Four Day Verbal Behavior Workshop in the Seattle, WA area... August 17-20

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Four Day Verbal Behavior Workshop in the Seattle, WA area...

August 17-20

TEACHING VERBAL BEHAVIOR:

HANDS ON PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

CONDUCTED BY:

HOLLY KIBBE, M.S., BCABA

CHERISH TWIGG, M.S., BCABA

This 4-day workshop is designed to provide consultants, therapists and

parents who serve as their child’s primary therapist with guided practice

in

implementing the methods described in Dr. Carbone’s Introductory Verbal

Behavior

Workshop #1. The participants will spend most of their time practicing the

methods of effective instruction demonstrated in videotape illustrations

during

the Introductory Workshop. The first two days will focus exclusively on

teaching in the intensive teaching environment, the second two days will

focus

exclusively on teaching in the natural environment across all learner

levels.

Participants will receive precise feedback on their teaching methods. The

participants will be provided supervised practice in the areas of:

* Establishing instructional control with an unwilling learner;

* Manipulating motivating operations (MO) during teaching

opportunities to maintain learner attention;

* Teaching early to advanced receptive, visual performance, motor

imitation, tacting and intraverbal skills;

* Using the ABLLS to develop an intensive teaching program;

* Video examples and guided instruction to teach objectives indicated

in the ABLLS;

* Organizing your program materials and data recording methods

including hands on practice for data recording.

* Using the ABLLS to develop a natural environment teaching program

for early to advanced learners;

* Guided instruction and video examples of NET objectives indicated in

the ABLLS;

* Lesson Plan Development for early to advanced learners with hands on

practice and guided feedback at each learner level;

* Teaching the early learner to request items and activities;

* Manipulating motivating operations (MO’s) to compete with the value

of self stimulatory behavior when teaching the mand;

* Teaching non vocal early learners to communicate using sign language;

* Teaching vocal sounds to non-vocal learners;

* Transitioning from sign language to vocal verbal behavior;

* Data Collection in the natural environment across all learner

levels;

* Teaching the receptive, tacting, intraverbal and motor imitation

repertoires in the NET for early to advanced learners;

* Teaching the intermediate learner to mand (request) using sentences,

actions, missing items, requesting help, using “yes†and “no†and many

others;

* Generalizing skills taught in the intensive teaching setting into

the natural environment;

* Teaching advanced learners to request information using WH questions;

* Teaching the advanced learner to answer novel WH questions and

recall past events;

* Teaching the mand (request) for attention;

* Teaching the intermediate to advanced learner to follow multiple

step receptive instructions;

* Teaching the advanced learner to request items with prepositions,

adjectives and pronouns;

* Teaching reciprocal conversation for the advanced learner;

* Teaching children of all learner levels to engage in independent

play with socially appropriate toys;

* Teaching social skills for the early to advanced learner.

Don't miss this incredible opportunity! Contact Kellie at (_kellie@..._

(mailto:kellie@...) ) to register for this workshop. Spaces are limited

(less than 8 seats available!). The cost of this workshop is only $800 for

the

full four days (including continental b'fast and full lunch).