Deanne A. Crone, PhD, is Research Associate at the Center on Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon. She has directed several research and training grants that address behavior disorders, positive behavior support, and functional behavioral assessment. Dr. Crone has presented her work on function-based support locally, regionally, and nationally, and has conducted workshops with a variety of professionals, including school psychologists, administrators, teachers, and paraprofessionals. With Leanne S. Hawken and Robert H. Horner, she is coauthor of Responding to Problem Behavior in Schools, Second Edition. Leanne S. Hawken, PhD, BCBA, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Special Education at the University of Utah. Dr. Hawken has 30 years of experience in the fields of psychology, education, positive behavior support (PBIS), and applied behavior analysis (ABA). She has been a PBIS/MTSS district- and school-level coach and has been has been training, coaching, and conducting research on Check-In, Check-Out (CICO) since the early 2000s. Outside the school context, Dr. Hawken is a certified life coach who is passionate about combining the science of ABA with the tactics of life coaching. Robert H. Horner, PhD, is Professor of Special Education at the University of Oregon and Director of Educational Community Supports, a research unit within the College of Education that develops and implements practices resulting in positive, durable, and scientifically validated change in the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families. Dr. Horner's 35-year history of research has focused on applied behavior analysis, stimulus control, instructional technology, positive behavior support, and large-scale system change.
