UHCL Offers Free Parent Training

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(This is the Houston area - it's from University of Houston Clear Lake...)

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Free Parent Training Workshop:

Teaching Basic Communication Using Signs and Picture Exchange

Are you interested in learning how to teach your child how to communicate basic

requests by using signs and/or picture exchange communication? I am a graduate

student looking for highly motivated parents who would like to learn to teach

their child basic communication skills during a workshop that will meet for

one-on-one training for one to two hours a week from September 20th to October

29th*. THERE IS NO COST FOR THE TRAINING, which is supported by a grant from

the Hamill Foundation.

During this workshop you will learn to teach requests for preferred items (such

as food, toys, even your attention!) using both manual signs and picture

exchange. Next, you will get hands on experience when you teach your child the

communication method of your choice. Families who will find this training most

beneficial will fall under the following criteria:

• Parent has little to no experience teaching his or her child using ABA-based

techniques (for example: PECS, discrete trial instruction) .

• Child does not use functional communication to indicate what he or she wants

or needs (communicates using a few gestures or approximates signs, or does not

communicate at all).

• Child has some motor imitation and picture identification skills (if you're

not sure about this that's fine! We'll screen for these skills before the

training).

• Both parent and child are able to meet weekly for 1 to 2 hours at the UHCL

campus from September 20th to October 29th*. (Meeting times are very flexible!)

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, or if you would just

like some more information, please contact Lillie via e-mail at

lillie.wilson@... or by phone at .

*Training may last longer than these dates, depending on whether or not we need

to take a bit longer to master teaching skills.