Annemieke Golly

Dr. Golly is a certified special education teacher and has taught children with behavior and conduct disorders for the past 18 years. Dr. Golly received her Ph.D., in Special Education at the University of Oregon. Her areas of expertise are Preventive Interventions, Behavior Management, Classroom and School-Wide Management. She is currently working at the Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior at the University of Oregon as a teacher trainer and program director for a recently awarded legislative grant, the Oregon State Wide Initiative, which is designed to implement the First Step to Success Program state-wide in kindergarten classrooms. She is also implementing a recently awarded grant: Head Start Adaptation of First Step to Success: Preparing Children for Social/Emotional Success at School.

Dr. Golly has been a coordinator for designing and implementing an early intervention program, First Step to Success, for the past 10 years. The program is being implemented in 15 states and 4 Canadian provinces. She trained hundreds of teachers and coaches to implement school and home interventions for kindergarten students who are at risk for anti-social behavior.

Dr. Golly recently developed an Early intervention program for pre-school students at-risk for anti-social behavior: First Step to Success: Pre-School Version. In the past year, she co-authored a training manual for Effective School and Classroom Management (B.E.S.T.). She has worked as a consultant/trainer to implement behavior management strategies in the United States, Canada, The Virgin Islands, Germany and South Africa. She has taught numerous university courses and school district teacher and parent training courses.