Precision Teaching:
It's About
Time!
The 17th International Precision Teaching
Conference
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Program and Registration |
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The Annual Precision
Teaching Conference:
The Conference
Emphasizes:
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Precision Teaching Conference 2004 November 18-20 Thursday-Saturday Lisle/Naperville Hilton Lisle, IL Offering: Breakout Sessions Workshops Keynote Speakers Poster Exhibits/Booths Bookstore Program Showcases Roundtable Discussions Symposia Social Events CEUs for BCBAs and BCABAs CPDUs for Teachers |
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As a set of unique methods and procedures to
measure behavior and facilitate decision making, Precision Teachers have
made many important discoveries about learning. Founded in the 1960s by Ogden Lindsley, Precision
Teachers continue to make applied and experimental contributions to the
educational and psychological literature. The 17th annual conference demonstrates the
wide utility of Precision Teaching and illustrates how Precision Teaching
continues to grow and expand. |
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Registration Discount Deadline September 15, 2004 |
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Conference Schedule
Wednesday Night, November 17, 2004
Early Check-in and Registration 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Thursday, November 18, 2004
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7:00-8:00 Registration |
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8:15-8:30 Welcoming Remarks: Steering Committee of the 17th
International Precision Teaching Conference |
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8:30-9:30
Workshop 1 Precision
Teaching 101: Why do PT? Making it Work for Classroom and Resource Teachers Elayne
Nickolaou PT principles
& methods, Introductory |
8:30-11:45 Workshop 2 Relational
Frame Theory and Early Intensive Behavior Intervention John McElwee Autism/DD, Advanced |
8:30-9:30 Paper Implementing
PT Consultation Carl Binder |
8:30-11:30 Symposium Computer-based
Charting: Several Needs, Several Options Ian Spence,
Stuart Harder, Matt Israel, Norman Peladeau, Charles Merbitz, Scott Born, Intermediate-Advanced |
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9:30-9:45 Beverage Break |
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11:45-1:00 Lunch:
Speaker, Richard
Kubina, ÒA Literature Review of Behavioral Fluency: Effects, affects, and
other ObservationsÓ |
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9:45-2:00
Workshop 3 Precision
Teaching 201: Charting - An Introduction to the Standard Celeration Chart Ali Moors PT principles
& methods, Introductory |
1:15-4:30 Workshop 5 Multiple
Facets of Speaking Fluency John McElwee,
Clay Starlin Primary/Secondary
Ed., Autism/DD Intermediate |
1:15-4:30 Workshop 6 Using the
Hierarchy of Interventions to Address Deceleration or Maintaining Celeration
Data Rick Kubina Primary/Secondary
Ed., Autism/DD, PT Principles & Methods Intermediate-Advanced |
1:15-2:05 Showcase How to Build
Learning: You just need the Right Tools C. McDade, J.
Brown, S. Beckett, C. Gladen, C. Williams, C. Peppers-Owen PT in College
Settings, Learning Centers |
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3:00-3:15 Beverage Break |
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4:30-5:45 Posters Booths Bookstore |
2:00-5:15 Workshop 4 Precision
Teaching 301: Decisions - Making Data-based Decisions Using the Standard
Celeration Chart Michael
Fabrizio PT principles
& methods, Intermediate |
Workshop 5 continued |
Workshop 6
continued |
2:45-4:15 Symposium Riverside
Indian School: A Morningside Model of Educational Excellence Kent Johnson,
Sue Casson, Abigail Calkin Primary/Secondary
Ed., Direct Instruction, SAFMEDS, Introductory |
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5:30-6:30 Business Meeting Standard
Celeration Society |
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7:00-?? Conference Reception, Room TBA: Stop by if youÕre staying over
tonight |
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Friday, November 19, 2004
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7:30-8:30 Registration |
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Posters Booths Bookstore Open All Day |
8:30-10:00 Paper Charts and
Time: Crucial Variables in Remediation Ian Spence,
Susan Sharp Private &
Public Schools, Learning Disabilities, Intermediate |
8:30-9:20 Paper A Day in the
Life of a Precision First Grade Elizabeth
Haughton Elementary Ed., All
Levels |
8:30-11:45 Workshop 7 Developing
