ABA/VB Workshops - Schramm

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

Just to let everyone know about the workshops which will be presented in March

2011 in Cardiff.

If you require any further information please email schramm2010@ hotmail.co.uk

(without the space).

Thanks,

Risca

Want to know how to successfully teach children with autism?

Schramm will be presenting his workshop 1 and workshop 2 workshops in

Cardiff, Wales, UK in March 2011.

Venue: Premier Inn Cardiff North

http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/CARNOR/cardiff-north

Workshop 1 - Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th March

About This Workshop:

This is not a typical workshop designed to merely explain what ABA with Verbal

Behaviour 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 behaviour choices of their children with (and without) autism in more

productive and successful ways.

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 Behaviour

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

8. The ABC Paradigm (the basics of Behaviour)

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 Behaviour?

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 Behaviour

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

14. Can you do this? (video)

15. What you can do right now

Workshop 1 Cost:

Early Bird Discounted Price, booked by January 31st 2011: £215.00 per person to

include hand-out, teas/coffees and lunch.

Regular Price (if booking after January 31st 2011): £240.00

Workshop 2: Monday 7th & Tuesday 8th March, 2011

To attend workshop 2, you must have already attended workshop 1. Workshop 2 is

strictly limited to 40 places.

Workshop 2 Topics

Day 1: Day 2:

1. ABA Research Study Analysis 1. In Depth View of Consequences

2. In Depth View of the 7 Steps (video) 2. Behavioural Classification of

Language (quiz)

3. The ABC Paradigm Revisited (video) 3. Transfer Procedures (video)

4. SD or EO? (quiz) 4. Correction Procedures (video)

5. Transitive EO Plans (Video) 5. Expanded Trials

6. Reflexive EO's (video) 6.Joint Control (video)

7. Family Progress Open Discussion 7. Mix n Vary, Inter-Trial Intervals, and

Fluency (video)

Level 2 Cost:

Early bird discounted price, booked by January 31st 2011: £225.00

Regular Price (if booked after January 31st, 2011): £250.00

About Schramm:

" We help parents and teachers to help children! "

Knospe-ABA (pronounced Kenosspuh-ABA) is the home of Germany's first " Board

Certified Behaviour Analyst. " American born and educated, Schramm, MA,

BCBA, has lived in Los Angeles, California and worked with children since 1991

turning his focus to autism in 1997. Since 2004, has been living in

Germany and offering workshop, consultation and education services to families

of children with Autism, Asperger's and other related disorders in Europe.

's team of consultants (led by his wife Nadine) has been responsible for

the behavioural education of over 250 children in Germany and its surrounding

countries. In addition to family geared workshops, Knospe-ABA offers in-house

workshops and trainings on ABA/VB to schools, autism centers and other

institutions interested in learning more about Applied Behaviour Analysis and

Verbal Behaviour.

" We teach the science of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) and Verbal Behaviour

(VB) to parents, teachers, therapists, and psychologists who want to give

children with autism the best possible environment in which to live and learn. "

" Educate Toward Recovery: Turning the Tables on Autism " is commonly the first

book recommended to others by its readers. Specifically written to share the

benefits of the most modern and advanced procedures of Applied Behaviour

Analysis, " ETR " offers a clear and well-developed insight into the " how " and

" why " a child with autism is best served by the Verbal Behaviour approach to

ABA.

Do not let the name fool you. Educate Toward Recovery does not suggest that the

concept of recovery is attainable for every child or even necessary for a

child's happiness. However, it does discuss what recovery is (as opposed to the

term " cure " ) and why certain procedures common in traditional ABA programs might

be teaching a child discrete skills but not necessarily teaching him in the

direction of recovery. Although extremely beneficial for professionals as well,

parents are the true winners when it comes to the information of this book. ETR

is overflowing with real world examples of how you can better understand your

child while teaching him to better understand the social world. A child's

interactions are never neutral. They are learning experiences that either teach

him closer to or farther away from the concept of recovery. Understanding the

principles of ABA and the procedural recommend actions of Verbal Behaviour can

quickly allow you to turn the table on autism's effects. Through Chapters

dealing with The Possible Purposes of Behaviour, Increasing Positive Behaviour

Choices while Decreasing Problem Behaviour, Teaching the " Control Child " , The

Ins

and Outs of the Discrete Trial Teaching Method, Teaching with Motivation, The

Benefits of Errorless Learning, Natural Environment Teaching, Teaching

Non-verbal Children to Speak, Increasing Functional Language, Toilet Training,

ABA/VB and the Public School System, The Ethics of ABA, How to Become your

Child's True Expert, and much, much, more, ETR can teach you how to guide your

child's education with the use of commonly accepted, scientifically validated,

principles and procedures. For anyone considering ABA or wondering if they

should upgrade their current ABA program to incorporate the Verbal Behaviour

approach, Educate Toward Recovery is an invaluable source of information and

insight.

's Two Day Intensive Introductory ABA/VB Workshop offers many of the same

topics of the book with more than 20 video demonstrations of the principles and

recommendations in action. The value of this two-day Introductory workshop comes

from its ability to take the work of ABA/VB pioneers like Partington, Sundberg,

and Carbone, and help make them more understandable and practical for the

parent, therapist, school teacher or other Special Ed. Professionals working and

caring for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

For more information please email:

Schramm2010@...