Postdoctorate in Behavior Education and Research (PBER)
PI(s): Sandra Chafouleas, Ph.D. and George Sugai, Ph.D.
Description: The University of Connecticut Postdoctorate in Behavioral Education and Research Training Program provides postdoctoral fellows training to enhance their statistical and methodological training while simultaneously engaging in high quality applied research projects. Although housed at CBER, faculty from the Measurement, Evaluation, and Assessment work group in the Department of Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology and Sociology, and Department of Statistics will also participate. The primary focus of the training program is to advanced statistical and methodological training of fellows and developing and implementing research designs that accurately and meaningfully address significant education problems. The Fellowship centers on one or more research projects of the faculty, which currently include a) implementation of evidence-based behavioral practices at the individual student, school, district, and state levels; b) development of behavioral assessment instruments; c) reading and language interventions; and d) development of reading and language measures
Sponsor: Special Education Postdoctoral Research Training Grants
Project VIABLE: Validation of Instruments for Assessing Behavior Longitudinally and Efficiently
PI(s): Sandra Chafouleas, Ph.D. and T. Chris Riley-Tillman, Ph.D. (East Carolina University)
Description: Project VIABLE seeks to develop and evaluate procedures for direct behavior rating scales to effectively and efficiently measure student behavior.