Annemieke
is the First Step to Success coordinator/teacher. She co-authored and
coordinates the First Step to Success program, an early school and home
intervention for young children (preschool through second grade)
at-risk for anti-social behavior, and has trained hundreds of teachers
across the United States, Canada and Japan. She co-authored the
B.E.S.T. (Building Effective Schools Together) program for effective
school-wide, classroom and individual student management. Annemieke is
a certified special education teacher and has taught children with
behavior and conduct disorders for the past 18 years. She received her
Ph.D., in Special Education at the University of Oregon.