DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE ABA CLASSROOM: Assessment, Teaching, and Organizational Strategies
A FREE workshop for professionals, parents and caregivers sponsored by:
The Foundation for Autism Training and Education (FATE)
Prerequisite- Participants MUST have an understanding of the pairing with reinforcement process, manding procedures for vocal and non-vocal students, and a familiarity with the verbal operants (covered in workshop #2 – Pre-requisite)
This two-day workshop is designed to prepare staff, related personnel, and parents to teach language and academic readiness skills to students with autism and other developmental disabilities. This hands-on experience places a heavy emphasis on developing the repertoires needed to assess language skills based on B. F. Skinners behavioral classifications of language, selecting appropriate IEP goals, and teaching skills using research-based procedures. Videotaped examples, modeling, and opportunities to practice will help attendees demonstrate competency. It is highly recommended that a completed VB-MAPP protocol be brought to the training.
Specifically, participants will:
- Distinguish between discrete trial training (DTT) and natural environment teaching (NET)
- Identify developmentally appropriate skills to be targeted in the natural environment when students are grouped heterogeneously
- Capture or contrive motivation when working with several students within the context of a single activity that is reinforcing to all students
- Write NET lesson plans that incorporate B.F. Skinners behavioral classifications of language, as well as other readiness and academic skills
- Learn strategies for conducting assessments using tools that incorporate B.F. Skinners analysis of verbal behavior
- Be given guidelines for interpreting the results of the assessment and then generate developmentally appropriate IEP goals based upon the scores
- Practice intensive teaching/discrete trial training using research-based teaching procedures
- Become familiar with various data collection procedures and organizational strategies for materials
Date & Time:
November 5-6, 2011 at 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Location:
The Broach School
4500 43rd Street N
St. Petersburg, FL 33714
Registration:
Registration required – $195 Fee
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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. Breakfast and lunch is on your own.
Send completed form to FATE, PO Box 107, Allenwood, NJ 08720, or fax credit card registrations to 732-206-0712.
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Workshop handouts will be sent to you one week prior to workshop you will need to print out and bring with you to the workshop
Food:
Breakfast and lunch is on your own both days.