CHRISTINA BURK~ THIS WEEKEND IN LONG SLAND NY

[Guest guest]

HI! Elija is very excited for this upcoming weekend with

Burk and her presentation workshop on ABA/AVB!THERE IS STILL ROOM!!!

It is going to be great~ I am sure of it, as a person with

's dedication and passion always shows through in their

presentations!

It will be a weekend full of wonderful information..

THERE IS WALK IN ROOM FOR THIS WORKSHOP! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

The cost at the door is 50.00

If possible have a reg form filled out before you come. CASH OR CHECK

OR MONEY ORDER

payable to the ELIJA FOUNDATION

IF you would like to order our optional lunch for 2 days at a cost of

20.00 (10.00 per day) WE MUST HAVE YOUR FAXED IN REG FORM WITH CREDIT

CARD PAYMENT to confirm your LUNCH BY TOMORROW THURSDAY 6/6 by 12 PM.

http://elija.org/REG.html

More on the workshop

Burk, M.A Consulting Behavior Analyst Presents 2 DAY

WORKSHOP ON

Applied Behavior Analysis & Verbal Behavior Teaching Functional

Communication to Students with Autism

June 8 & 9

8:00 Pre Registration & Breakfast Workshop 9-5

2 day event .... Registrations $50.00

Optional boxed lunch available for 20.00 (Lunch for 2 days)

The Residence Inn

9 Gerhard Road

Plainview, NY 11803

Do you want to learn how to improve the development of functional

language (including speech, sign, & PECS), reinforce

effectively, strengthen generalization, and improve the overall

quality of your applied behavior analysis (ABA) programming?

This workshop will discuss the ABA approach to teaching verbal

behavior (VB) to students with autism. This application of the

science

of behavior is based on B.F. Skinner's analysis of VB and the

subsequent work of Drs. Jack ,

Carbone, Mark Sundberg, Jim Partington,et al.

Participants will learn about the basic verbal operants, motivation

and its critical role in teaching, assessment procedures, and

curricular objectives that are essential for success in a student's

educational program. The workshop will address effective

teaching procedures for students with a range of skill repertoires

and is for anyone looking to increase language, whether the

student is nonvocal, has some language, or is

nearly conversational.

The workshop will describe and

demonstrate:

· Pairing and establishing operations

(EO)

· Errorless learning and teaching, including

prompting and fading procedures

· Assessment / Curriculum development, including the Assessment

of Basic Language & Learning Skills (ABLLS)

· Effective teaching practices to be used in both the natural

environment (NET) and in structured teaching environments

If you have the Sundberg and Partington manual and

ABLLS please bring them with you

To Register: http://elija.org/REG.html

Burk, M.A. is a consulting behavior analyst based in

Hartsdale, NY. She holds a Masters in Applied Behavior

Analysis from Columbia University and has been teaching students with

autism and other developmental disabilities since 1995. She currently

provides services for families, school districts, and organizations

throughout the US, Canada, and overseas.

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OTHER WORKSHOPS

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August 2002 (THIS IS ELIJAS PRESTIGOUS BCBA MONTH!)

1) Dr. Bobby Newman Ph.D B.C.B.A ~ A FULL DAY OF TEACHING INDEPENDENT

SELF HELP SKILLS TO

CHILDREN WITH AUTISM & RELATED DISABILITIES

A full day workshop which will include shaping, chaining, prompting,

and task analysis construction as you learn to help your

child learn Toileting, Feeding &

Dressing

Saturday August 3, 2002 9:00-5:00 ( 8:00-8:30

Registration & Breakfast)

Pre Registration $ 40.00 Late or Walk in

$ 50.00

Optional boxed lunch available for

10.00

http://elija.org/BobbyReg.html

Residence Inn 9 Gerhard Road Plainview, NY 11803

Must Register for this 1 day workshop by

7/6/02

SEATING IS LIMITED. Please refrain from

video taping.

This is designed to provide tutors, therapists, and parents

procedures in implementing a toileting, feeding and dressing program

for their children with Autism or related disability.

A full day workshop which will include shaping, chaining, prompting,

and task analysis construction (A.B.A.) as you learn to

help your child learn self-help

skills.

