ABLLS / Verbal Behavior Conference-Tomball, TX- Jame Partington

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Behavior Analysts, Inc. W. Partington, Ph.D., BCBA

Announces two training workshops in Tomball, Texas

for Parents and Professionals

February 24th and 25th, 2006

(Please register early as there will be no on-site registration)

Dr. Partington is a specialist in behavioral approaches to teaching language

(verbal behavior) and social initiation skills. He will be presenting two

workshops for parents and professionals who wish to learn techniques to help

individuals with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder acquire language and

other critical learner skills

Friday, February 24th, 2006

The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS)

&

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

Designing, Implementing, and Trouble-Shooting Verbal Behavior Programs for

Children with Autism

Location: Tomball College

Beckendorf Conference Center

30555 Tomball College

Tomball, TX 77375

workshops for parents, special education teachers and aides, speech and

language pathologists, psychologists, behavior analysts, support coordinators,

administrators, pediatricians and other human service professionals

Workshop 1 (Friday, February 24th)

This introductory-level workshop is primarily geared for professionals and

parents who have not had extensive experience in using the ABLLS. The ABLLS

workshop will provide the participant with the tools to analyze and track

learner skills and develop a comprehensive language-based curriculum for

children. The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS),

created by W. Partington, Ph.D. and Mark L. Sundberg, Ph.D., is an

assessment tool, curriculum guide, and skills-tracking system used to help guide

the instruction of language and critical learner skills for children with autism

or other developmental disabilities. This powerful tool is now available to

parents, teachers, speech pathologists, behavior analysts, and others who

design, coordinate, and/or supervise language or skill-acquisition programs.

With the ABLLS, you can precisely assess a child’s repertoire of language and

learning skills, as well as identify when, where, and how the skills are being

used. It enables IEP goals and objectives to be clearly defined and helps in

strategically targeting the learning needs of a student. The ABLLS allows you

to pinpoint obstacles that have been preventing a child from acquiring new

skills and begin to develop a comprehensive language-based curriculum.

This workshop will provide essential information on scoring and interpreting

the ABLLS as well as incorporate discussions, with examples, that will show you

how to:

q Perform skills analyses to determine a child's strengths and deficits.

q Continually measure and monitor learning achievements using specially

designed skill tracking grids

q Utilize assessment results for evaluating priorities, determining IEP

objectives, and developing curricula.

Workshop 2 (Saturday, February 25th)

The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS), based on Dr.

Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior, provides a mechanism to analyze learner

skills, develop a comprehensive language-based curriculum, and track skill

acquisition for individuals with autism or other developmental disabilities.

Once the assessment is completed on a learner, it is important to develop a

strategic teaching plan (IEP) that will guide the intervention to produce the

most effective outcomes.

However, program teams frequently find that they are successful in developing

certain skills but are ineffective in developing other skill areas. Skill

acquisition is dependent upon trainers’ ability to identify not only what skills

need to be taught, but also how motivational issues are directly related to the

implementation of the teaching strategies. This workshop is designed to provide

individuals who are familiar with the ABLLS with skills to analyze problems with

the development of certain skill areas (e.g., spontaneous use of language and

social interactions skills) and to provide individuals who are responsible for

the development of programs with strategies for addressing those problems.

Discussions regarding the analysis of problems in the acquisition of skills,

evaluation of educational priorities, and determination of IEP objectives for

several students will be conducted.

During this workshop, participants will review data from students' ABLLS

assessments, review proposed learning objectives, and observe videotapes of

learner skills. The video reviews will include both early phases of assessment

and intervention, and later phases of treatment interventions. Pre- and

post-ABLLS scores of the learners' performance will be reviewed.

Specific learner objectives for developing effective teaching strategies using

students’ data from The Assessment of Basic Language and Learner Skills (The

ABLLS):

q Participants will be able to identify at least two common problems that

are related to the failure of students to make adequate progress in the

development of critical learner skills.

q Participants will be able to identify how motivational issues are

related to the acquisition of language skills.

q Participants will be able to describe how social reinforcement

variables are related to the development of spontaneous verbal behavior.

q Participants will be able to identify how directly shape critical

social interaction skills.

Location

The workshops will be held at Tomball College, Beckendorf Conference Center,

30555 Tomball College, Tomball, TX 77375.

Your Presenter

Dr. Partington is a licensed psychologist and a board certified behavior

analyst (B.C.B.A.), and has more than 30 years experience. He is the director

of STARS School and Behavior Analysts, Inc., in Pleasant Hill, California. His

expertise is in teaching methodology used in language intervention and shaping

initiation skills with children who are experiencing language delays as a result

of autism-related disorders. Dr. Partington has received awards from the

Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis and the Florida Association of

Behavior Analysis for his contributions to the field of behavior analysis. Dr.

Partington has published several papers on teaching strategies for children with

disabilities, has co-authored with Dr. Mark L. Sundberg the book, Teaching

Language to Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities and The

Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS): An Assessment,

Curriculum Guide, and Skills Tracking System for Children

with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities, and has produced an

instructional video, Teaching Verbal Behavior: An Introduction to Parents

Teaching Language.

Continuing Education Credit

Board Certified Behavior Analysts and Board Certified Associate Behavior

Analysts will be able to use this course for Type 2 CEU credit (6 hours for each

day of full attendance). Behavior Analysts, Inc. is approved by the American

Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists.

Behavior Analysts, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. These

workshops are offered for 12 hours (6 hrs per day) of credit. As of January

2002, APA Sponsor credit is accepted for MCEP credit in California.

Psychologists are responsible for reporting their participation and payment of

any applicable fees. Other professionals can receive a certificate of attendance

that may be submitted to your regulatory boards for their consideration. Please

confirm with your regulatory board to determine whether this training will meet

their requirements for continuing education credit.

Note: There will be an additional $10 fee assessed per day to receive CEU

certificates.

Participants arriving late or leaving early will not be eligible for a CEU

certificate.

For additional information

Please contact Apraez at apraez@... or (925) 210- 9370

ext 109.

TOMBALL, TEXAS REGISTRATION FORM

q Workshop 1: The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills:

($165.00) (One Day) Friday, February 24th, 2006 – lunch will be provided

q Workshop 2: Designing, Implementing and Trouble-Shooting Verbal Behavior

Programs for Children with Autism: ($165.00)

(One Day) Saturday, February 25th, 2006 – lunch will be provided

Supplemental materials are listed 10% OFF retail price

I would like to purchase the following supplemental materials for the

workshop:

q “Teaching Language to Children with Autism or Other Developmental

Disabilities” by Drs. Sundberg and Partington $40.00

q “The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS

Introductory Set)” by Drs. Partington and Sundberg $54.00

q CEU certificate fee $10.00 per day

q Late registration fee $25.00 (Payment should be faxed or postmarked by

February 3rd, 2006 to avoid a

late registration fee)

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The workshops will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On-site

registration will begin at 8:00. You will receive confirmation of your

registration. Cancellations made by February 10th, 2006 will result in a full

refund. Cancellations made after that date are not eligible for a refund.

Crawford, M.Ed, BCABA

TX Unlocking Autism State Rep.

http://www.unlockingautism.org/

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