VB Training Workshop

[Guest guest]

Teaching Verbal Behavior in the Natural & Intensive Environment

Advanced Hands-on Training for Professionals

PRESENTED BY: Establishing Operations

Holly Kibbe, BCBA & Cherish Twigg, BCBA

Dates: April 14, 15, 16, 2010

Time: 9:00-5:00 (morning refreshments and lunch provided)

Location: ish Rite Learning Center of Texas

12871 N. US Hwy 183

Austin, TX 78750

Hosted By: Children's Autism Center

Round Rock, TX 78664

Fax:

phyllis_rr@...

***Space is limited to 25 participants – Please register early!*** COST:

$595.00

This THREE-day workshop conducted by Establishing Operations, provides

consultants, therapists, other professionals and parents (who take an active

role in their child's language program) with guided practice in implementing the

methods described in introductory verbal behavior workshops. This hands-on

workshop is devoted to teaching entirely in the Natural Intensive Teaching

Environment. The participants will spend most of their time practicing the

methods of effective instruction.

Participants practice teaching methods and receive precise feedback from

instructors on their performance. Emphasis is placed on maintaining participant

motivation and encouraging back and forth involvement throughout the workshop.

It is found that " hands on " workshops result in better participant retention as

well as a greater level of confidence and ability to generalize information to

the classroom and implement the procedures in situations with children. When

" hands on " workshops are provided, fewer training days are necessary to achieve

the same level of learner knowledge and retention. The participants will spend

most of their time learning the methods of effective instruction. Participants

receive guided practice and feedback in the following areas:

*Using the ABLLS to develop a natural environment teaching program for

intermediate and advanced learners

*Guided instruction and video examples of NET objectives indicated in the ABLLS

*Lesson Plan Development for intermediate 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

sstimulatory behavior when teaching the mand

*Data collection in the natural environment across all learner levels

*Teaching the receptive, tacting, intraverbal and motor imitation repertoires in

the NET or intermediate to advanced learners

*Teaching the intermediate learner to mand 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 for attention

*Teaching the intermediate to advanced learner o follow multiple step receptive

instructions

*Teaching the advanced learner to request items with prepositions, adjectives

and pronouns

*Teaching reciprocal conversation for the advanced learner

*Establishing instructional control with an unwilling learner

*Manipulating motivating operations (MO) during teaching opportunities to

maintain learner attention

*How to develop an intensive teaching program using the ABLLS

*Video examples and guided instruction to teach pre-requisite objectives

necessary to achieve conversation

*Teaching language in the intensive teaching environment to non-vocal children

using sign language

*How to teach each of the objectives outlined in the ABLLS

*Teaching early to advanced receptive skills

*Teaching early to advanced motor imitation skills

*Teaching early to advanced tacting skills

*Teaching early to advanced intraverbal skills

*How to increase the complexity of a learner's program as they acquire skills

*Organizing your program materials and data recording methods, including hands

on practice for data recording

Prerequisites: It is strongly recommended that all participants have attended a

Verbal Behavior Introductory Workshop and have at least some experience teaching

children with autism within an intensive teaching program. Special requests to

attend this workshop without prior introductory workshop attendance must be

submitted and approved prior to registration.

Required Materials: Participants should bring an ABLLS or ABLLS-R manual, along

with a grid representing a current student's assessment within the past 3

months.

Registration Form

Registration Fee: (includes manual, morning refreshments and lunch): $595.00

No cancellations or refunds. Substitutions are allowed.

Payment is due upon registration. Registration ends April 5, 2010.

Registration is not complete & a seat is not guaranteed until payment is

received.

Participant Name:

Title:

Address:

City State Zip:

Phone: (home) (work) (cell)

Email:

(Registration confirmations will be sent through email from CAC. You must bring

your written confirmation with you to the workshop.)

9 CEU's - BCBA/BCaBA

(Sign-in/sign out required each day. CEU hours and certificates of completion

are only available for attending the entire workshop.)

Please make checks payable to Children's Autism Center and mail with

registration form to:

Children's Autism Center

1707 N. Mays

Round Rock, TX 78664

FAX *

*School districts may fax purchase orders along with registration forms. Please

note that payment of purchase order must be received no later than April 5, 2010

to be able to attend.