NYSABA Workshop 12/13/02 Applying Behavior Analysis

[Guest guest]

As the mother of a preschooler with autism, I would like to share my

thoughts and praise regarding the one-day workshop series

entitled " Applying Behavior Analysis " which was held at the Crowne

Plaza Hotel in White Plains, New York on December 13, 2002. The

workshop, presented by NYSABA (the New York State Applied Behavior

Analysis Association, Inc.) featured highly trained and experienced

presenters with obvious expertise in promoting speech and

communication, fluency strategies, play skills, social skills,

shaping, chaining and task analysis, functional assessments,

identifying quality behavioral programs, including siblings in

programming and more. There was also an open and frank discussion

between parents and professionals regarding what parents really want

professionals to know.

This workshop series drove home the message that ABA is not a method

of instruction limited to teaching times but, rather, a way of life

for those of us whose lives are forever changed by a loved one

struggling to learn with a developmental disability.

Much thanks to NYSABA and the organizers and speakers of this

program. It was truly an excellent forum for the exchange of ideas,

the furtherance of the science of ABA and a bridge to better and

better understanding and services for our precious children. We need

more programs just like this one.