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Dr. Perras has dedicated his career to helping educators
Donald Perras, Ph.D. has been an educator since 1967. As an associate professor of special education at Southern Connecticut State University for 37 years, he prepared more than 6,500 teachers to become conscientious practitioners of their profession. He specializes in programs to help educators deal with students who have serious emotional disturbance (SED) and related behavior disorders. In addition to his current consulting work, Don continues as an adjunct professor at St. Joseph College in West Hartford.
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Don has designed his Ecological Model of classroom management to provide teachers and administrators with a system of strategies to improve instruction and group management [more]. Based on his Ecological Model, he teaches a certification course on classroom management to educators who find themselves lacking the resources and skills to adequately deal with diverse classrooms and challenging behaviors.
Since 1990, Don has also trained over 3,500 alternative certification secondary teachers. Additionally, he has provided on-site consultation to over 53 Connecticut school districts, training and assisting hundreds of educators on classroom management procedures. He is a specialist in preparing new teachers to manage their classrooms, especially in urban communities.
Don has appeared on radio and television, has spoken at national conferences, and published articles in professional journals regarding classroom management.
Don is available for on-site training and consulting. His Ecological Model text and materials are available for purchase here. He is also available for media appearances to provide expert commentary on classroom management and special education.
Dr. Perras’s latest blog posts
SAT process
Educators.. Just designed an innovative power point module on ‘Student Assistant Team’ (SAT) procedures for high schools. The 14 ‘slides’ outline the entire SAT process, with extensive strategies for managing … Continue reading
January 26th, workshop.
Educators… Conducted a 70′ – workshop on basic Ecological Model management techniques for high school accounting teachers last Thursday in Rocky Hill. The 15 participants had never attended a session … Continue reading
