Dealing with Challenging Behavior in Early Intervention
Not every early intervention session goes as planned—and that’s okay.
About The Course
Learn how to respond to meltdowns, refusals, and emotional dysregulation in early intervention with practical, neuroaffirming strategies. This 2-hour course gives SLPs, OTs, PTs, and educators real-world tools, visual supports, and ready-to-use materials to reduce power struggles and support meaningful regulation, especially for neurodivergent and medically complex children.
Course price
$119.00
One-time payment
2 months of access
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Get Starting Early Intervention + No Words? No Problem! + Dealing with Challenging Behavior in Early Intervention together for $279.00 — save $78.00.
Get the bundleLearning Objectives
Identify
Identify common challenging behaviors in early intervention and the underlying causes.
Describe
Describe evidence-based, neuroaffirming strategies to de-escalate and manage challenging behaviors in diverse and medically complex children.
Evaluate
Evaluate the effectiveness of practical tools for promoting regulation and positive engagement across therapy contexts.
Course Agenda
- 5 minutesWelcome & Learning Objectives Overview
- 25 minutesIdentifying & Categorizing Challenging Behaviors
- 20 minutesRoot Causes of Challenging Behavior
- 20 minutesSupportive, Neuroaffirming and Evidence-Based Strategies
- 10 minutesAdditional Tools & Resources
- 10 minutesEvaluation Tools
- 20 minutesCase-Scenarios
- 10 minutesQ&A
What's inside the course?
- Clear categories for identifying tantrums, refusals, meltdowns, and shutdowns — and understanding what’s reallycausing them (not just what you see on the surface).
- A practical flowchart that guides you step-by-step: What kind of behavior are you seeing? What should you do next?
- Neuroaffirming, evidence-based strategies to reduce power struggles, support regulation, and build trust.
- Visual tools that actually work—you’ll leave with ready-to-use emotion charts, visual schedules, and break plans to support your sessions immediately.
- Real-life EI scenarios you’ll instantly relate to from sibling interruptions and sensory overload to medical complexity and home chaos.
Resources to take with you:
- Behavior Type & Response Decision Flowchart
- Family Coaching Tools
- Visual Supports (Emotions, First/Then boards, Daily schedules & More)
- Low-Arousal Environment Audit Checklist
- Team Functional Behavior Observation & Documentation Sheet
Detailed Course Information:
- Target Audience:
- This course is designed for SLPs, OTs, PTs, and special educators working in early intervention who support children with diverse developmental, sensory, and behavioral needs and who are seeking practical, easy to use and neuroaffirming tools to manage challenging behaviors with clarity, confidence, and compassion.
- Content Level:
- Intermediate
- Course Completion:
- This course is offered for .2 ASHA CEUs Intermediate level, Professional area. Participants will receive a certificate of completion. No partial hours will be awarded.
- Successful completion of this course requires:
- Attendance for the entire course (attendance will be tracked automatically),
- Completing the quiz and program evaluation form.
- Access:
- Your purchase includes 2 months of access from the date of purchase — long enough to complete the course at your own pace, including the quiz and evaluation form needed for your certificate. Certificates you have already earned are yours to keep and stay available in your account after access ends. If you need more time later, you can renew the course at 50% off.
- Special Accommodations/Accessibility:
- KuzminSLP welcomes participants with disabilities. Please contact us at info@kuzminslp.com to discuss disability accommodations needed to take this course.
- Refund/Cancellation Policy:
- Full tuition will be refunded if written notification is received by KuzminSLP and less than 30 minutes of the course has been watched. See the Cancellations and Refund Policies.
- Complaint Policy:
- We respect your input. For concerns or complaints during the registration process, during the event, or after the course please contact us at info@kuzminslp.com.
- For ASHA:
- KuzminSLP makes submissions to ASHA monthly, after each month has ended. Therefore, the date of completion that appears on your Continuing Education Registry is the last date of the month in which you completed the self-study course.