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Strategies for Managing Challenging Behaviors

of Students with Brain Injuries

By Stephen Bruce, Lisa Selznick Gurdin
and Ron Savage ~ 2006
 
About the Authors

 

Stephen S. Bruce

  Stephen Bruce, MEd, BCBA, CBIS is the Senior Director for Professional Development for the Neurosciences Institute at Bancroft NeuroHealth in Haddonfield, New Jersey.  He earned a Master of Education degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Temple University and is currently completing course work for a doctoral degree in special education from Temple University.  Mr. Bruce coordinates staff training and development, teaches courses in applied behavior analysis at Temple University, and directs Bancroft NeuroHealth’s professional conferences and workshops.   He also chairs a behavior management committee and oversees school consultation services.  Mr. Bruce has worked in the field of developmental disabilities and brain injury for the past 17 years and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst as well as a Certified Brain Injury Specialist.

 

Lisa Selznick Gurdin

  Lisa Selznick Gurdin, MS, BCBA, CBIS-CE is a part-time lecturer at Northeastern University and Chair of the American Academy for the Certification of Brain Injury Specialists (AACBIS) Board of Directors.  Ms Gurdin is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and an AACBIS Certified Brain Injury Trainer.  She serves on the Board of Directors for the Brain Injury Association of America and supervises students for their associate behavior analyst certification.

 
  She earned a Master of Science degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Northeastern University.  Ms Gurdin worked at the May Institute, Inc. in Massachusetts for eight years where she managed research and training grants, developed and coordinated a company-wide mentoring program, and taught courses in applied behavior analysis.  She also has ectensive experience designing and implementing home and school-based behavioral programming for children and adolescents with autism and brain injury.

 

Ronald C. Savage

  Dr. Ronald Savage has worked with children, adolescents and young adults with neurological injuries and disabilities for over 25 years. Presently, Dr. Savage is Executive Vice President and Senior Author for Lash & Associates Publishing/Training Inc. in North Carolina.  Dr. Savage is the Executive Vice President of the North American Brain Injury Society.  He is the former Executive Vice President of the Neurosciences Institute at Bancroft NeuroHealth in New Jersey, Senior Vice President of Behavioral Health and Rehabilitative Services at The May Institute in Massachusetts and Director of Clinical Services for Rehabilitation Services of New York.

 
  In addition, Dr. Savage has taught at the elementary and secondary school level as a classroom teacher and as a special educator.  He has also taught courses at several colleges and universities.  Dr. Savage is the former Chairperson of the Pediatric Task Force for the National Brain Injury Foundation, the former Co-Chairperson of the International Pediatric Task Force for the International Brain Injury Association, and is a founding member of the American Academy for the Certification of Brain Injury Specialists.


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