1. Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Education
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 2012
Lexington Lansing Hotel, 925 S. Creyts Road, Lansing, Michigan 48917, 517-323-7100
Presented by Steven Vitto, M.A., C.C.I.I., Behavior Consultant
About the Presenter: Steven Vitto, M.A.., CCII., BTC, MAISD.
Steve has been a teacher and behavior teacher consultant, working in Muskegon for the past 34 years. Steve has degrees in
clinical teaching, administration, and education. Steve is a certified Crisis Prevention (CPI) Instructor, a Certified
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) Instructor, a Certified Davereux Personal Emergency Intervention Trainer, a Michigan
MIBLISi State Trainer, a Certified Balanced and Restorative Justice Trainer, an Adjunct Professor at Muskegon Community
College. Steve recently has been involved as a college instructor for educational staff working in Michigan’s Telamon
Migrant Head Start Programs. (This project is a statewide effort to encourage literacy and social skills among migrant and
seasonal farm worker children and to stress the enjoyment of reading). Steve provides behavior support to schools and
families that are in conflict regarding the development of effective plans for treating challenging behaviors at school.
Steve recently developed a training process for with Challenging Home School Partnerships. Steve can be contacted at
vittosteve@yahoo.com
1. Identify the risk factors for problematic home school partnerships, 2. Identify evidenced based strategies for challenging home school partnerships
3. Identify preventative measures to insure successful home-school meetings 4. Develop a plan for a specific challenging home-school partnerships.