%0 Journal Article %T The Gift of Competence: A Conversation With Michael George %A Jim Teagarden %A Marilyn Kaff %A Robert Zabel %J Intervention in School and Clinic %@ 1538-4810 %D 2018 %R 10.1177/1053451218765261 %X Michael George¡¯s career has focused on children and youth with significant behavior and emotional challenge. His career has spanned experiences as a direct service provider, university professor, and teacher trainer. George has led an effort to provide competent and caring teachers to a population who greatly need such teachers. George shares his thoughts and reflections on a career marked by the call providing the gift of competence %K Michael George %K education %K training %K preparation %K teacher %K wide discipline %K school %K behavioral strategies %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1053451218765261