ABLLS Conference, Tomball, TX

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BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS, INC.

JAMES W. PARTINGTON, PH.D., BCBA

ANNOUNCES TWO TRAINING WORKSHOPS IN TOMBALL, TEXAS

FOR PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS

FEBRUARY 24TH AND 25TH, 2006

(PLEASE REGISTER EARLY AS THERE WILL BE NO ON-SITE REGISTRATION)

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

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH, 2006

The Assessment of Basic

Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS)

&

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2006

Designing, Implementing, and Trouble-Shooting Verbal Behavior

Programs for Children with Autism

Location:

Tomball College

Beckendorf Conference Center

30555 Tomball College

Tomball, TX 77375

WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND AIDES, SPEECH

AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS, SUPPORT

COORDINATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, PEDIATRICIANS AND OTHER HUMAN SERVICE

PROFESSIONALS

Workshop 1 (Friday, February 24th)

This introductory-level workshop is primarily geared for

professionals and parents who have not had extensive experience in

using the ABLLS. 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.

Workshop 2 (Saturday, February 25th)

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

based on Dr. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior, provides a

mechanism to analyze learner skills, develop a comprehensive

language-based curriculum, and track skill acquisition for

individuals with autism or other developmental disabilities. Once

the assessment is completed on a learner, it is important to develop

a strategic teaching plan (IEP) that will guide the intervention to

produce the most effective outcomes.

However, program teams frequently find that they are successful in

developing certain skills but are ineffective in developing other

skill areas. Skill acquisition is dependent upon trainers' ability

to identify not only what skills need to be taught, but also how

motivational issues are directly related to the implementation of

the teaching strategies. This workshop is designed to provide

individuals who are familiar with the ABLLS with skills to analyze

problems with the development of certain skill areas (e.g.,

spontaneous use of language and social interactions skills) and to

provide individuals who are responsible for the development of

programs with strategies for addressing those problems. Discussions

regarding the analysis of problems in the acquisition of skills,

evaluation of educational priorities, and determination of IEP

objectives for several students will be conducted.

During this workshop, participants will review data from students'

ABLLS assessments, review proposed learning objectives, and observe

videotapes of learner skills. The video reviews will include both

early phases of assessment and intervention, and later phases of

treatment interventions. Pre- and post-ABLLS scores of the

learners' performance will be reviewed.

Specific learner objectives for developing effective teaching

strategies using students' data from The Assessment of Basic

Language and Learner Skills (The ABLLS):

q Participants will be able to identify at least two common

problems that are related to the failure of students to make

adequate progress in the development of critical learner skills.

q Participants will be able to identify how motivational

issues are related to the acquisition of language skills.

q Participants will be able to describe how social

reinforcement variables are related to the development of

spontaneous verbal behavior.

q Participants will be able to identify how directly shape

critical social interaction skills.

Location

The workshops will be held at Tomball College, Beckendorf Conference

Center,

30555 Tomball College, Tomball, TX 77375.

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 director 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 2 CEU

credit (6 hours for each day of full attendance). Behavior

Analysts, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association

to offer continuing education for psychologists. Behavior Analysts,

Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. These workshops are

offered for 12 hours (6 hrs per day) of credit. As of January 2002,

APA Sponsor credit is accepted for MCEP credit in California.

Psychologists are responsible for reporting their participation and

payment of any applicable fees. 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: There will be an additional $10 fee assessed per day to

receive CEU certificates.

Participants arriving late or leaving early will not be eligible for

a CEU certificate.

For additional information

Please contact Apraez at apraez@... or (925)

210- 9370 ext 109.

TOMBALL, TEXAS REGISTRATION FORM

q Workshop 1: The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning

Skills: ($165.00)

(One Day) Friday, February 24th, 2006 – lunch will be provided

q Workshop 2: Designing, Implementing and Trouble-Shooting

Verbal Behavior Programs for Children with Autism: ($165.00)

(One Day) Saturday, February 25th, 2006 – lunch will be provided

Supplemental materials are listed 10% OFF retail price

I would like to purchase the following supplemental materials for

the workshop:

q " Teaching Language to Children with Autism or Other

Developmental Disabilities " by Drs. Sundberg and Partington $40.00

q " The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The

ABLLS Introductory Set) " by Drs. Partington and Sundberg $54.00

q CEU certificate fee $10.00 per day

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

postmarked by February 3rd, 2006 to avoid a

late registration fee)

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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 February 10th, 2006 will

result in a full refund. Cancellations made after that date are not

eligible for a refund.