California ABA/AVB workshop with Dr. Partington

[Guest guest]

Behavior Analysts, Inc.

Announces a California workshop for parents and professionals

BY

W. Partington, Ph.D., BCBA

Teaching Verbal Behavior in Public Schools and Home Settings

(A Two Day Workshop)

At the Dublin Unified School District

Administration Offices-Board Room

7471 Larkdale Avenue

Dublin, California †94568

(925) 828-2551

Monday October 15th & Tuesday October 16th, 2007

TO: Parents, Professionals, Schools, Agencies & Universities

FROM: Squadere-, Workshop Coordinator

DATE: September 2007

RE: Training at Dublin Unified School District in Dublin, California

with Dr. Partington

Behavior Analysts, Inc. is pleased to announce our Fall training

opportunity in Northern California. Dr. Partington will be

speaking at Dublin Unified School District in Dublin, California on

October 15th and 16th, 2007. This 2-day comprehensive workshop will

offer educators, parents, and professionals detailed information

about designing and implementing ABA/Verbal Behavior programs in

public schools and home settings.

Workshop information with registration forms are attached. Seating

is limited and registration is on a first come, first serve basis.

If you are a parent of a child with autism, or a professional in the

field, you won't want to miss this opportunity to learn from one of

the nation's leading authorities. 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 Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skill-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 Behavioral 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.

October 15th and 16th 2007: Teaching Verbal Behavior in Public

Schools and Home Settings

Research has clearly established the effectiveness of intensive

behavioral intervention with children with autism. A great proportion

of these services are delivered in home settings and have been

provided to children in 1 to 1 training sessions outside of a public

school classroom. However, it is possible and desirable to

incorporate these effective educational services within public school

classroom environments in order to further enhance and compliment the

home program. This workshop will review critical components for

establishing and providing effective language-based behavioral

interventions within classrooms. A review of issues related to, and

specific recommendations for staff training, classroom structure and

schedule, curriculum development, small group (1 to 2+) instructional

strategies, skill acquisition tracking, and behavioral consultation

will be provided. This workshop is highly recommended for educators,

parents and consultants who wish to enhance the overall effectiveness

of their child's program.

Participants will learn:

Critical teaching skills that can be deployed by teachers,

instructional assistants and parents in a language-based, ABA

classroom or home program environment.

Specific components of a classroom/home schedule that will allow for

high frequency of learner responding to high-priority learning tasks.

How to assess learner skills and construct an IEP to ensure the

development of language and other important skills.

Methods for implementing behavioral language training strategies in a

small group format.

Critical components of a classroom-wide, data collection system and a

system for monitoring student progress.

The critical elements of discrete trial instruction and how it can be

implemented within the child's typical daily events.

Workshop Schedule Day 1

8:00 – 9:00 am Registration

9:00 – 10:30 am Critical components in the development of

effective language-based services

in the school and home

10:30 – 10:45 am Break

10:45 – 12:00 noon Continued topic

12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch break

1:30 – 3:00 pm Student assessment and program development

3:00 – 3:15 pm Break

3:15 – 4:30 pm Continued topic

Workshop Schedule Day 2

8:30 – 9:00 am Registration

9:00 – 10:30 am Design and data collection

10:30 – 10:45 am Break

10:45 – 12:00 noon Development of daily schedule

12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch break

1:30 – 3:00 pm Teaching in small groups and during daily events

3:00 – 3:15 pm Break

3:15 – 4:30 pm Wrap-up and questions and answers

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 12 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 12 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 12 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

DUBLIN CALIFORNIA REGISTRATION FORM

Advanced registration deadline is October 11, 2007

q Workshop: Teaching Verbal Behavior in Public Schools and Home

Settings

(Two Days) Monday October 15 and Tuesday October 16, 2007

Cost: $200 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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Mail orders: Workshop Registration, Behavior Analysts, Inc. 1941 Oak

Park Boulevard, Suite 30 Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Fax orders: (925) 210-0436

On-line registration: www.behavioranalysts.com

For additional information please e-mail: Squadere-

Squadere@.... The workshop will be from 9:00 AM to

4:30 PM. 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.