ABA International Worskhop

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Hi folks,

Just wanted to announce that I will be giving a 6 hour workshop at ABA

International on Friday the 28th. Save the Date. Would love to see some of you

there. Yes, CE's are available.

Thanks,

Workshop #13 CE: PSY/BACB

05/27/2011

8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Capitol Ballroom 6 (Hyatt Regency)

AUT

CE Instructor: Schramm, M.A.

Motivating Learner Participation Without the Use of Escape Blocking, Forced

Physical Prompts, or Nagging

ROBERT SCHRAMM (Knospe-ABA)

Description: Schramm, author of Educate Toward Recovery: Turning the

Tables on Autism, will be presenting a full-day workshop teaching participants

how to address challenging learning behaviors and motivate positive teaching

interactions without the need for escape blocking, forced physical prompts, and

nagging. The process of earning instructional control with an unmotivated

learner is both difficult and extremely important. Many children with autism do

not learn up to their potential due to a lack of motivation rather than a lack

of ability. Traditional ways of looking at compliance training often do not

motivate learner participation without damaging the relationship between child

and teacher. Even strong verbal behavior techniques meant to pair the teaching

setting and teacher with reinforcement are often not enough to overcome the

negative effects of procedures common in escape extinction. This workshop offers

participants a new way to look at escape extinction and an opportunity to earn

instructional control with even their most difficult behavioral cases without

having to resort to escape blocking, forced physical prompts or nagging

procedures. Participants will learn theseven steps to earning instructional

control that when applied comprehensively throughout a child's day, can make

these traditional escape extinction procedures unnecessary. This workshop will

be filled with examples and video demonstration of the procedures discussed and

will offer time for questions and discussion.

Objectives: At the conclusion of this workshop, participants should be able to:

* Identify the procedures normally used on escape extinction

* Recognizethe value and techniques involved in comprehensive restriction of

reinforcement

* Describethe best ways to develop a paired teaching relationship with their

students

* Recognizethe importance and problems surrounding, " Say what you mean and mean

what you say, " when earning instructional control

* Analyzethe value of easy instructions, fading-in learning goals and the

importance of using positive reinforcement over negative reinforcement in

earning instructional control

* Determinethe value of an ever-increasing variable ratio of reinforcement in

earning instructional control with their students

* Recognizethe importance of differentiated reinforcement in earning

instructional control

* Be able to describe the values and pitfalls of extinction and why negative

punishment is more valuable than positive punishment in earning instructional

control

* Be able to explain what ateaching arc is and demonstratehow touse onein

teaching

Activities: Participants will be exposed to explanations of the seven steps to

instructional control while seeing video demonstration of each step and sharing

their questions regarding the procedures involved.

Audience: This workshop is of value to anyone working with difficult learners or

learners with autism spectrum disorder that have made earning instructional

control difficult, including BCBAs, teachers, tutors, or parents.

Level: Intermediate

Member: $160.00 Non-Member: $210.00 _________________________________

Schramm, MA, BCBA

Author of Educate Toward Recovery:

Turning the Tables on Autism

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