Name: Supporting the Behavioral Needs of Students with Intellectual Disability: The Power of Communication
Start: 2026-04-18T10:30:00-0600
End: 2026-04-18T12:00:00-0600

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Supporting the Behavioral Needs of Students with Intellectual Disability: The Power of Communication

Saturday April 18, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm MDT

Ballroom D

Some students with intellectual disabilities may have elevated behavioural support needs that necessitate individualized behaviour support plans. In this session, information about building and implementing individualized, communication-based supports to address these behavioural support needs will be shared with a particular focus on function-based thinking.

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Virginia Walker

Professor, UNC Charlotte

Virginia L. Walker, PhD, BCBA-D, is a Professor in the Department of Special Education and Child Development at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Walker began her career as a special education teacher of students with extensive support needs in Atlanta, Georgia before... Read More →

Saturday April 18, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm MDT
Ballroom D

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Virginia Walker

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