Dr. Mankowski will provide an overview of evidence-based strategies for positive behavior management with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  She will equip caregivers and professionals with positive strategies to support behavior improvement during these times of COVID-19. 

Learning objectives

1.     Review evidence-based behavior management practices for individuals with ASD and other intellectual and developmental disabilities.

2.     Consider the overlap of intellectual and developmental disabilities and psychiatric disorders.  How does a dual diagnosis impact behavior? 

3.     Discuss frequent challenging behaviors and how functional behavior analysis can inform behavior management and behavioral change.

4.     Provide caregivers and professionals with positive strategies to reduce challenging behavior.

Dr. Mankowski, a psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor at the CIDD, is also the director of training for the North Carolina LEND grant. Clinical duties include psychological or interdisciplinary evaluations of individuals with or at risk for developmental disabilities.  She is the psychologist for interdisciplinary Hearing and Development Team, specializing in children who are deaf and hard of hearing and for the Behavior Medicine Clinic, specializing in individuals with severe behavioral or psychiatric difficulties in the context of neurodevelopmental disability.  Dr. Mankowski also provides neuropsychological consultation and diagnostic evaluations for The Whitaker Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility in Butner, North Carolina and psychological consultation to the Wright School in Durham, NC. Her teaching responsibilities include clinical training of psychology graduate students, interns, and postdoctoral fellows, facilitating a graduate level course Developmental Disabilities Across the Lifespan: A Problem Based Learning Approach, and curriculum development and implementation for the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Grant.