N. Tex Saturday Behavior Intervention Workshop

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Contact info :

Laurie Snyder

Email : laurie@...

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Behavioral Intervention Workshop

Saturday, JULY 21, 2007

Workshop fee: $15.00

Registration:

8:30 - 9:00

Workshop Begins

9:00

Bring a sack lunch

12:00 - 1:15

Workshop ends

3:30

Modifying Our Behaviors as Teachers to Modify the

Behaviors of our Students

Presenter: Regan Roth, M.Ed., BCBA

This workshop will touch on various ways in which a teacher's behavior can

affect the behaviors of their students. We will discuss ways that teachers can

modify their own behaviors to improve their students' behaviors in the classroom

and we will address why this is so important.

Presenter Bio: Regan Roth Fitzgerald is a board certified behavior analyst who

attended the University of Texas at Austin where she received a bachelors degree

in Psychology and Spanish. She went on to earn her Master's at The University of

North Texas in Special Education with an emphasis in Autism Intervention and

Behavior Analysis. She has worked at numerous centers in the metroplex and

worked for private consulting companies in California. Regan has moderated

social groups for teenagers with Aspergers and high functioning autism. She

currently owns her own private practice, named B.E.S.T, where she is an in- home

ABA consultant. She also works for the Garland Independent School District as

the Autism Specialist and behavior Analyst. Mrs. Fitzgerald has been working

with children with autism for 10 years and has presented her research material

at national and state conferences.

Reinforcement and Redirection

Presenter: Barbie Blizzard, M.Ed., RDI Consultant

Reinforcement:

• What is reinforcement?

• When to reinforce

• When not to reinforce

• How to reinforce

• Choosing reinforcers

• Reinforcing the early learner versus the later learner

• Reinforcement do's and don'ts

Q and A welcome throughout presentation.

Presenter Bio: Barbie Blizzard has her Masters in Education and has worked for

over 20 years with children and families affected by ASD. She is also a RDI

Program Certified Consultant and an ABA consultant.

Location:

FEAT-NT Community Resource Center and Library

4239 Road to the Mall

North Richland Hills, Texas 76180

Road to the Mall is directly behind the Rooms to Go Outlet and Dollar Movies

near Holiday Lane exit and Hwy 26 in NRH.

Please email your registration by emailing laurie@...

with names of those attending. Confirmation of your email will NOT be sent

unless the workshop is full. Your payment can be made at registration the day of

the workshop.