Project LINK Free VB training Series in NY

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Project LINK and Behavior Analysts, Inc.

Announces Upstate New York workshops for parents and professionals

BY

W. Partington, Ph.D., BCBA

Teach Your Children Well with Verbal Behavior Methodology

(An Afternoon Series)

Courtesy of the Regional BOCES Distance Learning Consortium

See registration form for site information

November 1st, 5th and 7th, 2007

Teaching Advanced Verbal Behavior

November 2nd, 2007

Malta Town Hall

Project LINK’s exclusive open forum with Dr. Partington Series 3:

“I have questions, do you have answers?â€

November 3rd, 2007

Malta Town Hall

Parents, Professionals, Schools, Agencies & Universities

From: Squadere-, Executive Director for Project LINK

Date: October, 2007

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

November 2007

Project LINK has partnered with Behavior Analysts, Inc. and the Regional

BOCES Distance Learning Consortium to provide this training opportunity to

educators, parents, and other practitioners in upstate New York on November 1st,

5th and 7th from 3pm to 7pm each day. Event sites are listed on the attached

registration form. We are also offering Teaching Advanced Verbal Behavior and

our exclusive “I have questions, do you have answers?†with Dr.

Partington.

These trainings are 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 B.F. Skinner in 1957. Parents, families,

early intervention programs, preschool programs and school districts benefit

from

his trainings across the country and abroad.

Teaching Your Children Well with Verbal Behavior Series One:

Day One (11/1)

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.

Day Two (11/5)

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.

Day Three (11/7)

Understanding and Changing Challenging Behaviors for Young Children with

Autism: Practical Advice for Parents and Professionals

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 (11/7)

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.

Teaching Advanced Verbal Behavior November 2, 2007

8:30am-4:00pm at the Malta Town Hall

This workshop is for parents, educators and administrators who have

previous experience in introductory Verbal Behavior. Dr. Partington will cover

specific techniques to teach higher level learner skills based on his book and

research of the ABLLS-R. Participants should bring their copy of the book with

them or books will be available for purchase the day of the training.

Project LINK’s exclusive “I have questions, do you have answers?†Series

3:

Saturday November 3, 2007 at the Malta Town Hall from 8:30am-4:00pm

This is an open forum for parents, educators and administrators to bring

their questions to Dr. Partington and receive direct assistance from one of the

nations leading experts in the field.

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

Project LINK/ New York REGISTRATION FORM

Advanced Registration deadline is December 6, 2007

q Workshop: Teach Your Children Well With Verbal Behavior Series One:

(Three afternoons 3pm-7pm daily) November 1st, 5th and 7th, 2007

Cost: FREE CEU: $60.00 check to Behavior Analyst’s Inc.

Location Choice: (please check one)

___Albany Career and Tech Center ___Berne-Knox-Westerlo

___Cobleskill-Richmondville ___Duanesburg

___Middleburgh ___Moriah

___Tupper Lake ___Indian Lake

___Keene Valley ___Newcomb

___Wells ___Fonda-Fultonville

___Gloversville ___Granville

___Warrensburgh

q Workshop: Teaching Advanced Verbal Behavior: please bring your copy of

the ABLLS with you as we will be referring to this during the presentation.

(1-Day) November 2nd, 2007

Cost: FREE CEU: $30.00 check to Behavior Analyst’s Inc.

q Workshop: “I have questions, do you have answers?†Series 3:

Saturday November 3, 2007 at the Malta Town Hall from 8:30am-4:00 pm

Cost: FREE (No CEUs Available)

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 Teaching Language to Children with Autism and other developmental

disabilities: $40.00

Total: ___________________

Name: __________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________

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E-mail: ____________________________________ Phone:

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School District Purchase Order: District:

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PO #: ________________________________

q Check enclosed (Make checks payable to Project LINK)

Mail orders: Workshop Registration, Project LINK 623 New London Rd. Latham,

NY 12110

Fax orders: (518) 782-3433

Email registration: _lsquadere@..._ (mailto:lsquadere@...)

For additional information you can contact Squadere- at the above

email or call (518) 461-1576.

Project LINK is committed to providing our regions families and educators

with high quality free training to benefit children with autism.

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