TEACHING VB IN THE INTENSIVE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT Nov 13 &14, 2007 (MD)

[Guest guest]

TEACHING VERBAL BEHAVIOR IN THE INTENSIVE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT

Establishing Operations, Inc.

Holly Kibbe, MS, BCBA® & Cherish Twigg, MS, BCBA®

_www.establishingoperationsinc.com_

(http://www.establishingoperationsinc.com)

When: November 13 & 14, 2007

Where: The ARC of Montgomery County

11600 Nebel Street

Rockville, MD 20852-2554

This TWO-day workshop conducted by Holly Kibbe, MS, BCBA® and Cherish Twigg,

MS, BCBA®, provides consultants, therapists other professionals and parents

(who serve as their child’s primary therapist) with guided practice in

implementing the methods described in Introductory Verbal Behavior Workshops.

This

two day workshop is devoted entirely to teaching in the _Intensive Teaching

Environment (ITT)_ (http://establishingoperationsinc.com/images/ITTrev.pdf) .

The participants will spend much of their time practicing the methods of

effective instruction as demonstrated in videotape illustrations during the

workshop. Participants will receive precise feedback on their teaching methods.

This workshop will address the areas of:

* Establishing instructional control with an unwilling learner;

* Manipulating motivating operations (MO) during teaching opportunities

to maintain learner attention;

* Using the ABLLS to develop an intensive teaching program;

* Video examples and guided instruction to teach objectives indicated

in the ABLLS;

* Teaching early to advanced receptive, visual performance, motor

imitation, tacting and intraverbal skills;

* Teaching social skills to early through advanced learners;

* Organizing your program materials and data recording methods

including hands on practice for data recording.

Prerequisites: It is strongly recommended that all participants have

attended a Verbal Behavior Introductory Workshop and have at least some

experience

teaching children with autism within a verbal behavior program.

Required Materials: Participants should bring an ABLLS or ABLLS-R manual

with them to the course.

Registration Fees: Early Bird Registration $390.oo if received prior to

August 1, 2007; Regular Registration: $425.00 if received after August 1, 2007

~ Register Early ~ Limited enrollment ~

For additional registration forms, email us at _SLPBCBA@..._

(mailto:SLPBCBA@...)

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