TEACHING VERBAL BEHAVIOR: INTENSIVE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT (MD) Nov 13-14, 2007

[Guest guest]

Behaviorally Oriented Speech/Language Pathologists from

Dower and Associates, Inc., ICAN of Washington, Inc. & Kids Communicating,

LLC

present

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

TEACHING VERBAL BEHAVIOR IN THE INTENSIVE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT

A Behavioral Approach to Teaching Language to Children with Autism

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

Twigg, MS, BCBA®, provides consultants, instructors, other allied

professionals

and parents (who serve as their child’s primary instructor) 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 or the ABLLSTM-R to develop an intensive teaching

program;

* Video examples and guided instruction to teach objectives indicated

in the ABLLS or the ABLLSTM-R;

* 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 to

include 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

in teaching children with autism within a verbal behavior program.

Required Materials: Participants should bring an ABLLS or the ABLLSTM-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

** Early Bird Discount Extended Until September 30, 2007 with a copy of this

announcement **

~ Register Early ~ Enrollment Limited to 26 Participants ~

For a registration form, email us at _SLPBCBA@..._

(mailto:SLPBCBA@...)

NOTE: Workshop Qualifies as BACB Type 3 CE Event

Establishing Operations, Inc., Dower and Associates, Inc., ICAN of

Washington, Inc. and Kid’s Communicating, LLC are behavioral consulting

companies

dedicated to providing quality services to children and adolescents with autism

and other developmental disorders. We believe in effective treatment

utilizing the principles of applied behavior analysis. Our goals are to apply

these

principles in such a way as to increase spontaneous language, social

interactions and ultimately reciprocal conversations between the children we

serve and

other children and adults.

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