Mass Autism Workshop - Dr Carbone's 3 Day Intro to Verbal Behavior

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POAC of Massachusetts is proud to announce a Three Day Workshop,

Introduction to Verbal Behavior, presented by Dr J. Carbone Ed.D

BCBA from June 10th - 12th at Merrimack College in North Andover, MA.

At POAC of Massachusetts, we provide grants to full-time college students

majoring in special education or a related field to attend the workshops

that we sponsor. Students must fill out the online form at

www.poac.net/PipelineForm.htm

Workshop Details:

Title: Introduction to Verbal Behavior June 10th - June 12th, 2004

Registration Form:

http://www.verbalbehaviornetwork.com/Registration%20Forms/IntroToVB_6_10_04.

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Directions to Merrimack College: http://www.merrimack.edu/generator.php?id=5

Address: 315 Turnpike Street North Andover, Massachusetts

Workshop #1 Introduction to Verbal Behavior description: Dr Carbone will

describe the behavioral approach to teaching communication skills to

children with autism and other developmental disabilities. This approach is

based on B. F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and the research of

, Sundberg, Partington, and others. Participants in this workshop

will learn [1] to conduct a Behavioral Language Assessment, [2] to select

the most appropriate form of communication for a child or adult (vocal,

signing, pointing to or exchanging pictures, or activating an augmentative

device), and [3] to select the communication responses and supporting skills

that should be taught first. The workshop will include the recommended

teaching procedures for children who have no formal communication skills to

children who are near conversational speakers. The presenter will also

describe and demonstrate errorless teaching, specific quick-transfer

(prompting and fading) procedures, and the use of both discrete trial

training in the natural environment and during intensive teaching sessions.

Many videotape demonstrations will be provided to illustrate the methods to

increase spontaneous language and to develop conversational skills.

Presenter: Dr. J. Carbone is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with

over 25 years of experience designing learning environments for persons with

autism and development disabilities. He received his graduate training in

applied behavior analysis at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. He has

served on the Florida Peer Review Committee, which monitors and guides the

provision of behavior analysis services for persons with autism and related

developmental disabilities in Florida. He has served as an adjunct faculty

member at Penn State University and Florida Institute of Technology teaching

courses in Applied Behavior Analysis and Verbal Behavior. His behavior

analytic research has been published in several peer-reviewed journals

including School Application of Learning Theory, Education and Treatment of

Children and Journal of Special Education Technology. He is a frequent

invited speaker at professional workshops and conferences. Within recent

years he has presented invited addresses on the application of B.F.

Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior at state chapters of the Association

for Behavior Analysis in both Texas and Alabama. He regularly presents his

verbal behavior research at the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis

and the International Association for Behavior Analysis annual conferences.

He has provided the preparatory training and clinical consultation to

hundreds of Certified Behavior Analysts in several states. His research and

clinical expertise focuses predominantly on the design and implementation

of teaching programs for persons with autism with special emphasis upon

teaching verbal behavior to the most difficult to instruct learners. He is

the developer and presenter of a series of workshops on teaching verbal

behavior to children with autism based upon B.F. Skinner's analysis of

verbal behavior. He and his group of associates are currently working with

several school districts, agencies and families throughout the United States

and is presently providing services to persons in Canada and the United

Kingdom. He is the director of a center-based clinic for children with

autism in Rockland County, N.Y. The clinic provides consultation, training

and therapeutic services to children , their families and instructional

teams.

Additional Information: Please visit our website for additional information

at www.poac.net/ma and/or contact me using the information below:

Thank you very much,

s

President

POAC of Massachusetts

(Parents of Autistic Children)

Making a difference...now!

781.475.2762

http://www.poac.net/ma

kmrichards@...