Q and A with Ray Cepeda, March 6

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TITLE: “UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: A QUESTION AND ANSWER

SESSION WITH RAY CEPEDAâ€

 

DATE: FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009

PRESENTED BY: RAY CEPEDA, BCaBA

 

LOCATION: Private Residence, LINDENHURST, NY 11757

TIME: 11:30AM-1:30PM

For Details and to Register for this Session via email: abaschedule@...

For Details and to Register for this Session via email: abaschedule@...

LUNCH INCLUDED (those with dietary restrictions or preferences are kindly

asked to bring their own food)

 

SEATING IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST EIGHT INDIVIDUALS TO RESERVE A SEAT!

PLEASE RSVP by: Friday, February 27th

DESCRIPTION: WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM HAVE MANY

QUESTIONS REGARDING THEIR CHILDREN.  THESE QUESTIONS MAY INCLUDE THEIR

CHILD’S COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS, CURRENT CURRICULUM IN SCHOOL OR AT HOME, SCHOOL

PLACEMENT, TOILETING, BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS, INTERACTIONS WITH SIBLINGS, ISSUES WITH

MOTIVATION AND COMPLIANCE AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS.

 

GOAL: THE GOAL OF THIS SESSION IS FOR PARTICIPANTS TO DISCUSS ISSUES AND

EXCHANGE FRESH IDEAS IN A PERSONAL SETTING.

 

ABOUT MR. CEPEDA: Ray Cepeda, BCaBA is an independent behavior/program

consultant for children with autistic spectrum disorders and provides behavior

analytic services to many families in New York, New Jersey and Arizona.  Mr.

Cepeda gained his initial experience under the tutelage of consultants trained

by Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas.  After being hired by the Institute, he became a

Workshop Leader and was

subsequently promoted to Clinic Supervisor for the Lovaas Institute’s Cherry

Hill, NJ site. During his time with the Lovaas Institute Mr. Cepeda was

instrumental in establishing a Lovaas Institute satellite office in South

Orange, NJ where he supervised and trained a number of ABA therapists to

implement the Lovaas model of applied behavior analysis.  He has had over

fifteen years experience supervising home-based programs, functioning in

administrative roles in schools that specialize in the education and treatment

of children with autism, consulting to school-based programs, integrating and

mainstreaming learners with autism into typical learning environments, training

parents, and speaking on topics regarding the use of behavior analytic teaching

methodologies and program individualization for children with autism.  Mr.

Cepeda also sits on the Board of Directors and the Advisory Board for the

Brooklyn Autism Center Academy in Brooklyn, New York and is a member of the

Human Rights Committee for the New York Center for Autism Charter School in New

York, NY.