TEACHING VERBAL BEHAVIOR IN THE INTENSIVE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT WORKSHOP

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TEACHING VERBAL BEHAVIOR IN THE

INTENSIVE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT

HANDS ON VB WORKSHOP

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

Cherish Twigg, MS, BCABA, provides consultants, therapists, other

professionals and parents (who take an active role in their child's

language program) with guided practice in implementing the methods

described in introductory verbal behavior workshops. This hands-on

workshop is devoted to teaching entirely in the intensive teaching

environment. The participants will spend most of their time

practicing the methods of effective instruction. Participants will

receive precise feedback on their teaching methods. The

participants will be provided supervised practice in the areas of:

• Establishing instructional control with an unwilling learner;

• Manipulating motivating operations (MO) during teaching

opportunities to maintain learner attention;

• How to develop an intensive teaching program using the ABLLS

(Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills, Drs. Partington

and Sundberg);

• Video examples and guided instruction to teach many

objectives indicated in the ABLLS;

• Teaching language in the intensive teaching environment to

non vocal children using sign language;

• Teaching early to advanced receptive skills;

• Teaching early to advanced motor imitation skills;

• Teaching early to advanced tacting skills;

• Teaching early to advanced intraverbal skills;

• Organizing your program materials and data recording

methods, including hands on practice for data recording.

Prerequisites: Participants should have previously attended some

type of intro to VB workshop and have at least some experience

teaching children with autism. Requests to attend this workshop

without prior intro workshop attendance will be considered. It is

recommended to bring an ABLLS manual to the course.