Gail Hanevold
Gail Hanevold is a veteran teacher of 25 years. She currently teaches students with Developmental Cognitive Disabilities in Minneapolis, MN. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Elementary and Special Education, a Masters Degree in the area of Emotional Behavioral Disorders, and an Educational Specialist Degree in Elementary and Secondary Administration.
While on a sabbatical, Gail researched a behavior intervention she created. The results of this research project landed her in an unanticipated position of entrepreneur. Being motivated by her family and colleagues, Gail took on the task of filing for a patent (pending) on the visual cuing device she created, known as the Wrist-O-Pic, and started her own business: Creative Behavior Interventions, LLC.
In addition to the success and self-confidence this intervention brings to students, this endeavor has opened up a host of new professional growth opportunities for Gail. She has self-published the behavior intervention, The Teacher’s Tutorial: Using Metaphors to Modify Behavior, A No-Nag Intervention, and has been invited to write and facilitate on-line courses for The Professional Learning Board. When her schedule permits, Gail presents her research findings, and other behavior-related innovations, to professionals at local, state, and national conventions.
Some of the professional conferences Gail has exhibited and/or presented at include:
- Closing the Gap
- Teacher Educators for Children with Behavior Disorders Conference
- The MN EBD Conference
- The international Child & Adolescent Conference
- MN State Autism Conference
- MN Steps for Hope-Autism Walk
- MN Catholic Home Educators Conference
- The MN State Paraprofessional Conference
- ND Assistive Technology Expo
- Wisconsin’s Center for Independent Living Conference
- Education Minnesota Teacher Conference
- CEC 2010 National Conference & Expo
- 2011 MN Speech and Hearing Conference 2011
- MN Association for Children’s Mental Health Conference
- MN SW/WC EBD Conference
- Minnesota’s 23rd Annual Title 1 & Paraprofessional Conference
Gail is the proud mother of three grown children and four grandchildren. Her husband, Tom, contributes to every aspect of the business, however, he coins his position as “A pack mule with a driver’s license!” They travel as a team to almost every presentation/exhibit Gail attends. Contact Gail if you would like more information about her presentations and/or products.
The Wrist-O-Pic, patent pending, is manufactured in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Creative Interventions, LLC, hires young adults with special Abilities to do all product assembly and packaging.
