VB-MAPP Conference is now offering CRU for Educators

[Guest guest]

The Verbal Behavior Center for Autism

Presents

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Mark Sundberg's Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement

Program: The VB-MAPP

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A workshop

By

Carl Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA

March 28, 2009

Indianapolis, Indiana

About This Workshop

This workshop will teach you how to use the VB-MAPP to develop an

individualized language and social skills program for children with

autism and other developmental disabilities. The VB-MAPP is a

criterion-referenced assessment tool, curriculum guide, and skill

tracking system that is designed for children with autism, and other

individuals who demonstrate language delays. The VB-MAPP is based on

B.F. Skinner's (1957) analysis of verbal behavior, established

developmental milestones, and research from the field of behavior

analysis.

There are five components of the VB-MAPP, and collectively they

provide a baseline level of performance, a direction for

intervention, a system for tracking skill acquisition, a tool for

outcome measures and other language research projects, and a

framework for curriculum planning. Each of the skills in the VB-MAPP

is not only measurable and developmentally balanced, but they are

balanced across the verbal operants and other related skills. For

example, many aspects of an intraverbal repertoire are based on an

existing tact and listener repertoire. The VB-MAPP balances the

curriculum in an attempt to avoid the common trap of developing rote

responding due to deficiencies in the related verbal repertoires. VB-

MAPP's will be available for purchase at the workshop.

Description: This workshop will teach the participant how to

administer the VB-MAPP, and how to use the results to develop a

language and social skills intervention program for a child with

autism.

Objectives:

Participants will

• be able to describe the basic elements of a behavioral

analysis of language

• be able to describe how a behavioral analysis of language can

benefit children with autism

• be able to use the four components of the VB-MAPP to assess

an individual child's learning, language, and social skills

• be able to use the VB-MAPP to identify appropriate IEP goals

for children with language and social delays

• be able to use the Placement Guide to set up an appropriate

intervention program for an individual child that incorporates

social, language and learning goals

be able to implement an individualized language intervention

strategies based on Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior

About the Presenter

Carl T. Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA, received his doctorate degree in

Applied Behavior Analysis from Western Michigan University under the

direction of Dr. Jack . Dr. Sundberg utilizes B.F. Skinner's

analysis of verbal behavior within the framework of applied behavior

analysis to teach children with language and social deficits. While

a graduate student, he taught behavior analysis at Western Michigan

University for 7 years. Dr. Sundberg has publications in The Analysis

of Verbal Behavior, and A Collection of Reprints on Verbal Behavior.

Although for the last 12 years he has specialized in early

intervention with children with autism and other developmental

disabilities, he has over 25 years experience in the field of mental

health working with multiple populations. Since 1996 Dr. Sundberg

has assessed and worked with over 400 children and adolescents with

autism spectrum disorders and has personally worked with over 150

families. In addition to private consulting Dr. Sundberg also works

with school districts and has been invited to speak at conference

presentations and workshops across the nation. Currently Dr.

Sundberg is the Clinical Director for the Verbal Behavior Center for

Autism (VBCA) in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Sundberg oversees the

implementation of 35 verbal behavior programs and the training of 45

skilled therapists. In addition he teaches Verbal Behavior at Ball

State University and is the Vice President of the Indiana

Association for Behavior Analysis.

VB-MAPP'S AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE WORKSHOP.

Cost: Early registration $115 per participant

Late Registration (Received after March 14): $135

Location:

Woodland Country Club

100 Woodland Dr.

Carmel IN 46250

Dates: March 28, 2009

Time:

Registration and Coffee: 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Morning Session: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00p.m. (On your own)

Afternoon Session: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

To register for the workshop, please complete the following form,

detach, and mail it with workshop fee to the Verbal Behavior Center

for Autism address listed below.

VBCA Workshop

9830 Bauer Drive

Indianapolis, IN 46280

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