‘Behavior Queen’ Amie Dean discusses the 3 C’s of education: Helping children feel connected, capable and calm

While visiting Warren City Schools on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, Amie Dean “Behavior Queen” met with the district’s educational assistants to discuss trauma sensitive classrooms, understanding what trauma could be and how children communicate, understanding behavior, de-escalation, the why and how, and strategies to meet the 3 C’s: helping children feel connected, capable and calm.

Patricia Dreher, Warren City Schools Executive Director, Special Education, above, discusses classroom strategies with Warren City Schools educational assistants. Amie Dean ‘Behavior Queen’ also spent time with district staff during the professional development day on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, that encompassed four separate sessions.

Warren City Schools welcomed “Behavior Queen” Amie Dean to the district on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. During four sessions with various district employees, Dean discussed, among other topics, creating a positive school community.

Dean, M.ED., B.A., a former special education teacher, has worked in education since 1993. She has experience teaching at all levels, and has taught both special and general education.

Much of her focus is her passion for the “problem” students of the world, according to her website. These include the “students who are disrespectful, defiant, broken, and shut down” and have been a part of her every day for 30 years.

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