Guest guest Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 THE NYFAC TRAINING INSTITUTE (NTI) IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING Sibling Group Sat 31st,Feb 21st, March 6th 6:30-8:30 Registration: $10.00 per child Location: Heart share 82-12 151 Ave A parent information exchange will take place during each sibling group meeting. Child care will also be available. Siblings are often an overlooked part of the family when it comes to explaining autism. During these special gatherings siblings will get to explore autism using an interactive, kid friendly approach. Using discussions and interactive games typical siblings will also be able to express their feelings and embarrassments as they relate to having a brother/sister with Autism. Basics of ABA (16 hour class) Sat 7th, Sun 8th 10am-6pm Registration: $200.00 per person Location: NYFAC OFFICES Ozone Park Queens This intense workshop will cover all the basics of Behavior Analysis as well as some common teaching methods used within an ABA program. Topic areas will include Reinforcement, Punishment, Prompting, Data collection and analysis, Maintenance, Discrete Trial Teaching and Incidental teaching procedures. Increasing Verbal behavior(20 hour class) Feb Fri 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, March 5th 6pm-10pm Registration: $200.00 per person This intense workshop will cover B.F. Skinners theory on Verbal Behavior Analysis and strategies to teach/increase verbal behavior. The three major communication systems (verbal, Picture exchange and Sign language) which are used to teach children with autism to communicate will be discussed. Participants will review the Pros and Cons of each of the three major communication systems which are used with the Autistic population. Participants will also be able to observe each of these communication systems being used via video samples as well as interactive activities. Intro to PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) Mon Feb 9th 7pm-9pm Registration: $10.00 per person Instructor: Margaret Polino M.S. ED Explore the basic procedures to setup and use the PECS communication system. MORE INFO OR TO REGISTER CALL JASON @ 718-641-3441 OR EMAIL JASON@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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