Massachusettes VB workshop with Dr Partington

[Guest guest]

Behavior Analysts, Inc.

Announces a Massachusetts workshop for parents and professionals

BY

W. Partington, Ph.D., BCBA

An Introduction to the Assessment of Basic Language and Learning

Skills-Revised ABLLS-R and WebABLLS

Courtyard by Marriott Woburn/Boston North

700 Unicorn Park Drive

Woburn MA 01801

781-938-9001

www.marriott.com/boscw

Thursday November 8, 2007

TO: Parents, Professionals, Schools, Agencies & Universities

FROM: Squadere-, Workshop Coordinator

DATE: September 2007

RE: Training at Courtyard by Marriott Woburn/Boston North MA with

Dr. Partington

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

opportunity in Massachusetts. Dr. Partington will be speaking

at the above location on November 8, 2007. This 1-day comprehensive

workshop will offer educators, professionals, and parents detailed

information about using the Assessment of Basic Language and Learning

Skills-Revised (ABLLS-R) and WebABLLS for 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!

We would also like to extend special thanks to SEEMCOLLABORATIVE for

making this event happen in your area!

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 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.

Introduction to The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills

(The ABLLS-R) and WebABLLS

The ABLLS-R/ WebABLLS introductory workshop will provide participants

with the tools to analyze and track learner skills and develop a

comprehensive language-based curriculum for children. The Assessment

of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS-R) and WebABLLS,

provide 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.

Essential information on scoring and interpreting the ABLLS-R will be

shared through our discussions with examples that will show you how

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.

This introductory-level workshop is primarily geared for

professionals and parents who have not had extensive experience in

using the ABLLS-R.

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

What our participants have said about The ABLLS:

" Outstanding—a real contribution to the field. "

- J. Morrow, Behavior Analyst

Sacramento, California

" Great conference—I enjoyed many of the challenges that it evoked in

my current thinking. "

- R. Lepak, Speech Pathologist

West Bloomfield, Michigan

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

MASSACHUSETTS REGISTRATION FORM

Advanced registration deadline is October 31, 2007

q Workshop: An Introduction to The Assessment of Basic Language and

Learning Skills –Revised (ABLLS-R) and WebABLLS

Thursday November 8, 2007

Cost: $125 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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Signature: ____________________________________________

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

Park Boulevard, Ste. 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 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.