About The Grant - Five Grant Components

PPABB Seminar Course focused on Bullying Behaviors

  • Learn about the fundamentals of bullying behaviors in schools.
  • Engage in discussions about how bullying roles may affect students with special needs in unique ways.
  • The seminar provides scholars with foundational knowledge of the best practices surrounding the empirical evidence behind bullying identification, prevention, and intervention within a multi-tiered framework.

Shared Courses and a Shared Practicum Experience

  • Take courses with master's in Special Education students to further knowledge about behavior analysis.
  • Each scholar has a partner in the master's in Special Education program who they will join in a practicum experience in the spring of their second year.

Shared Assignments

  • Each scholar and their partner will work on assignments together during their joint classes to relate coursework to the field of bullying.

Expert Consultation

  • Work with Dr. Chad Rose, director of the Mizzou Ed Bully Prevention Lab at the University of Missouri
  • Rose will communicate with scholars and faculty on a regular basis to discuss grant-related projects and the emerging research in the field and will make at least one campus visit to meet with scholars and provide professional development opportunities.

Professional Development

  • Scholars will attend state and national conferences that allow them to learn from and contribute to the ongoing research happening in the field of bullying behavior.
  • Scholars will be given the opportunity to make professional connections in their field.

U.S. Office of Special Education Programs Logo: Ideas that WorkDisclaimer: This information was developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, #H325K200086. However, the contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project Officer, Sarah Allen.