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LINCOLN-WAY COOPERATIVE PRESENTS

“BE YOUR CHILD’S BEST TEACHERâ€

A 2-DAY ABA/VB WORKSHOP WITH:

ROBERT SCHRAMM, MA, BCBA

Author of Educate Toward Recovery:

Turning the Tables on Autism

•WHAT: This is not a typical workshop designed to merely explain what ABA with

Verbal

Behavior is. This workshop introduces many of the major principles of ABA/VB

offering information that will allow those in attendance to begin thinking about

the behavior choices of their children with (and without) autism in more

productive and successful ways. This is Schramm’s level one workshop.

•WHEN: July 27th & 28th, 2009 9:00-4:00pm (Registration 1st day at 8:30am)

Refreshments provided – lunch is on your own

•WHERE: The Round Table Room at Lincoln-Way Central High School

1801 E. Lincoln Highway

New Lenox, IL 60451

•WHO: Parents, educators, or family members of children with Autism

or other developmental delays.

•COST: Early Registration - $150 for parents/students & $175 for professionals

Please make checks payable to LWASE ative.

CPDU’s are available for educators.

*Please click here for registration information.

*For more information contact Sharon at 708-710-3675 orsharonwatts5@...

Be Your Child’s Best Teacher

Workshop 1 – Schramm, MA, BCBA

July 27th & 28th

, 2009

Schedule of Events:

Day One: The principles of ABA/VB

1. What is Autism

2. ABA = Good Teaching

3. Knospe-ABA Teaching Philosophy

4. Our Qualifications and training

5. Why you need to “Be Your Child’s Best Teacher†(video)

6. The History of ABA and Verbal Behavior

7. The importance of individuality (learning about the ABLLS)

8. The ABC Paradigm (the basics of Behavior)

9. Reinforcement vs. Punishment

10. Earning Instructional Control (Videos)

11. Capturing and creating motivation to learn (Video)

12. Discrete Trial Teaching Format

13. Watch the progress of children in ABA/VB programs (Video)

Day Two: The teaching Strategies of ABA/VB

1. What is Verbal Behavior?

2. The Nine Categories of Language

3. Three types of Teaching (video)

4. Intensive teaching strategies (videos)

5. Prompting and Fading

6. Teaching children to echo sounds (video)

7. Teaching children to talk (videos)

8. Sign Language (video)

9. Verbal Imitation (Video)

10. Beginning Mands (Requests) (video)

11. Common teaching mistakes to avoid

12. Understanding Behavior

13. Using a teaching arc and mini-consequences (video)

14. Can you do this? (video)

15. What you can do right now

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Schramm, MA, BCBA

Author of Educate Toward Recovery:

Turning the Tables on Autism

www.lulu.com/knospe-aba

www.knospe-aba.com

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