Arizona ABA/AVB Workshop

[Guest guest]

Behavior Analysts, Inc.

Announces an Arizona comprehensive workshop for parents and

professionals

BY

W. Partington, Ph.D., BCBA

Teach Your Children Well With Verbal Behavior Methodology

(A Three Day Workshop)

Mesa Convention Center

263 N. Center Street

Mesa,†Arizona 85201

(480)644-2178

www.mesaconventioncenter.com

December 10th-12th, 2007

Parents, Professionals, Schools, Agencies & Universities

From: Squadere-, Workshop Coordinator

Date: September 2007

RE: Training on ABA/Verbal Behavior with Dr. Partington in

December 2007

Behavior Analysts, Inc. has partnered with the H.O.P.E. Group LLC to

provide this training opportunity to educators, parents and other

practitioners in Arizona on December 10th-12th, 2007 at the Mesa

Convention Center. Dr. Partington will be presenting a 3-day

comprehensive series on teaching children with autism.

This training is designed to cover all aspects of teaching skills

using verbal behavior methodology in the school and home settings.

Participants will learn strategies for teaching children with autism

using the methodology of ABA with Skinner's analysis of verbal

behavior. Information regarding program development utilizing The

ABLLS-R, natural environment teaching, and solving challenging

behaviors will also be presented.

Detailed information on this workshop is attached. Registration is

accepted on a first come first serve basis. We hope to see you there.

Your Presenter:

Dr. Partington, Ph.D., BCBA, owner of Behavior Analysts Inc.

and the STARS School in Pleasant Hill, California is a licensed

psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst with more than 35

years of experience. He is the co-author of Teaching Language to

Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities and author

of the revised edition of The Assessment of Basic Language and

Learning Skills- Revised (ABLLS-R) and Web-ABLLS. Dr. Partington

also provides extensive training opportunities, consultation

services, workshops, STARS model classrooms and clinical services for

children and families. The workshops he presents are based on his

research and findings, within the field of applied behavior analysis,

utilizing the conceptual framework of verbal behavior as developed by

BF Skinner in 1957. Parents, families, early intervention programs,

preschool programs and school districts benefit from his trainings

across the country and abroad.

Day One

Teaching Language to Children with Autism or Other Developmental

Disabilities

Day one is designed to provide an overview of B.F. Skinner's analysis

of language to parents, educators, and other practitioners. A review

of the primary verbal operants (expressive language skills) will be

provided along with a videotape review of teaching methods typically

used to teach those skills.

Participants will learn a method to assess a child's language

abilities, and how to implement important intervention strategies. A

major emphasis will be placed on identifying methods to enhance and

utilize motivational variables (establishing operations) to teach

language in both structured teaching sessions and in daily

activities. Techniques for coordinating the ongoing decision making

necessary for effective language intervention, methods of data

collection, and techniques for tracking the acquisition of skills

will be presented.

Participants will be able to...

Identify examples of B.F. Skinner's verbal operants.

Describe how curricular variables affect the motivation of young

children with autism.

How teaching a child to mand for reinforcers results in the

development of several other important learner skills.

Identify methods for developing and maintaining the motivation of

young children with autism.

Conduct an initial behavioral language assessment such as to

determine the most appropriate initial language intervention for

young children with autism.

Identify the criteria for selection of the initial words to teach

young children with autism who do not have expressive language skills.

Identify the critical elements of discrete trials instruction.

Explain how to perform a correction procedure in situations in which

the student provides an incorrect response.

Explain how to develop intraverbal skills

Identify how the critical elements of discrete trial instruction can

be implemented within the child's typical daily events.

Workshop Schedule

8:00 – 9:00 am Registration

9:00 – 10:30 am Introduction to the analysis & assessment of

verbal behavior (expressive language

10:30 – 10:45 am Break

10:45 – 12:00 noon Beginning language skills (early mands, tacts

and echoics)

12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch break

1:30 – 3:00 pm Further development of language skills (RFFC,

intraverbals and advanced mands)

3:00 – 3:15 pm Break

3:15 – 4:30 pm Teaching language in the natural environment

Day Two

Introduction to The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills-

Revised

(The ABLLS-R)

Dr. Partington will provide workshop participants with the tools to

analyze and track learner skills and develop a comprehensive language-

based curriculum. The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning

Skills- Revised (The ABLLS-R), is an assessment tool, curriculum

guide, and skills-tracking system used to help guide the instruction

of language and critical learner skills for children with autism or

other developmental disabilities. This powerful tool is now available

both in book form and through WebABLLS to parents, teachers, speech

pathologists, behavior analysts, and others who design, coordinate,

and/or supervise language or skill-acquisition programs.

With the ABLLS-R and/or WebABLLS, you can precisely assess a child's

language and learning skills, as well as identify when, where, and

how the skills are being used. Participants will learn how to

develop IEP goals and objectives that clearly define and target the

learning needs of a student. These tools allow you to pinpoint

obstacles that have been preventing a child from acquiring new skills

and begin to develop a comprehensive language-based curriculum.

Participants will be able to...

Perform skills analyses to determine a child's strengths and deficits.

Continually measure and monitor learning achievements using specially

designed skill tracking grids.

Utilize assessment results for evaluating priorities, determining IEP

objectives, and developing curricula.

