Re: RSVP Now 5-6-12 Meeting (Function based interventions for solving problem behaviors) [1 Attachment]

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Plesse take me off the email listWith regards,Ayse Adil Please RSVP & feel free to share this message . . . North Fulton Autism Support Group Meeting Date: Sunday May 6, 2012 Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Topic:Function Based Interventions for Solving Problem Behaviors In this presentation, Shilpa Kooken will focus on the use of functional behavior assessments to derive and implement appropriate strategies. These function-based strategies will allow parents to increase the likelihood of problem behaviorsbeing reduced. This presentation will teach parents each step required to achieve problem behavior reduction. Parents will be taught to determine and prioritize the behaviors, and once the behaviors have been prioritized, tools for determining the functionof the behavior will be taught. This will allow the parent to utilize proactive and reactive strategies with which they will be able to reduce the problem behaviors. Speaker: Shilpa Kooken, BCBA Shilpa Kooken is a board certified behavior analyst with 10 years of experience with children and adults with developmental disabilities, including autism. She received a master’s degree in educational psychology from Georgia State Universityand completed her internship at Marcus Autism Center. Shilpa spent two years as the Clinical Director at an Atlanta-based school for children with Autism. She now works in a residential setting, Laurel Heights Hospital, helping students with intense behaviorneeds while also consulting for families, in-home, with Integrated Behavioral Solutions. When not directly working with children, Shilpa serves on the Georgia Association for Behavioral Analysis board and is a co-founder for Compass Solutions for Autism, adata collection company. Starting in June, Shilpa will join the Behavior Program Review Committee for the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. WHERE: Emory ’s Creek Hospital6325 Hospital ParkwayAKA6325 West s Xing (Street Name Changed)Suite 109s Creek, GA 30097Directions from 400: Take Exit 10, Old Milton Parkway, and go east on Rt. 120. Stay on Rt. 120 East, turning onto Kimball Bridge Road. Turn left onto Bridge. Turn right onto Sargent Road Turn Right onto McGinnis Ferry Road. Turn right onto Hospital Parkway. Enter through the main doors of the Hospital. The Physicians' Plaza doors are locked on the weekends. Once in the main doors, head down the long hallway to the left. Enter the Physicians Plaza and stay straight. Suite 109 will be on your right. Additional Hospital Directions: http://www.emoryjohnscreek.com/Map.asp PLEASE RSVP to debbiedobbs@.... Debbiedobbs@ Comcast.net (no spaces). You have permission to forward this message.This event is completely free and open to all. This email and its attachments may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Oasis Community Learningor Oasis Trust.If you are not the intended recipient of this email and its attachments, you must take no action based upon them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone.Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error.Oasis Charitable Trust is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales No. 2818823. Registered Charity No. 1026487