Fluent Language Skills for Children with Autism, Part I: Beginning Language
Skills Ali Moors Autism/DD,
Direct Instruction, PT Principles & Methods, Intermediate |
8:30-11:45 Workshop 8 Establishing
Student-Directed Fluency-Based Learning Centers Paul Malanga Introductory |
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9:30-10:00 Paper Teachers
Trained in PT: Does it make a Difference? Sandy McLeod,
Mark Koorland |
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10:00-10:15 Beverage Break |
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10:15-10:40 Showcase Privatizing a
University-based PT Center: Moving to the Private Sector Center for
Advanced Learning Kimberly Nix
Berens, Nicholas Berens Learning Center,
All Levels |
10:15-10:40 Paper Effectiveness
of PT within an Academic Summer Program Ali Moors,
Susan Malmquist Primary/Secondary
Ed., Curriculum-based Measurement |
Workshop 7
continued |
Workshop 8
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10:45-11:10 Showcase AimStar
Precision Learning Center/Services Elayne
Nickolaou, George Vinci, Doreen Vieitez, Charles Merbitz, Nancy Merbitz Learning Center,
All Levels |
10:45-11:35 Paper Multiple Practices:
the History, measurement, & Effects of Multiple Timings in PT Michael
Fabrizio Primary/Secondary
Ed., Intermediate |
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11:15-11:40 Showcase Getting
Started in a small Public School Setting School Union
#44, Wales, Maine Will Burrows Primary Ed., All Levels |
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11:45-1:00 Lunch:
Speakers, Elizabeth
Haughton and Carl Binder, ÒAs Long as WeÕre Among Friends: ItÕs the
Measurement, Stupid!Ó |
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Friday, continued
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1:15-1:40 Paper Multi-channel
& Single Channel Approaches to Instruction Kimberly Nix Berens,
Nicholas Berens Primary/Secondayr
Ed., PT Principles & Methods, Advanced |
1:15-2:45 Symposium Adult Issues:
Life and Death M. Neely, S.
Casson, A. Calkin, B. Merbitz, K. Johnson Intermediate |
1:15-4:45 Workshop 9 Strategies
and Results for Elementary Education Students with and without Autism
Attending Oakstone Academy Rebecca
Morrison, Rick Kubina Primary Regular
Ed., Autism, PT Principles & Methods, Introductory-Intermediate |
1:15-4:45 Workshop 10 Systematic
Assessment of Foundation Skills in Reading: Phonics, Passage Reading,
Automatic Naming, and Phonemic Awareness Elizabeth
Haughton Reading
Instruction, Elementary Ed. All Levels |
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1:45-2:35 Paper Sensing a
Difference: A Proposal for Defining Educationally Significant Change Beth Swatsky,
Clay Starlin Primary/Secondary
Ed., Intermediate |
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2:45-3:00 Beverage Break |
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3:00-3:25 Paper Teaching
Pre-attending Skills Ali Moors Autism/DD, Introductory |
3:00-3:50 Roundtable Charts on the
Computer: Yes, No, or Sometimes? Host: Chuck
Merbitz |
Workshop 9
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Workshop 10
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*Room F* 3:00-3:50 Showcase Classroom
Materials for Daily Practice Peggy
Anderson Primary/Secondary
Ed., Home Schooling, Learning Centers |
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3:30-3:55 Paper Acquisition
of Language Skills with an Augmentative Device Kelly Ferris Autism/DD, Intermediate |
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4:00-4:25 Paper Shaping
Fluent Performance: An Evaluation of 2 Methods for Building Frequency in
Academic Skills Kendra
Brooks, et al. Primary/Secondary
Ed., Learning Centers Intermediate |
4:00-4:25 Showcase Fabrizio/Moors
Consulting Michael
Fabrizio, Ali Moors Autism,
Home-Based Therapy, PT Consultation & Staff Training All Levels |
4:00-4:50 Roundtable Getting
Started: How you Began with PT,
Experiences, and Supports Needed Host: Janet
Dolan Starting PT Programs,
Introductory-Intermediate |
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5:00-6:30 Dinner: Keynote Speakers, Abigail Calkin and John Eshleman ÒCharting the History and Future of
Precision TeachingÓ |
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6:30-7:30 Chart Parenting
OR WhoÕs your Mama/WhoÕs
your Daddy? (Get help making a
chart to present at Chart share) |
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7:30 Chart
Share Your Hosts: Malcolm Neely and John Eshleman |
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Saturday, November 20, 2004
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8:00-8:30 Registration |
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8:30-9:30 Keynote and