Workshop Schedule

8:00 – 9:00 am Registration

9:00 – 10:30 am Introduction to the ABLLS-R

10:30 – 10:45 am Break

10:45 – 12:00 noon Scoring the ABLLS-R

12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch break

1:30 – 3:00 pm Using the ABLLS-R to develop an education program

3:00 – 3:15 pm Break

3:15 – 4:30 pm Tracking skill acquisition and adjusting program

strategies

Day Three

Understanding and Changing Challenging Behaviors for Young Children

with Autism: Practical Advice for Parents and Profe ssionals

Parents often have concerns about how to encourage their child to

behave in an appropriate manner. Attempts to get a child with

language delays to " go along with us, " are complicated by the fact

that the child often doesn't understand what we are trying to get

them to do or not to do. Another critical factor is the fact that

many of these children are not motivated by the typical praise and

recognition that is often used to teach typically developing

children. As a result, parents and instructors often find it a

challenging task to get the child to do many of the things we need

them to do. This workshop specifically addresses practical issues

and will give methods for analyzing problem situations and developing

strategies to solve those problems. Participants will be able to

identify the behavioral patterns that prevent your child from

engaging in everyday family and school activities (e.g., sitting at

the table and eating with others, participating in learning tasks

while doing ordinary daily activities, going to the grocery store

without a tantrum, toileting issues, etc.)

Specific Objectives:

Participants will be able to identify the basic behavioral principles

used to analyze both appropriate and undesired behavior

Participants will learn how to increase appropriate behavior by

developing positive instructional control, and teaching alternative

behaviors

Participants will learn how to observe behavior to determine why a

behavior is or isn't occurring and its probable function(s)

Participants will learn how to structure situations so as to

encourage desired behavior and avoid unwanted behavior

Participants will learn how to use simple but effective data

collection procedures

Teaching Language Skills During Daily Activities

Children with autism have communication delays that usually require

intensive language intervention. During the everyday activities of

daily living, parents have many opportunities to teach language

skills to their children. This half day presentation is designed to

help parents and practitioners who work with families identify how

the training of a variety of language skills (based upon Skinner's

analysis of verbal behavior), can be incorporated into these daily

activities. Participants will review videotapes of young children

with autism in a home setting which will be used to demonstrate

specific methodology for developing and maintaining the student's

participation in language development activities.

Participants will be able to...

Identify how basic language skills can be taught to young children

with autism in the context of on-going daily activities.

Describe several examples as to how parents can maintain the

motivation of young children during the language instruction.

Identify how to sequence daily events such that the child's

participation in targeted language activities results in reinforcers

that are typically delivered non-contingently.

Workshop Schedule

8:00 – 9:00 am Registration

9:00 – 10:30 am Review of behavioral principles Defining

behaviors, functions of behavior (why they do what they do)

10:30 – 10:45 am Break

10:45 – 12:00 noon Solutions to problems (pairing, instructional

control, and teaching alternative behaviors) Data collection, case

scenarios, and specific question and answer

12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch break

1:30-3:00pm Selection of targets for training in the

natural environment

3:00 – 3:15 pm Break

3:15 – 4:30 pm Video examples of NET training Designing and

implementing NET programs

Continuing Education Credit

Board Certified Behavior Analysts– Behavior Analysts, Inc., is an

Approved Continuing Education Provider (#OP-02-0007). Board Certified

Behavior Analysts and Board Certified Associate Behavior Analysts

will be able to use this workshop for 6 hours of Type 2 CEU credit.

Speech and Language Pathologists– Behavior Analysts, Inc., is an

Approved Continuing Professional Development Provider by the

California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board (PDP61).

This workshop meets the requirements for 6 hours of CE credit. The

continuing education certificate may be submitted to ASHA along with

an ASHA form that will be provided to you.

Educators– Educators will receive a certificate for 6 CE credits

Other professionals: You can receive a certificate of attendance

that may be submitted to your regulatory boards for their

consideration. Please confirm with your regulatory board to

determine whether this training will meet their requirements for

continuing education credit.

Please note that it is your responsibility to contact your

licensing/certification board directly to determine eligibility to

meet your continuing education requirements and to report CE hours

earned.

In order to receive a continuing education certificate, participants

must have paid the tuition fee, attend the entire workshop (sign-in

and sign-out required), and complete a course evaluation.

Certificates will be provided upon successful completion of this

workshop. Participants arriving late or leaving early will not be

eligible for a CEU certificate (no partial credits available).

See attached registration form

ARIZONA REGISTRATION FORM

Advanced Registration deadline is December 6, 2007

q Workshop: Teach Your Children Well With Verbal Behavior Series

One:

(Three Days) Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday December 10th-12th, 2007

Cost: $350.00 per person

q ASSESSMENT TOOLS: $150.00 Participants will receive The Assessment

of Basic Language

and Learning Skills-Revised set (The ABLLS-R) and a 1 year WebABLLS

account for online

assessing and information sharing or bring your copy of the ABLLS-R

(both Guide and

Protocol) to the workshop as it will be referenced during the

presentation)

q Late registration fee $25 (after advanced registration

deadline)

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For additional information please e-mail: Squadere-

Squadere@.... The workshops will take place from

9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You will receive confirmation of your

registration. Cancellations made within 10 days of the workshop will

result in a full refund. Cancellations made after that date are not

eligible for a refund.