Autism: A Roadmap to Communication workshop

[Guest guest]

Who: Dr. Mark Sundberg

When: August 17, 18 and 19, 2005

Where:Hilton -Airport & Mall of America

3800 East 80th Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota

About this workshop:

This workshop will cover the basic elements of B.F.Skinner's analysis of

verbal behavior as a conceptual basis for language assessment and intervention

for

children with autism.

The first day will focus on language assessment and beginning a language

intervention program for a child with autism who has a vocabulary of less than

50

words or signs. Topics will include early mand training, vocal development

through mand frames, automatic and direct reinforcement procedures, and echoic

training procedures. In addition, information on procedures for teaching

tacts, receptive language and matching to sample will be presented.

The second and third day of the workshop will focus on more advanced skills

such as advanced manding, intraverbal and receptive feature, function and class

training (listener skills), beginning sentences, the use of reading as a

teaching tool, and analyses of specific learner problems. A new sequence

(curriculum) of these advanced verbal skills will be presented.

Additional topics discussed over the three-day workshop will include staff

training, behavior problems, vocal development, classroom design, IEP's,

augmentative communication, inclusion, peer interaction, self-stimulation,

common

teaching errors and the power of Behavior Analysis as an ongoing tool to guide

the intervention program.

Cost:

(includes handouts, continental breakfasts and lunches)

Early Registration Fees (registration and payment received prior to July 18)

Aug 17, 18 & 19 ~ $350

Aug 17 only ~ $125

Aug 18 & 19 only ~ $250

After July 18

Aug 17, 18 & 19 ~ $425

Aug 17 only ~ $150

Aug 18 & 19 only ~ $300

Contact:

The Lazarus Project

1200 Ford Road, Suite 2

Minnetonka, MN 55305

763.519.1197 763.519.1198 (fax)

lazarusprojectmn.org

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