§ Does your child ever eliminate in the toilet? Or indicate the need

to go to the bathroom? If your answer is negative to the

above following questions, you will be given instructions on how to

implement an intensive toileting program based on the

FOXX -AZRIN toileting procedures.

§ Does your child have difficulties in using utensils. Or shows a

reluctance to trying new foods or textures? Dr. Newman will

discuss procedures in aiding your child with this very important

self help skill by implementing a feeding program.

§ Does your child have the inability to dress him/her self?

Procedures on implementing self dressing will be discussed.

To Register: http://elija.org/BobbyReg.html

2) Dr. A Iwata Ph.D

A one day conference with the Most Published Author in

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Focusing on Aggressive and Self-Injurious Behaviors and the

Current approaches to assessment & treatment.

Wednesday August 21st

8:00 Pre Registration and Breakfast

Workshop : 9 - 4:00 (4 - 5 Q & A)

BREAKFAST and LUNCH included

Registration Fee is 100.00 Late/Walk in

130.00

http://elija.org/IwataReg.html

Residence Inn

9 Gerhard Road

Plainview, NY 11803

Outline of Workshop (may vary as Dr. Iwata is planning on

updating his talk by the summer.)

Introduction

ß Definition, topographies, prevalence,

risk, etiology

ß Current approaches to treatment: Drug therapy, restraint,

behavioral intervention, surgical intervention

General Protocol for Assessment and

Treatment

ß Identification of risk and protection

from harm

ß Assessment of adaptive repertoire

ß Identification of reinforcers

ß Functional analysis of behavior

disorder

ß Treatment selection and

implementation

ß Evaluation

ß Maintenance and generalization

programming

Identification of Risk and Protection

from Harm

ß Rationale: Identification of limits, justification

for protection, outcome measure

ß Risk assessment: Internal injuries, surface

tissue damage, associated risks

ß Protective measures: Environmental

modification, restraint, sedation

Assessment of Adaptive Repertoire - Key

Classes of Behavior

ß Independent interaction with the physical

environment

ß Functional communication

ß Instruction following behavior and

compliance

Identification of Reinforcers

ß Interview (client or other)

ß Direct observation of free time

activity

ß Empirical assessment of preference

Functional Analysis of Behavior

Disorders

ß Positive reinforcement: Social (e.g., attention) vs.

automatic (e.g., sensory stimulation)

ß Negative reinforcement: Social (e.g., escape ) vs.

automatic (e.g., pain attenuation)

Methods for Conducting Functional

Analyses

ß Anecdotal (indirect) methods

ß Descriptive(naturalistic)

analysis

ß Functional (experimental)

analysis

Reinforcement-Based Approaches to Behavior

Reduction

ß Elimination of the behavior's establishing

operation (noncontingent reinforcement)

ß Termination of reinforcement

(extinction)

ß Behavioral replacement (differential

reinforcement)

Treatment Examples and Case Studies

ß Social positive reinforcement

ß Social negative reinforcement

ß Automatic positive reinforcement

ß Automatic negative reinforcement

o The problem of self-restraint

Biographical Sketch

Iwata received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Florida State

University and is currently Research Foundation Professor of

Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Florida, Director of

the Florida Center on Self-Injury, and Co-Director of the

University of Florida Autism Program. He has held faculty

appointments at the s Hopkins University School of Medicine

and Western Michigan University.

His primary areas of interest are applied behavior analysis,

developmental disabilities, functional analysis of severe behavior

disorders, and program evaluation. He has published over 175 articles

and chapters on these topics, and he has received over

$3.5 million in research grants to support

that work.

