#2 – Establishing Instructional Control with Children with Autism by Pairing with Positive Reinforcement and Teaching Functional Communication Skills
A workshop for professionals, parents and caregivers sponsored by:
The Foundation for Autism Training and Education (FATE)
BCBA/BCaBA CEU’s available upon completion of TWO-day training. Certificate of attendance issued for completion of TWO-day training.
This two-day workshop is designed to help prepare participants to establish instructional control and teach functional communication skills to students with autism or other developmental disability using the principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA) that incorporates B.F. Skinners analysis of verbal behavior.
At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to: (1) describe three methods used to assess a students positive reinforcers, (2) describe how unconditioned reinforcers and conditioned reinforcers can be used to pair teaching staff, peers, teaching materials and teaching environments with positive reinforcement, (3) describe B.F. Skinner´s classification of language and explain its importance in teaching persons with language delays, (4) describe the behavior analysis of motivating operations (MOs) and explain their relevance to mand training for persons with language delays, (5) describe the importance of an echoic and mimetic repertoire in language training, (6) describe and implement effective procedures and data collection for teaching vocal words as mands, (7) describe how motivating operations can be manipulated to increase manding opportunities, (8) describe how transitive motivating operations (CMO-T) can be used to expand language repertoires, (9) describe when an alternative communication response form signing, pictures, or augmentative devices necessary, (10) describe the advantages and disadvantages of various augmentative communication systems, (11) identify three important variables that should be considered when selecting initial Sign/mand targets, (12) describe and implement effective procedures and data collection procedures for teaching manual signs as mands, (13) describe the behavior analysis of stimulus-stimulus pairing and its potential benefit in facilitating vocalizations for non-vocal students, (14)describe the difference between natural environment teaching (NET) and discrete trial training (DTT) and explain their benefits for educating persons with developmental disabilities, (15) develop a group NET lesson plan that teaches skills across the verbal operants using a common reinforcer, and (16) describe how antecedent manipulations, extinction, and differential reinforcement can be implemented to replace maladaptive mands with appropriate alternative mands.
Thomas M. Caffrey completed an undergraduate degree in Education from Arizona State University and a Masters degree in Education from Georgian Court University where he was honored for his work in developing video-based training materials designed to help teachers working with children with autism in public schools. In addition, he completed post-graduate coursework in behavior analysis at Penn State University and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Mr. Caffrey co-authored with Dr. Vincent J. Carbone an 8 hour professional development training CD series The Verbal Behavior Approach to Teaching Children with Autism. He specializes in helping public schools to develop and maintain quality ABA programs. Mr. Caffrey has given over 200 national and international conference presentations and workshops. Currently, he and his colleagues at VBN Training conduct workshops and provide hands-on support for schools and agencies throughout the United States, Ireland, Italy, and Egypt.
Date & Time:
May 20-21, 2011 at 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Location:
ABA Academy
Located on the campus of Grace Lutheran Church and School
4301 16th Street N
St. Petersburg, FL 33703
REGISTRATION FORM – PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY – LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE
REGISTRATION FEE- $195.00
Registration is on a first-come basis. FATE accepts checks, money orders, purchase orders, AMEX, Visa, Master Card and Discover. Please include the name of registrant on purchase orders. Refunds will not be issued for cancellations 10 business days prior to the workshop date. Substitutions for original registrants accepted. Phone-in registration not accepted. Workshop confirmations will be e-mailed. Light breakfast provided and lunch is on your own. Fax credit card registrations to 732-206-0712 or send completed form to:
PO Box 107
Allenwood, NJ 08720
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