Behavior Analysts, Inc. Workshops

[Guest guest]

Behavior Analysts, Inc.

Presents Two Workshops

Thursday, January 23rd

Teaching Language Skills to Children with Autism or Other Developmental

Disabilities

&

Friday, Jaunuary 24th

The Assessment of Basic

Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS)

workshops for parents, special education teachers and aides, speech and

language pathologists, psychologists, behavior analysts, support

coordinators, administrators and other human service professionals

by W. Partington, Ph.D., BCBA

Behavior Analysts, Inc.

at the Country Inn & Suites by Ayres Costa Mesa, CA

(Southern California- near Los Angeles)

To register: Laurie Winkler (925) 210 - 9370 ext. 100

The Workshops

Workshop 1 (Thursday, January 23rd)

This workshop is designed to provide an overview of B.F. Skinner¹s analysis

of language to parents, educators, and other practitioners. A review of the

primary types of verbal operants (expressive language skills) will be

provided along with a videotape review of teaching methods typically used to

teach those skills.

Participants will learn elements of assessing a child's language abilities,

as well as designing and implementing an appropriate language intervention

program. A major emphasis will be placed on identifying methods to enhance

and utilize motivational variables (establishing operations) to teach

language in both structured teaching sessions and in daily activities.

Techniques for coordinating the ongoing decision making necessary for effecti

ve language intervention and methods of data collection and tracking will be

presented.

Workshop 2 (Friday, January 24th)

The ABLLS workshop will provide the participant with the tools to analyze and

track learner skills and develop a comprehensive language-based curriculum

for children with autism or other developmental disabilities. Participants

will receive The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills set (The

ABLLS).