Language workshop North Texas

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FEAT NT Presents

Growing Language Workshop - Facilitating Verbal Language With Sign Language

Location The New FEAT-NT Center

Contact featntevents06@...

Description This Growing Language Workshop presented by BCBA Gail Wayman, is

an excellent opportunity for school professionals, SLP's, private clinic

professionals, therapists, and parents to learn how signing can be used to

facilitate language.

Participants will learn .

1. The basic verbal operants as defined by Skinner

2. Why it is important to teach verbal behavior

across all of the verbal operants

3. The difference between prompted speech and

spontaneous speech

4. Why children with autism sometimes learn to

speak in response to another person, yet never

develop spontaneous speech

5. Why emphasis on vocal imitation alone may not

lead to functional speech

6. How to " capture " a child's motivation in order to

teach spontaneous speech

7. That the use of augmentative communication

can increase the likelihood that a non-vocal

learner will learn functional and spontaneous

speech

8. Criteria for choosing augmentative

communication

9. Advantages and disadvantages of a topography

based communication system(sign) vs. a

selection based communication system (PECS)

10. How to teach sign (ASL) to children with

special needs

11. That sign can be successfully taught to

children with little or no imitation skills

Location:

The NEW FEAT Resource Center & Library

4239 Road to the Mall

North Richland Hills, TX 76180

Registration Start Time: 8:30

Start Time: 9:00

Lunch: 12:00 to 1:00 (lunch on your own)

End Time: 3:00

Workshop Fee: $60.00

www.featnt.org

Mail registration payment along with name of attendees and contact email for

each to:

FEAT-NT

Growing Language Workshop

P.O. Box 92123

Southlake, Texas 76092

Look forward to seeing you there!

Please call for questions.

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