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Skill-Building Session | Provide Specific & Culturally Responsive Praise to Promote Student Skill Growth

Recorded On: 11/18/2025

During this skill-building session, we dive into strategies for delivering specific and culturally responsive praise that acknowledges students' growth while fostering a supportive learning environment.

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Dr. Brandi Simonsen

Professor of Special Education / University of Connecticut

Co-Director / Center on PBIS

Dr. Brandi Simonsen is a professor of Special Education in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. She is also a Co-Director of the National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS; www.pbis.org) and Co-Principal Investigator of the National Integrated Multi-Tiered System of Support (I-MTSS) Research Network (mtss.org). Dr. Simonsen's scholarship focuses on supporting educators' implementation of PBIS/MTSS across a continuum of settings.