ATTENTION! Two Up-and-coming Autism Trainings

Behavior Analysis for a Lasting Change
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
9:00am - 4:00pm
registration at 8:00am

Register online at www.scautism.org

Workshop Fee: $65 per person (includes lunch)

Columbia Conference Center
169 Laurelhurst Ave.
Columbia, SC

Cancellation fee of $20 if cancelled before August 27.
No refunds after 8/27.

This workshop is designed to provide, early interventionists,
educators, parents, and others with a thorough understanding of
quality indicators in programs for children with autism and related
disabilities. Strategies for designing individualized learning
programs that can be implemented both at school and home will be
provided. Specific steps in program development, strengthening family
routines, delivery, monitoring, and assessment will be reviewed.
Participants will receive a training handbook that includes
checklists and forms to assist with quality program development and delivery.

Colleen Cornwall, Ph.D, BCBA, founder of Applied Behavioral Learning
Enterprises, is a Nationally Board Certified Behavior Analyst with
over ten years of experience practicing ABA. Colleen holds a Bachelor
of Science Degree in Emotional/Behavioral Disturbances and a Master
of Science in Exceptional Student Education with an emphasis in
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). As a classroom teacher, Colleen
worked with students with disabilities varying from severe emotional
disorders to mental handicaps. Colleen also served as the Lead
Behavior Analyst for Collier County Public Schools. In this role,
Colleen developed behavioral interventions for children served in all
exceptional student education programs ranging from Pre-K
Developmental Disabilities to Learning Disabled to Autism/Asperger's
Syndrome, providing hands-on training to educators and parents and
individualized behavior therapy to students. As a national
consultant, Colleen has assisted school districts and training
facilities in developing group and individual behavior change
programs, providing assessment, program development and regularly
scheduled consultations. With a particular interest in children and
adults with limited verbal repertoires, Colleen has also been
instrumental in assessing and developing individualized Verbal
Behavior programs for children and adults including assessment
(generally the Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills/
ABLLS), program development and regularly scheduled consultations.
Colleen provides services nationwide and abroad.

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Mondays, September 15 - October 20 ( see below )
Make and Take sessions Jan-Jun, 2009
3:30 pm-5:30 pm
Workshop Fee: $20*
*This workshop will be offered without cost to parents that would be
willing to help others from time to time to learn these skills.

The South Carolina Autism Society, in collaboration with the South
Carolina Assistive Technology Project (SCATP), will offer a series of
skill-building sessions this fall. Carol Page, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, ATP
will present a series on visual and environmental supports in the
areas of social skills and behavior, communication, literacy, and
free electronic resources.

The training is targeted to parents of individuals with an autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) but instructional assistants, teachers, and
others certainly may attend.

SCAS will tap into the power of parents teaching other parents with
ongoing make and take opportunities during the school year. This will
be to support people with ASD across school and home environments in
order to enhance the quality of life for children with ASDs. The
majority of the trainings will be held at the SCAS's training room,
located at 806 12th Street, West Columbia, South Carolina.

The cost for this entire training series is $20.00 but will be
offered without cost to parents that would be willing to help others
from time to time to learn these skills. The training is limited to
15 participants. The times for all sessions will be 3:30-5:30 pm. To
register go www.scautism.org or call 803-750-6988.