Mark Sundberg new material workshop in Texas

[Guest guest]

Mark Sundberg Ph.D, BCBA Coming to FEAT NORTH TEXAS...All new material & VB-MAPP

Assessment

DON'T MISS

TEACHING LANGUAGE TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

PRESENTER: MARK L. SUNDBERG, Ph.D, BCBA

CO-AUTHOR OF THE ABLLS

ALL NEW MATERIAL

OCTOBER 24, 25, & , 26th, 2007

(only presentation near Texas in 2007)

3 Days of Training on the Verbal Behavior

Milestones Assessment & Placement Program

the (VB-MAPP)

COLLEYVILLE, TX

(10 minutes from DFW Airport)

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

The most important aspect of designing an individualized language intervention

program for a child with autism is an accurate assessment of a child’s

existing skills, and their learning barriers that may be in the way of progress.

This workshop is intended for participants already familiar with B. F.

Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior and ABA methodology (e.g., mands, tacts,

intraverbals, discrete trial training)*. Dr. Sundberg will present how to

administer the VB-MAPP, and how to develop and implement an intervention program

for a child with autism. The VB-MAPP is a new language and social skills

assessment tool that is based on Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior, and

typical developmental milestones. The VB-MAPP has three components. The first

component is the VB-MAPP Skills Assessment. This part of the assessment is

designed to provide a representative sample of a child’s existing verbal and

related repertoires. The VB-MAPP Skills Assessment contains 150 verbal behavior

milestones across 3 developmental levels (0-18 months, 18-30 months, and 30-48

months) and 14 different skill areas. The second component is the VB-MAPP Skills

Task Analysis, which provides a further breakdown of each of the 14 different

skills in the form of a checklist for skill tracking. The third part is the

VB-MAPP Barriers Assessment, which provides an assessment of 22 common learning

and language barriers faced by children with autism (e.g., defective mands,

defective intraverbals, rote responding, self-stimulation, behavior problems).

The results obtained from the VB-MAPP will suggest specific IEP goals and where

to place a child in an intervention program. Several aspects of the verbal

behavior language intervention program will also be presented. Each participant

will receive a copy of the VB-MAPP, including analyses of the barriers,

placement recommendations, and intervention strategies.

PARTICIPANT WILL...

• be able to use the three components of the VB-MAPP to assess an individual

child’s learning, language, and social skills

• be able to use the VB-MAPP to identify appropriate IEP goals for children

with language and social delays

• be able to use the Placement Guide to set up an appropriate intervention

program for an individual child that incorporates social, language & learning

goals

• be able to implement an individualized language intervention strategies based

on Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior

• be able to behaviorally analyze each of the 22 possible problems identified

on VB-MAPP Barriers Assessment

• be able to develop intervention strategies to overcome the individual

child’s

identified barriers

Pre-conference Workshop on October 6, 2007 will be an introduction to verbal

behavior analysis for individuals who are not familiar with basic verbal

behavior principles and terminology. Workshop is free of charge for conference

attendees. Seating is limited, so please register early.

ABOUT MARK L. SUNDBERG Ph.D., BCBA

Mark L. Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA received his doctorate degree in Applied Behavior

Analysis from Western Michigan University (1980), under the direction of Dr.

Jack . Dr. Sundberg is the co-author of the books The Assessment of Basic

Language and Learning Skills: The ABLLS, Teaching Language to Children with

Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities,and A Collection of Reprints on

Verbal Behavior. He has published over 45 professional papers, including a

recent book chapter titled “Verbal Behavior†in the new edition of Applied

Behavior Analysis by , Heron, & Heward (2007). He is the founder and past

editor of the journal The Analysis of Verbal Behavior,a twice past-president of

The Northern California Association for Behavior Analysis, a past-chair of the

Publication Board of ABA:International, and was a member the BACB committee that

developed the BCBA and BCABA Task Lists. Dr. Sundberg has given over 450

national and international conference presentations and workshops, and taught 80

college courses on behavior analysis, verbal behavior, sign language, and child

development. He is a licensed psychologist in private practice who consults to

programs and classrooms that serve children with autism in the San Francisco Bay

Area. Dr. Sundberg has received a number of awards, including the 2001

“Distinguished Psychology Department Alumnus Award†from Western Michigan

University.

PRESENTED BY FEAT-NORTH TEXAS - www.featnt.org

REGISTER ONLINE AT http://www.featnt.org/conference.html