Recognition Award: Ogden Lindsley ÒOur Chart's Four different ViewpointsÓ |
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Posters Booths Bookstore Open All Day |
9:30-9:45 Beverage Break |
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9:45-10:35 Roundtable Behavior
Change and Celeration Comparison: Lessons Learned from the Last Chapters of
the Chart Manual Host: John
Eshleman PT
Principles/Methods, Advanced |
9:45-11:15 Symposium Fluency and
Celeration: Aiming for True Mastery Elizabeth
Haughton, Carl Binder, Kent Johnson, Michael Fabrizio PT
Principles/Methods Intermediate-Advanced |
9:45-11:15 Workshop 11 Change Your
Inners: Be Happy! Live Well! Abigail
Calkin Inner Behavior, All
Levels |
9:45-10:10 Paper In College: On
Course with PT, of Course! Claudia
McDade, John Brown, Scott Beckett, Courtney Peppers, Connie Williamns PT in College
Settings, Learning Centers Introductory |
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11:15-12:45 Lunch: Speakers, Michael Fabrizio and Ali Moors ÒPrecision Teaching and Us: Lessons LearnedÓ |
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1:00-1:25 Showcase Judge
Rotenberg Center Matt Israel Private School,
Disabilities, Severe Behavior Problems, All Levels |
1:00-2:30 Symposium PT: Sports
& Health-Related Behaviors Steve Graf,
Paul Malanga Introductory-Intermediate |
1:00-1:25 Paper Measuring
progress in Mental Health Treatment Using the Aim Jennifer
Zinke Clinical, Intermediate |
1:00-4:15 Workshop 12 Developing
Fluent Language Skills for Children with Autism, Part II: Intermediate and
Advanced Language Skills Ali Moors Autism/DD,
Direct Instruction, PT Concepts & Methods, Intermediate |
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1:30-1:55 Showcase Ben Bronz
Academy Ian Spence,
Aileen Stans-Spence Private School, All
Levels |
1:30-1:55 Paper Depression
and Fluency of Negative Thinking D.J. Moran Clinical, Intermediate |
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2:00-2:25 Showcase Morningside
Academy and Affiliated Consultants Kent Johnson,
Sue Casson, Abi Calkin Private School,
Programs for American Indian Schools, All Levels |
2:00-4:15 Workshop 13 The Standard
Celeration Chart: Charting with Microsoft Excel Templates Stuart Harder PT Principles
& Methods, Computer-Mediated PT, Intermediate |
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2:30-2:45 Beverage Break |
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2:45-4:15 Symposium Effects of
Fluency-based Instruction on Older Learners with Autism Donna Sloan,
et al. Autism/DD, Adult
Ed., Vocational Training Intermediate |
2:45-3:35 Roundtable Zero to 60 in
a Public School Setting: What works & What DoesnÕt? Host: Will
Burrows Public Ed., PT
Programs |
Workshop 13
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Workshop 12
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4:30-4:45 Concluding Remarks: IPTC 17 Steering Committee |
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6:30-?? PARTY!! |
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Workshop Information
Workshop 1:
Precision Teaching 101: Why
do PT? Making it work for
Classroom and Resource Teachers $20
This workshop is
designed for beginners and those with no experience with precision teaching and
is yoked with Workshop 3 and Workshop 4 as an all-day offering for
beginners. Attendance at these
workshops will also prepare beginners to attend other sessions during the
conference. All attendees will
receive a timer.
PT Principles
& Methods. Introductory Level.
Workshop 2:
Relational Frame Theory and Early Intensive Behavior Intervention For Autistic Spectrum Disorder
$115
John McElwee
Relational Frame Theory (RFT)
is a modern behavior analytic account of verbal behavior and cognition. RFT is
driving the rapid development of effective interventions for people with
autistic spectrum disorder (and is also at the core of several innovative methods
of clinical behavior analysis and psychotherapy for clients with other needs,
although those latter applications of RFT will not be a focus of this
workshop). This workshop will introduce participants to the conceptual and
procedural tools of RFT, and the implications for Early Intensive Behavioral
Intervention (EIBI). A review of existing curricula employed during EIBI for
overlap with RFT will be presented with an emphasis on the Assessment of Basic
Language and Learner Skills (Partington & Sundberg, 1998). The implications
of RFT for performance standards for skills, instructional protocols and
curricula development will be shown. Examples of the value of Precision
Teaching tools will be highlighted throughout the workshop.
Autism/DD. Advanced Level.
