Lackawanna County, PA Free VB Workshops

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FREE WORKSHOPS

In Lackawanna County, PA

POAC Verbal Behavior Training Series

sponsored by

SAFE Verbal Behavior Project

Daytime Workshop Series

“Introduction to Verbal Behavior in the Classroom” by Caffrey

November 15th, 9:00-4:00

“Managing Problem Behaviors” by Caffrey

December 13th, 9:00-4:00

Evening Workshop Series

“Introduction to Verbal Behavior in the Classroom” by Caffrey

November 15th, 6:30-8:30

“Managing Problem Behaviors” by Caffrey

December 13th, 6:30-8:30

Presenter:

M. Caffrey, M. Ed., completed an undergraduate degree in

Education from Arizona State University and a Masters degree in

Education from Georgian Court College, where he was awarded the Project

of Distinction for his work on training paraprofessionals to work with

children with autism. In addition, he completed graduate course work in

behavior analysis from Penn State University and is now finishing the

requirements leading to certification as a behavior analyst.

Mr. Caffrey co-authored with Dr. J. Carbone an 8 hour

professional development training CD series The Verbal Behavior

Approach to Teaching Children with Autism. He also developed and

maintains the Verbal Behavior Network (), and Parents of Children with

Autism () both collaborative web-based solutions he designed to assist

professionals and workshops to treatment teams who serve children with

autism with special emphasis on development/implementation of

strategies to promote verbal vocal language development and managing

problem behavior in classroom settings.

The rest of the evening workshop series will be presented by Kim

Stunkard, BcaBA, BSEd and Katrina Mellott, BSEd from 6:30 – 8:30 on the

following dates:

“Pairing with Reinforcement” January 13

“Teaching Sign Language” February 3

“Teaching Manding: Capturing and Contriving Motivation” Februrary 24

“Developing Language in the Natural Environment” March 17

“Advanced Manding: Teaching " Wh " Questions” April 7

“Intensive Teaching and Instructional Variables” April 28

LOCATION: North East Education Intermediate Unit, see

http://www.neiu.k12.pa.us/WWW/NEIU for directions.

REGISTRATION: To register, email poacofpa

MATERIALS: Go to www.poac.net, select Lackawanna County and download

the materials for the workshop you wish to attend.

For more information on POAC and SAFE, visit www.poac.net or

www.poac.net/pa and ww.autismsafe.org