Dr. Partington VB conference in Albany,NY

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Dr. Partington will be presenting a two day conference at the Desmond

Hotel in Albany, NY on November 3rd and 4th. You are able to register

for one or both days. Seating and registration is limited, it will be a

small venue, ... so register now...This is a great opportunity to hear

Dr. Partington speak on the East Coast!

W. Partington, Ph.D., BCBA

Announces two training workshops in Albany, NY

for Parents and Professionals

November 3rd and 4th, 2004

(Please register early as seating is limited)

Dr. Partington is a specialist in behavioral approaches to teaching language

(verbal behavior) and social initiation skills. He will be presenting two

workshops for parents and professionals who wish to learn techniques to help

individuals with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder acquire language and

other critical learner skills

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004

Teaching Language Skills to Children with Autism or Other Developmental

Disabilities

&

Thursday, November 4th, 2004

The Assessment of Basic

Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS)

Location:

Desmond Hotel and Conference Center

660 Albany-Shaker Road

Albany, NY

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

language pathologists, psychologists, behavior analysts, support coordinators,

administrators, pediatiricians and other human service professionals

Workshop 1 (Wednesday, November 3rd)

This workshop is designed to provide an overview of B.F. Skinner’s 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 a method to assess a child's language abilities, and how

to implement several important language intervention strategies. 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 effective language

intervention and methods of data collection and tracking will be presented.

Participants will receive a copy of the book Teaching Language to Children with

Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities (unless you already have a copy to

bring or plan to share a copy with another attendee).

Workshop 2 (Friday, November 4th)

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. The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS),

created by W. Partington, Ph.D. and Mark L. Sundberg, Ph.D., is an

assessment tool, curriculum guide, and skills-tracking system used to help guide

the instruction of language and critical learner skills for children with autism

or other developmental disabilities. This powerful tool is now available to

parents, teachers, speech pathologists, behavior analysts, and others who

design, coordinate, and/or supervise language or skill-acquisition programs.

With the ABLLS, you can precisely assess a child’s repertoire of language and

learning skills, as well as identify when, where, and how the skills are being

used. It enables IEP goals and objectives to be clearly defined and helps in

strategically targeting the learning needs of a student. The ABLLS allows you

to pinpoint obstacles that have been preventing a child from acquiring new

skills and begin to develop a comprehensive language-based curriculum.

This workshop will provide essential information on scoring and interpreting the

ABLLS as well as incorporate discussions, with examples, that will show you how

to:

q Perform skills analyses to determine a child's strengths and deficits.

q Continually measure and monitor learning achievements using specially

designed skill tracking grids

q Utilize assessment results for evaluating priorities, determining IEP

objectives, and developing curricula.

This introductory-level workshop is primarily geared for professionals and

parents who have not had extensive experience in using the ABLLS

Participants will receive The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills

set (unless you already have a copy to bring or plan to share a copy with

another attendee).

Location

The workshops will be held at The Desmond Hotel and Conference Center, 660

Albany-Shaker Road, Albany, NY. If needed, registrants may make their hotel

reservations directly by calling The Desmond Hotel at 800-448-3500 or

518-869-8100. For directions to the conference center, please visit

www.desmondhotelsalbany.com.

Your Presenter

Dr. Partington is a licensed psychologist and a board certified behavior analyst

(B.C.B.A.), and has more than 30 years experience. He is the co-founder of

STARS School and Behavior Analysts, Inc., in Pleasant Hill, California. His

expertise is in teaching methodology used in language intervention and shaping

initiation skills with children who are experiencing language delays as a result

of autism-related disorders. Dr. Partington has received awards from the

Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis and the Florida Association of

Behavior Analysis for his contributions to the field of behavior analysis. Dr.

Partington has published several papers on teaching strategies for children with

disabilities, has co-authored with Dr. Mark L. Sundberg the book, Teaching

Language to Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities and The

Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS): An assessment,

Curriculum Guide, and Skills Tracking System for Children with Autism or Other

Developmental Disabilities, and has produced an instructional video, Teaching

Verbal Behavior: An Introduction to Parents Teaching Language.

Continuing Education Credit

Board Certified Behavior Analysts and Board Certified Associate Behavior

Analysts will be able to use this course for Type 4 CEU credit (6 hours for each

day of full attendance). Other professionals can receive a certificate of

attendance that may be submitted to your regulatory boards for their

consideration. Please confirm with your regulatory board to determine whether

this training will meet their requirements for continuing education credit.

Note: Participants arriving late or leaving early will not be eligible for a

CEU certificate.

See registration form below

ALBANY REGISTRATION FORM

Workshop 1: Teaching Language Skills Workshop

(One Day) Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004

q Teaching Language Skills Workshop: ($165.00)

(Workshop participants will receive a copy of the book “Teaching Language to

Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities”)

q Credit of $45.00 if you already have a copy of the book “Teaching Language to

Children with Autism

or Other Developmental Disabilities” (please remember to bring your copy to the

workshop as we will be referring to it during the presentation)

Workshop 2: The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS)

(One Day) Thursday, November 4th, 2004

q The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS) ($185.00)

Participants will receive The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills

set (The ABLLS)

q Credit of $60.00 if you already have a copy of the ABLLS set or will be

sharing a copy with a partner

(please bring your copy of the ABLLS (both Guide and Protocol) to the workshop

as we will be referring to it during the presentation)

q Late registration fee $25.00 (Payment should be faxed or postmarked by

October 25th, 2004 to avoid a

late registration fee)

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Mail orders: Workshop Registration, W. Partington, Ph.D., P.O. Box 23704,

Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Fax orders: (925) 682-8820

For additional information please e-mail: jillbasso@.... The

workshops will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On-site registration will

begin at 8:00. You will receive confirmation of your registration.

Cancellations made by October 25th, 2004 will result in a full refund.

Cancellations made after that date are not eligible for a refund.