Fluency workshop with Rick Kubina in burg, PA

[Guest guest]

Adding Fluency

to Intervention Programs

for Students with Autism and

Other Developmental

Disabilities

Featuring Rick Kubina, Ph.D

Friday, February 20, 2004

Spring Garden Conference Center

Middletown, PA

(near burg Intl. Airport)

(5) Act 48 Credits Available

Conference Objectives:

At the conclusion of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

¨ Demonstrate how to use a systematic practice

routine to develop fluent behavior.

¨ Identify behavior at different stages of learning.

¨ Identify behavioral elements and behavioral

compounds.

The Agenda

Friday, February 20, 2004

903 Spring Garden Drive

Spring Garden Conference Center

Middletown, Pa 17057

8:00am-8:45 Registration and

Continental Breakfast

8:45-9:00 Welcome and Overview

9:00-10:15 What is fluency and why is it important?

10:15-10:30 Mid-Morning Break

10:30-12:00pm Adding fluency to an intervention

program (part 1)

12:00-1:00 Buffet Lunch

1:00-2:15 Adding fluency to an intervention

program (part 2)

2:15-2:30 Afternoon Break

2:30-3:30 Other issues and considerations for

adding fluency to intervention programs

3:30-4:00 Questions and Answers

About the Speaker

(Rick) Kubina, Ph.D., BCBA is an Assistant Professor at the

Pennsylvania State University,

University Park, Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in Special Education

from Ohio State University

where he studied under , Ph.D.

Dr. Kubina’s current interests include

measurably effective teaching methods such as Direct Instruction and

Precision Teaching. His recent

research has explored how measurably effective teaching methods can benefit

students with autsim.

He has made numerous presentations at National and International conferences

as well as publishing

articles in such journals as Behavioral Interventions, Journal of Behavior

Therapy and Experimental

Psychiatry, Reading and Writing Quarterly, and Intervention in School and

Clinic. Dr. Kubina is the

editor of the

Journal of Precision Teaching and Celeration.

Registration Form

Name________________________________________________

Organization__________________________________________

(For students, please list school

attending)

Title (i.e. Parent, Educator, SLP)_______________________

Mailing Address:______________________________________

City:_______________________State PA Zip______________

Daytime Phone: (_____) _______________________________

Email Address: (optional)_______________________________________________

I will attend for (5) Act 48 Credits _____yes _____no

SS# for credits_________-________-___________

Fee:

Fee includes continental breakfast and buffet lunch.

Seating is limited.

___$79 if postmarked by February 1, 2004

___$89 if postmarked after February 1, 2004

___$59 student/parent of ASD child discounted rate

___I am attending and am enclosing $____for

registration.

Please send this registration form along with payment to:

Vista Conference

1801 Oberlin Road

Middletown, PA 17057

Checks should be payable to Vista School PTO

No registration confirmation notices will be mailed

Hotel Reservations

Call the Wyndham Garden Hotel , burg

(800) 253-0238 or on the web at: www.burgPAWyndham.com

Mention The Vista Conference for special rate of $89/night.

Directions to The Spring Garden Conference Center-PA Turnpike to exit 19,

burg East. After the toll

booth, bear right onto I-283 East. Once on 283 East take 1st

exit---burg International Airport. The exit ramp

will split, stay to the right---Route 441. At the end of the exit ramp turn

right at the stop sign onto Spring Garden

Drive. Conference center is 1/2 mile on left. (717)-939-4003.