them. During that time,she developed a highly structured, relationship-based behavior management model including a unique restraint protocol, as well as an assessment and remediation service that targets both strengths and foundational issues that may be preventing progress. This service is a multidisciplinary approach to assessment and remediation, based on principles derived from evidence-based practice in psychology, education, sensory integration, neuro-physiology and applied neuroscience.
Shannon Chabot, MEd is the Developmental Movement Coordinator at the NEARI School in Massachusetts. She received her Master of Education in Health &Kinesthesiology from the University of Texas at Tyler and her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Learning Objectives
This training is designed to help you:
- Define developmental delay in the context of normative human development
- Identify types of developmental delay that coincide with behavioral and learning challenges
- Describe effective interventions to reduce the impact of developmental delays