TEACHING VERBAL BEHAVIOR IN THE INTENSIVE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT

March 13, 2008

This TWO-day workshop conducted by Holly Kibbe, MS, BCBA and Cherish

Twigg, MS, BCBA, provides consultants, therapists other professionals

and parents (who serve as their child's primary therapist) with

guided practice in implementing the methods described in Introductory

Verbal Behavior Workshops. This two day workshop is devoted entirely to

teaching in the Intensive Teaching Environment (ITT). The participants

will spend much of their time practicing the methods of effective

instruction as demonstrated in videotape illustrations during the

workshop. Participants will receive precise feedback on their teaching

methods. This workshop will address the areas of:

Establishing instructional control with an unwilling learner;

Manipulating motivating operations (MO) during teaching opportunities to

maintain learner attention;

Using the ABLLS to develop an intensive teaching program;

Video examples and guided instruction to teach objectives indicated in

the ABLLS;

Teaching early to advanced receptive, visual performance, motor

imitation, tacting and intraverbal skills;

Teaching social skills to early through advanced learners;

Organizing your program materials and data recording methods including

hands on practice for datarecording;

Prerequisites: It is strongly recommended that all participants have

attended a Verbal Behavior Introductory Workshop and have at least some

experience teaching children with autism within a verbal behavior

program. Special requests to attend this workshop without prior intro

attendance must be submitted and approved prior to registration.

We are happy to say that EO can provide type 2 CEU's for the workshop!

Required Materials: Participants should bring an ABLLS manual with them

to the course.

Date: May 12-13 2008

Place: 188 Needham Street

Newton, MA 02464

Register ON-LINE at

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