Instructor/Facilitator: Mick Jackson

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Mick Jackson MS/ED is an Intervention Specialist with a Master's Degree in Special Education, Behavioral Theory. Mr. Jackson has 15 years of combined experience in self-contained special education classrooms, resource rooms and hospital day treatment in K-12 settings. He's developed and overseen mental health and intervention programs, and directed staff in four states. Mr. Jackson has worked as a higher education adjunct faculty teaching distance courses in behavioral theory, Attention Deficit Disorder, and reading remediation. Currently, his courses are being offered through distance education programs with more than 90 colleges and universities nationwide. He is the current President and Dean of Faculty for Virtual Education Software and has been working on distance course development since 1995.

Classes or Events by this instructor or facilitator


T&L 2900: VIR: Advanced Classroom Management: Children as Change Agents

T&L 2900: VIR: Advanced Classroom Management: Children as Change Agents
This course focuses on cognitive and cognitive-behavioral interventions (often lumped together under the rubric "social skills") with an emphasis on teaching students how to change and manage their own behavior.
July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2026

T&L 2900: VIR: Behavior is Language: Strategies for Managing Disruptive Behavior

T&L 2900: VIR: Behavior is Language: Strategies for Managing Disruptive Behavior
This course is designed to give the learner a new perspective on student behavior and effective tools to facilitate positive student change. Taught by Mick R. Jackson MS/ED, this course provides a developmental framework to help the learner understand what students are trying to communicate through the "language" of their behavior.
July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2026