Dayton Area FEAT hosts VB Intro Workshop

[Guest guest]

Ralston, BCABA, will present " An Introduction to Verbal

Behavior " Jan. 17, 2005 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. This event is

sponsored by Dayton Area Families for Effective Autism Treatment

(DAFEAT). Cost is $50 and includes a 1-year membership to DAFEAT.

Workshop Location: 3100 Research Blvd. Kettering, OH 45420-4022

Deadline to register is Jan. 7, 2005.

http://www.dafeat.com/Pdfs/DAFEAT%20Workshop%20Registration.doc

This workshop will focus on:

* The key principles to understanding behavior (both adaptive and

maladaptive);

* The motivational variables under which children acquire language.

* The teaching procedures necessary for success within a VB

program, concentrating on:

-- the use and purpose of errorless learning techniques,

-- mixing and varying of instructional skills,

-- providing a deliberate ratio of easy skills versus

acquisition skills,

--shaping, chaining, prompting, and fading.

* Skinner's behavioral classification of language, known as the

Verbal Operants. These include: mands (requests); tacts (labels);

echoic (vocal imitation); motor imitation; RFFCs; receptive

language; and intraverbals (answering questions, conversation).

Ralston is a Board Certified Associate Behavior Analyst and

independent behavior analyst from Lexington, KY. In the past five

years Ms. Ralston has worked with over 100 families with children

with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disabilities,

as well as providing education to hundreds of parents and

professionals interested in Applied Behavior Analysis and Verbal

Behavior methodologies in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.

Following the attendance of Dr. J. Carbone's workshops #1-4,

Ms. Ralston attended 90 hours of coursework in ville, FL with

Carbone, Ed. D., BCBA, and began a year-long distance mentorship

with him to fulfill her certification requirements prior to sitting

for the national board exam in Nashville, TN.

Ms. Ralston spent four years serving a multitude of roles, before

eventually rising to CEO, in Kentucky's largest in-home provider of

ABA services prior to it's closing in August of 2003. During that

time she developed seven manuals and over 20 trainings pertaining to

the behavioral treatment of children with ASD for the employees and

parents that the company maintained.

Since October of 2003, Ms. Ralston has continued to serve families

and agencies across the tri-state area as an independent contractor

working privately with families and providing consultation and

training to schools and agencies.

For more information about the Intro to VB Workshop, please contact:

DAFEAT

4307 Softwood Lane

Dayton OH 45424

(937) 219-9589

Workshop1@...

www.dafeat.com