Workshop 3:
Precision Teaching 201: Charting - An Introduction to the Standard Celeration
Chart
$60
Ali Moors, Amy King, Kelly Ferris, Shane
Isley, Heidi Calverly, Michael Fabrizio
An introductory workshop to
teach the fundamentals of charting on the Standard Celeration Chart (SCC). Participants will learn the important
features of the chart, charting conventions used within the field of Precision
Teaching, how to chart performance across variable timing intervals, and how to
analyze performance on the chart to assist in making data based decisions. Coordinated with Workshops 1 and 4 as
an all day offering for beginners.
Includes extensive provided materials.
PT Principles
& Methods. Introductory Level.
Workshop 4:
Precision Teaching 301: Decisions - Making Data-based Decisions Using the
Standard Celeration Chart $60
Michael
Fabrizio, Kelly J.
Ferris, Sara Pahl
Participants will learn how to
make decisions using data they collect and display on the Standard Celeration
Chart. The workshop will cover
decision making at two different levels: (1) decision making during timed
practice sessions and (2) decision making across days of practice. We will present numerous examples of
actual student performance data across a range of skills to illustrate the
conditions under which various data-based decisions may be appropriate and
inappropriate. We will focus
heavily on analyzing four main factors when making decisions—performance
frequency, performance celeration, bounce, and effort. In addition to learning how to use
charted data to make decisions, we will also discuss and show examples of how
we measure our own decision-making within the context of providing remedial
intervention services to children.
Coordinated with Workshops 1 and 3 as an all day offering for beginners.
Autism/DD, PT Principles & Methods. Intermediate Level.
Workshop 5:
Multiple Facets of Speaking Fluency $115
John McElwee
and Clay Starlin
Speaking is central to human
communication and social interactions.
This workshop is designed to look at the multiple facets of speaking
fluency and develop the thesis that Òspeaking fluencyÓ can provide a guideline
for educational placement and predicting Estimated Performance Standards (EPS)
across a wide range of language and learning skills. The following areas will
be explored in relation to speaking fluency: speaking aims & aim setting
criteria, dialogue conversation, social behavior, comprehension/thinking
skills; applications will be discussed for English Language Learners (ELL), and
persons with disabilities (emphasis on ASD). Simulation activities will be used
to provide participants practice in:
pinpointing, recording, displaying (charting)/interpreting and
suggesting interventions for various situations where speaking is an integral
part of performance (e.g. social interactions, demonstrating comprehension)
Participants will learn to select high probability
interventions for improving listening/speaking behavior.
Primary/Secondary
Ed., Autism/DD. Intermediate Level.
Workshop 6:
Using the Hierarchy of Interventions to Address Deceleration or Maintaining
Celeration Data $125
Rick Kubina
When charting
behavior in academic and therapeutic settings behavior can accelerate,
maintain, or decelerate. If the goal of a program involves learning, patterns
of maintaining or deceleration impede progress. Many Precision Teachers use
decision rules with the Standard Celeration Chart to determine when to make a
change in intervention; this session describes a hierarchy of interventions
teachers and practitioners can use to help learners accelerate in their
performances. Workshop attendees will also receive decision rules and Standard
Celeration Charted data examples showing how the hierarchy of interventions
assists learning.
Primary/Secondary
Ed., Autism/DD, PT Principles & Methods. Intermediate-Advanced Levels.
Workshop 7:
Developing Fluent Language Skills for Children with Autism, Part I: Beginning
Language Skills $100
Ali Moors, Holly Almon-Morris, Sara Pahl, Lesley Lucas-Pahl,
Kristin Schirmer, Krista Zambolin
This workshop will focus on
using the techniques of fluency-based instruction to teach beginning language
skills to children with autism.
The highlighted skills serve as the necessary foundations for success
within the more advanced skills of tacting, intraverbal, and autoclitic
responding. We will present skill
descriptions, scope and sequence charts showing component/composite
relationships between skills, suggested skill frequency aims, descriptions of
the critical and variable attributes relevant to the instructional stimuli used
for each skill, and methods for empirically validating critical instructional
outcomes such as skill retention, endurance, stability, and application. Throughout the workshop, we will use
actual student performance data and videotaped examples to illustrate each of
the key skills discussed. All
participants will receive copies of our workshop handouts along with a CD-ROM
containing all workshop materials, including sample videos.
Autism/DD, Direct
Instruction, PT Principles & Methods.
Intermediate Level.