's work has focused on almost every behavioral aspect of

developmental disabilities, including behavioral acquisition

(ranging from basic skills training to community preparation), eating

disorders, self-injurious and aggressive behavior, and staff

management. In addition to conducting research and directing programs

in these areas, he has served as an expert consultant at

the individual, institutional, and state-wide level. Much of

's research has focused on the functional analysis of severe

behavior disorders. This approach to assessment and treatment is one

of the most significant advancements in behavior analysis

over the past 20 years and is now considered the standard in

the field for both clinical research and practice.

is the former chief editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior

Analysis, Chair of the Human Development Study Section of

the National Institutes of Health, President of the Association for

Behavior Analysis, President of the Society for Advancement

of Behavior Analysis, President of Division 33 of the American

Psychological Association, President of the Society for the

Experimental Analysis of Behavior, and President of the Florida

Association for Behavior Analysis. He is a fellow in the

American Psychological Association, the American Psychological

Society, and the American Association on Mental

Retardation.

has received a number of significant awards for his work,

including the Don Hake Award for Contributions to Basic and

Applied Research from the American Psychological Association, the

Award for Distinguished Contributions to Service from the

Association for Behavior Analysis, and the Dillon Award for

Excellence in Research from the American Association in

Mental Retardation. In addition, has published more articles

in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis than any other

author.

REGISTRATION FORM:

http://elija.org/IwataReg.html

3) Dr. Rick Kubina, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of The Pennsylvania State University Department

of Educational and School Psychology and Special

Education PRESENTS Adding Fluency-Based Procedures to Existing

Intervention Programs

Thursday August 22nd, 2002

8:00 Pre Registration & Breakfast

Workshop : 9 - 4:00 (4 - 5 Q & A)

BREAKFAST and LUNCH included

Registration fee is 75.00 Late/Walk in

100.00

Precision Teaching offers a behavioral method for

measuring/monitoring student behavior and focusing on sound

instructional decisions. Precision Teaching has also researched and

refined effective strategies for promoting rapid learning. Many of

the hallmarks of Precision Teaching fit well into a behavior analytic

framework. For example, focus on frequency or rate of responding,

standard visual displays of data, decision rules for facilitating

student learning, and cultivating fluent behavior. This presentation

will share data and show teachers (anyone teaching a child - parents,

behavior analysts, SLP's etc.) how to add some concepts of Precision

Teaching to a behavior analytic program.

Topics covered: Precision Teaching, fluency building, Standard

Celeration Charting, effective practice strategies.

CLICK HERE TO PRINT REGISTRATION FORM

http://elija.org/KubinaReg.html

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September 2002

Verbal Behavior Workshop #4

Hands-on Training for Tutors &

Therapists

Conducted by Carbone Associates Cherish s,

BCABA & Holly Kibbe, BCABA

Tuesday September 24 and Wednesday Sept 25

8:30-5:00

Breakfast and Lunch Included...

$425.00

Residence Inn 9 Gerhard Road Plainview, NY 11803

Must Register for this 2 day workshop by

8/30/02

LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS

http://elija.org/Verbalbehavior4B.html

YOU MUST HAVE ATTENDED INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP #1 WITH Dr. VINCE

CARBONE Ed.D. BCBA & and have at least some experience teaching

children with autism within an intensive teaching program. (Audio

taping is

allowed-please refrain from video

taping.)

Bring a Completed ABLLS with a child or team you

are working on.

This two-day workshop is designed to provide tutors, therapists, and

parents, that serve as their child's primary therapist, with guided

practice in implementing the methods described in Dr. Carbone's

Workshop #1: Introduction to Verbal Behavior. The participants spend

most of their time practicing the methods of effective instruction

demonstrated in video tape illustrations during the Introductory

Workshop. Each participant receives precise feedback on their

teaching

methods. The participants are provided supervised practice in the

following areas:

§ establishing instructional control with an

unwilling learner

§ manipulating establishing operations (E0) during teaching

opportunities to maintain learner attention

§ scoring the ABLLS and developing

instructional objectives

§ choosing an appropriate response form (sign,

vocal, pictures)

§ teaching the echoic repertoire and transitioning from

sign language to vocal verbal behavior

§ manipulating EOs to teach early to advanced

manding skills

§ teaching early to advanced receptive, visual performance,

motor imitation, tacting, and intraverbal skills

§ teaching reciprocal conversation skills in advanced learners,

verbal behavior across all settings, and social skills in early and

advanced learners

§ organizing your program materials and data

recording methods

To Register: VERBAL BEHAVIOR WORKSHOP #4 With Cherish s

BCABA & Holly Kibbe BCABA

http://elija.org/Verbalbehavior4B.html

See you all there!

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