3 Day Intro to ABA workshop

[Guest guest]

Topic:3 Day Introduction to Appied Behavior Analysis (ABA) as a

teaching technology to Children with Autism

Presented By: Dr. Bobby Newman PhD BCBA, Dibra, Debora BCaBA

Dates: August 21,22 and 23 2007

Time:10-3 (working lunch completed)

Cost: $200.00 or $225 Late Fee (after August 7 2007) Location:

Marriott Residence Inn, Solarium B

Target Audience: Parents , Caregivers and Providers of Children with

Autism utilizing ABA in their home and or school programs.

Day 1: Understanding Autism and Applied Behavior Analysis

- Overview of diagnostic criteria

- Goals of intervention for ASD Learners, and what it is and what it

is not

- Overview of ABA and it's basic principles: including reinforcement,

prompting and fading, discrete trials, correction procedures and shaping

- Who, What, When, How: Establishing oneself as a reinforcer

- Do's and don'ts of pairing

- How teachers/teaching become aversive and the variables of reinforcement

- Motivative manipulations to help overcome problem behavior as well

as make teaching less aversive

Day 2: Gaining Instructional Control

- Characteristics of instructional control

- Critical components to gaining instructional control

- General response classes of behavior

- Response Allocation/Choice Behavior

- Suggested teaching procedures to keep responding high and motivation

to escape learning low

Day 3: Behavior Management Strategies Based on Function

- Operant Behavior and Establishing Operation

- Functional Behavioral Assessment/Analysis

- General Functions of Problem Behavior

- Identifying the reinforcer and establishing operation of the problem

behavior

- Behavior Reduction Strategies

- Utilizing ABLLS for Assessment & IEP development

- Learner templates (Early, Intermediate, Advanced)

- Classroom Organization/Scheduling of Activates and Instructors

- Recommended Data Recording and Summary Measures

To register by mail:Click Here

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DOnt forget Dr Bridget will also be here on Long Island to do a

3 hour workshop on

I Can Do it Myself: Behavioral Strategies to Increase the Independence

of Children with Autism

Time: Registration 8:30-9:00 Workshop 9:00-12:00

Location: Marriott Residence Inn - Media Center 3rd Floor 9 Gerhard

Road Plainview NY 11803

Registration Costs: $50.00 ELIJA Member| $75.00 NON ELIJA Member |

$100.00 Late & WALK IN

Description:I Can Do it Myself: Behavioral Strategies to Increase the

Independence of Children with Autism With the advance of behaviorally

based programming, children with autism can learn many skills never

thought possible. Children with autism can learn to talk, play with

toys, socialize with their peers, and become active functional

participants in their families and communities. The goal of any

intervention program; however, is to help individuals with autism

perform these responses without supervision and direct prompts from

adults. This presentation will review specific skills that enhance the

independent functioning of individuals with autism across a range of

curriculum areas and behaviorally based teaching strategies to achieve

independence.

Learner Objectives :

1. Strategies to increase independence in learners with autism.

2. Skills to target to increase independence.

3. Data-based decision making to address independent functioning of

learners with autism.

The Presenter Bridget A. is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.

She holds a Doctorate of Psychology from Rutgers University, and

received her Masters degree in Early Childhood Special Education from

Columbia University. Dr. has specialized in the education and

treatment of children with autism for the past nineteen years. In

1988, she co-founded the Alpine Learning Group, a well regarded

education and treatment center for children with autism in New Jersey.

She currently serves as Executive Director. Dr. has served on

the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and

currently serves on the editorial board of Behavioral Interventions.

She is also a member of the Autism Advisory Group for the Cambridge

Center for Behavioral Studies. She has authored research articles and

book chapters related to autism and is a regular presenter at national

and international conferences.

Registration:To register by mail CLICK HERE

http://www.elija.org/taylor2007.html

To register by online credit card CLICK HERE

http://www.elija.org/taylor2007cc.html