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MAY 2002

Solving the Relationship Puzzle

In Long Island New York

Hosted by The Elija Foundation

Residence Inn

9 Gerhard Road

Plainview, NY 11803

DIRECTIONS

Tuesday MAY 21, 2002

8:00-8:30 AM (pre reg.)- 4:00 PM

A workshop for Parents and Professionals

Pre Registration .....75.00 (Includes Coffee and

bagels)

Late/Walk In Registrations ....100.00

(ONLY IF PRE REGISTRATION DOESNT FILL CAPACITY)

SEATS ARE LIMITED

PRE REGISTER BY APRIL 30 2002

Outline of the One Day Workshop:

We are honored to have Dr.Bobby Newman,Ph.D,C.B.A to do

Opening

Morning: starts at 9:00 a.m.

Defining the Relationship Puzzle:

Understanding the Unique Social and Emotional Deficits of

Autism

Typical Relationship Development: The RDI 6 level

Model

Relationship Development in Autism

Basic Principles of Relationship Development

Intervention

Afternoon: starts at 1:00 p.m.

Relationship Development Assessment: Doing the RDA to

Determine Where to Start

Developing Relationship Intervention Plans

Developing a Social and Emotional IEP that is

Meaningful

Using RDI with Different Age Groups, Populations and

in Different Settings

Audience Questions

To Register: SOLVING THE RELATIONSHIP PUZZLE REGISTRATION FORM

http://www.elija.org/SolvingREG.html

More about the workshop...

Heroic parents, desperately search for a peer who will accept and play with

their son or daughter with Autism, Aspergers,

PDD and NVLD. They dream that an understanding friend will serve as the crucial

relationship bridge, opening the social world

for their child. Inevitably, they come face-to-face with a sad truth. You

cannot acquire friends as if they were objects or

possessions. And you cannot place a child with severe social deficits in a

normal setting and expect he will understand the

subtle signals of friendship through osmosis.

Until recently, there were few alternatives to the prayers and dreams of

parents and family that somehow, someway, they

would find an alternative to the general medical expectations; that their

child's condition would most likely result in a life apart

from others.

After years of clinical practice, teaching and research, Dr. Gutstein

and Dr. le Sheely were unwilling to accept

these bleak predictions. They believed that people in the Autism spectrum could

become true partners in authentic relationships.

But, only through an intervention program designed to fit their unique style of

learning. Relationship Development Intervention,

RDI, is the result of their persistent efforts to open the world of joy,

excitement and unity found in authentic relationships, to

persons in the Autism spectrum.* Through RDI, there is a path to

emotionally fulfilling lives for thousands of children,

adolescents and adults facing lonely, isolated

futures.

Dr. Gutstein has described the theory and methods of RDI in his top selling

book, Autism/Aspergers: Solving the Relationship

Puzzle. In the spring of 2002, Kingsley will publish Dr. Gutstein and

Sheely two-volume collection of over 300 activities

and objectives for relationship development. Parents, educators and

professionals throughout the world will finally have the

tools to design comprehensive relationship programs.

Now, Dr. Steve Gutstein, in cooperation with The Elija Foundation will present

an intensive one day workshop to introduce

you to the Relationship Intervention Program.

*This method also works for others who have neurological disorders that lead

to similar social and emotional deficits.

ALSO

JUNE 2002

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

Pre Register For 2 day event ....$40.00 Late/Walk In

Registrations $50.00

MUST PRE REGISTER BY MAY 18,2002

The Residence Inn

9 Gerhard Road

Plainview, NY 11803

DIRECTIONS

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: Burk's Introduction To Verbal Behavior

Workshop Registration Form

http://www.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. For

more information, please visit www.BurkABA.com

ALSO

JULY 2002

Verbal Behavior Workshop #4

Hands-on Training for Tutors & Therapists

Conducted by Carbone Associates Cherish s, BCABA &

Holly Kibbe, BCABA

Wednesday July 24 & Thursday July 25 2002 8:30-5:00

Residence Inn

9 Gerhard Road

Plainview, NY 11803

DIRECTIONS

Must Register for this 2 day workshop by 6/25/02

LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS

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://www.elija.org/VerbalbehaviorREG.html