Workshop
Information, continued
Workshop 8:
Establishing Student-Directed Fluency-Based Learning Centers
$115
Paul Malanga
Student-directed
fluency-based learning centers within the classroom are particularly important
given the diversity of todayÕs classrooms and increasing expectations placed on
teachers. A student-directed fluency-based learning center provides students
with daily practice opportunities and a level of control over their learning
not frequently experienced.
Fluency-based activities can be particularly useful in closing the
education gap for students at risk for educational failure. There is a substantial research base
supporting the efficacy of infusing fluency into the daily curriculum and its
effect on retention and application of skills. Conducting brief daily one-minute assessments provide
educators and students continual data-based feedback that can guide ongoing
decisions regarding instructional modifications to maximize student
achievement. The center described here uses self-correction procedures as a
means of monitoring daily student progress and directly addresses teacher
concerns regarding class size, diversity, and assessment demands, particularly
as related to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation. Participants will be
provided examples of student folders and necessary materials for establishing
fluency-based centers.
Attendance
cap: 25
Introductory
Level.
Workshop 9: PT
Strategies and Results for Elementary Education Students with and without
Autism Attending Oakstone Academy $125
Rebecca
Morrison and Rick Kubina
The Oakstone Academy
(http://www.ccfde.org/) offers a full range of educational services for
students with and without autism. For example the Full day Kindergarten is an
inclusive class that builds on skills taught in preschool. The Kindergarten
curriculum includes activities in literacy, math, social studies, handwriting,
science, art, music, sensory, movement, and practical living. The 1st through
4th grade classes are also inclusive and continue to promote educational and
social growth. Precision Teaching techniques, Standard Celeration charting, and
efficient practice strategies are included in daily lessons. This workshop will
show how Precision Teaching is used at Oakstone for students with and without
autism. Practice strategies, achievement results, and learning opportunities
will be presented.
Primary Regular
Ed., Autism, PT Principles & Methods.
Introductory-Intermediate Levels.
Workshop 10:
Systematic Assessment of Foundation Skills in Reading: Phonics, Passage Reading,
Rapid Automatic Naming, and Phonemic Awareness $170
Elizabeth
Haughton
Participants will (a) explain
the benefits of fluent performance in foundation skills; (b) list foundation
skills pinpoints with fluent performance levels for Phonemic Awareness, Rapid
Automatic Naming, Phonics, Passage Reading, and Comprehension; and (c) develop
an implementation plan for foundation skill assessment in their current
setting. Participants will choose
between a Curriculum Manual in Phonemic Awareness or Rapid Automatic
Naming.
Limited to 10 people.
Reading
Instruction, Elementary Ed. All
Levels.
Workshop 11:
Change Your Inners: Be Happy! Live Well! $75
Abigail Calkin
This workshop reviews what
inner behavior is and presents techniques on how to change urges (e.g. smoking,
eating), thoughts (e.g. positive and negative thoughts about job, partner), and
feelings (e.g. good and bad feelings about self). It includes how to count inner behavior and how to set goals
when changing. The techniques have
been used successfully with children, adults, and senior citizens to change
self-perceptions and other inner behaviors. Participants will receive a workshop notebook and a manual.
Inner
Behavior. All Levels.
Workshop 12:
Developing Fluent Language Skills for Children with Autism, Part II:
Intermediate and Advanced Language Skills $100
Ali Moors, Holly Almon-Morris, Sara Pahl, Lesley Lucas-Pahl,
Kristin Schirmer, Krista Zambolin
This workshop will focus on
using the techniques of fluency-based instruction to teach intermediate and
advanced language skills to children with autism. Once children have gained facility with basic languages
skills, such as rudimentary tacting and question answering, they still have
much to learn to acquire sufficient verbal repertoires to allow them to
maximally benefit from most instruction.
We will present skill descriptions, scope and sequence charts showing
component/composite relationships between skills, suggested skill frequency
aims, descriptions of the critical and variable attributes relevant to the
instructional stimuli used for each skill, and methods for empirically
validating critical instructional outcomes such as skill retention, endurance,
stability, and application.
Throughout the workshop, we will use actual student performance data and
videotaped examples to illustrate each of the key skills discussed. All participants will receive copies of
our workshop handouts along with a CD-ROM containing all workshop materials,
including sample videos.
Autism/DD, Direct
Instruction, PT Concepts & Methods.
Intermediate-Advanced Levels.
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