SCC-CAAEYC Presents Challenging Behaviors in the classroom Thur 05 22 25

The Family Child Care Committee of Southern California Chapter of the California Association for the Education of Young Children presents:

Challenging Behaviors: Understanding the shift and identifying appropriate strategies

Thursday, May 22, 2025

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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Description:

Nationwide, challenging behaviors in the classroom have been on the rise every year, especially after the pandemic. In Los Angeles County, children who have been impacted by the fires may be experiencing some trauma. If you are an early childhood Educator, looking for information that can help you in your classroom management, this workshop is for you!

In this training, you will learn:

• Strategies to help yourself successfully respond to behaviors, instead of reacting to them
• Strategies to use when working with children who are showing signs of trauma
• General and individualized strategies that help challenging children be more

successful in the classroom

Presenter Information:

Laura Rios graduated from Pepperdine University, Malibu campus,

with her Master’s in Clinical Psychology in 2001. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family

Therapist, specializing in Early Intervention Mental Health (children ages 0-5), Trauma

and Special Needs. Laura leads with a trauma informed approach to serving children

and their communities. Laura is very passionate about her field and loves sharing her

knowledge with others.

Laura has over 25 years of training and experience working in the Early Intervention

field, including Special Needs (Autism, ADHD, challenging behaviors, high-risk families,

children prenatally exposed to drugs, substance abuse, severe emotional disturbance,

and trauma). She began to work with Autism in 1996 as a discrete trial

therapist/therapeutic companion and was fortunate enough to receive extensive training

in the field of Autism (behavioral therapy, ABA, Floor time). She has also received

extensive training in Early Intervention, by various prominent practitioners in the 0 to 5

field, as well as in evidence-based practices (PCIT, Incredible Years, TF CBT and CPP).

Laura worked as an Early Intervention Mental Health Clinician at Foothill Family

Service, for over 10 years and specialized in working with high-risk preschool children

that present with extremely challenging behavior. Her work has been conducted in the

home, field and classroom setting. She also assisted in developing various early

intervention programs. For the last 12 years, Laura has had the pleasure of sharing her

knowledge with other professionals and paraprofessionals in Early Intervention related

fields, through consultations and trainings as an independent contractor. She is a

Mental Health Consultant for local Head Starts and has presented at various National

and Local Child Development and Mental Health Conferences. Laura also appeared as

a Mental Health Expert on the KCET show, A Place of Our Own, in 2009.

Presently, Laura is an independent contractor and provides assessment, supervision,

consultation and training services throughout LA County. She is bilingual

(English/Spanish) and believes that Early Intervention is key.

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For general information about this program please contact: scc.playmatters@gmail.com

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