FW: The VB-MAPP 2 Day Workshop Oct 8th & 9th

[Guest guest]

There's Still Time to Register! Project ACT is proud to bring Dr. Mark Sundberg

to the Tidewater area to provide parents and professionals information on how to

use the VB-MAPP to develop or improve language and social skills programs for

children with autism. The new VB-MAPP protocol will be included and BCBA CEUs

will be offered. You don't want to miss this!

*Due to technical difficulties with TASA's Website, the registration form is not

accessible online. We do apologize for any inconvenience. Please contact

757-461-4474 or email tidewaterasa@... if you would like the

registration form emailed or faxed to you.*

Tidewater Autism Society of America

Project ACT (Autism Community Training)

Presents

Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (The VB-MAPP)

2 Day Workshop

Presented by Mark Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

&

Thursday, October 9, 2008

9:00 a.m.-4:00pm

Location

Virginia Beach Higher Education Center Old Dominion University

1881 University Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23453.

About The Workshop:

This two-day workshop will present the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment

and Placement Program (The VB-MAPP), and describe how to use it to develop or

improve a language and social skills program for a child with autism. At the

conclusion of this workshop attendees will be able to:

· Participants will be able to define and exemplify the basic elements

of Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior

· Participants will be able to use the VB-MAPP to an individual

child’s language skills

· Participants will be able to use the VB-MAPP to identify appropriate

IEP goals for children with language delays

· Participants will be able to use the Placement to set up an

intervention program for an individual child

· Participants will be able to describe how the VB-MAPP is linked to

the verbal behavior intervention procedure

About Dr. Mark Sundberg:

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 (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 of 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 for programs and

classrooms that serve children with autism in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr.

Sundberg received a number of awards, including the 2001 “Distinguished

Psychology Department Alumnus Award†from Western Michigan University.

Early Bird Registration is $125 per participant (postmarked by September 30,

2008)

After September 30th and Walk-in is $135 (space permitting). Walk-ins are not

guaranteed a boxed lunch

Pre-workshop sign-in will be held from 8:15 – 8:50 a.m.

(Continental Breakfast, Lunch, the new VB-MAPP protocol and Conference Handouts

Included)

*BCBA CEUs will be offered

For more information call 757-461-4474 or visit www.tidewaterasa@... to

download a registration flyer.