The Verbal Behavior Approach (cross post)

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I just wanted to let you all know that my book: The Verbal Behavior

Approach: How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders is just

starting

to be delivered to those who pre-ordered it before the official publication

date of May 15th. The response has been so positive that Amazon is now

showing a 4-6 week delay but I am assured by my publisher that books ordered

through Amazon will be delivered much sooner than that. Also, Different Roads

to

Learning (_www.difflearn.com_ (http://www.difflearn.com) ) is showing my book

as " in stock " and it should be available at major book stores soon. For

more information about my book, please see my web site: _www.vbapproach.com_

(http://www.vbapproach.com) .

For those of you that are going to ABA in San Diego this week, my book will

be available in the bookstore there and I'll be signing books on Sunday from

7pm-9pm. I'll also be presenting on Friday (10am-5pm) on the VB Approach and

on Sunday at 4pm as part of the PA Verbal Behavior Project. See

descriptions of these presentations below.

I hope to meet many people from this list serve there.

Thanks for your support,

Lynch Barbera, RN, MSN, BCBA

_www.vbapproach.com_ (http://www.vbapproach.com)

Workshop #27

CE: BACB, PSY

5/25/2007

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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CE Instructor: L. Barbera, R.N., M.S.N., BCBA

Using a Verbal Behavior Approach to Teach Children with Autism and Related

Disorders

MARY L. BARBERA (Barbera Behavior Consulting)

Description: This workshop will utilize B.F. Skinner's Analysis of Verbal

Behavior to provide a framework for programming for children with autism and

other developmental disorders or delays. In addition to providing participants

with specific ways to improve positive behaviors such as language, this

workshop will also include a review of ABA principles used to reduce negative

behaviors such as crying and hitting. Through lecture, video examples, and

small

group activities, the participants will leave with a better understanding of

ABA/VB programming for a variety of learners.

#279 Symposium

5/27/2007

4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

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VRB; Service Delivery

BACB CE Offered. CE Instructor: L. Barbera, RN, MSN, BCBA

The Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project: Infusing ABA within Public School

Autism Classrooms

Chair: L. Barbera (Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project)

Discussant: Miklos (Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance

Network)

This presentation will give participants an overview of the Pennsylvania

Verbal Behavior Project and will highlight research initiatives completed and in

progress. During the first presentation, an overview of the PA Verbal

Behavior Project will be given and a summary of outcomes over the past 4 years

will

be presented. Following the overview, Behavior Analysts will share two

controlled studies done through the Project which evaluated different transfer

procedures to teach tacts to children with autism. The final presentation

within

this symposium will highlight selected case studies completed through the PA

Verbal Behavior Project.

The Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project: An Overview and Summary of

Outcomes. DEBRA NAMEY (Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project) and R.

Gansarski

(Tuscara Intermediate Unit 11)

Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of the PA Verbal

Behavior Project, a unique program funded by the PA Department of Education

which

provides training, materials, and on-site consultation to 65 public school

autism classrooms across the State. A summary of outcomes for the past four

years will be presented.

Transfer Procedure Research Done through the PA Verbal Behavior Project.

MARY L. BARBERA and Amiris Dipuglia (Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project)

Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of a single subject

design published study entitled: Using Transfer Procedures to Teach Tacts to a

Child with Autism (Barbera, & Kubina, Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2005) and

an unpublished replication/expansion of that study entitled A Comparison of

Transfer Procedures to Teach Tacts to Four Children with Autism.

PA Verbal Behavior Project Selected Case Studies. AMIRIS DIPUGLIA and

L. Barbera (Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project)

Abstract: This presentation will highlight selected case studies from the PA

Verbal Behavior Project.

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