ABA Workshop: Teaching People with Autism

Teaching People with Autism:

Evidence-Based Practices for Promoting Independence and Enjoyment

June 8, 2009

Columbia Conference Center

169 Laurelhurst Ave., Columbia, SC

Dennis H. Reid, Ph.D., BCBA

Dr. Dennis Reid is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and has worked with children and adults with autism for 35 years. He has published over 100 journal articles and authored or co-authored seven books. Dr. Reid is a Fellow in the Association for Behavior Analysis International and recipient of the 2006 International Research Award of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. He is the founder and director of the Carolina Behavior Analysis and Support Center in Morganton, North Carolina, and currently works with people who have autism in schools, residential centers, and community living. His company has also employed adults with autism in a supported work capacity for the last 14 years

Workshop 9AM – 4PM (registration begins at 8AM)

This workshop will summarize evidence-based practices for teaching meaningful skills to children and adults with autism. A particular focus will be on teaching strategies that are usually enjoyed by learners with autism, as well as specific ways to help make teaching sessions enjoyable in general. Following a summary of basic teaching procedures that have a scientific evidence base to support their effectiveness, new developments in teaching processes will be presented. The latter will include, for example, how to teach skills in a rapid or intensive fashion, embedding brief teaching procedures within ongoing interactions in natural settings, preference-based teaching, and simulation teaching for helping adolescents and adults with autism acquire skills to succeed in supported work. Teaching approaches will be described in a step-by-step manner followed by instructor demonstrations and where relevant, audience practice in role-play situations.

 

Objectives

As a function of attending this workshop, attendees will be able to:

1. Describe what constitutes a scientific evidence-base for demonstrating the effectiveness of teaching procedures.
2. Demonstrate proficient use of a three-step prompting strategy.
3. Identify four strategies to include within teaching sessions to promote learner enjoyment with the teaching.
4. Describe a protocol for teaching intensively to promote rapid acquisition of learner skills.
5. Demonstrate a subtle prompting and reinforcement strategy for teaching naturalistically in community settings.
6. Describe how to design a teaching session around learner preferences.
7. Describe how to develop a simulated instructional program for teaching functional work skills.
8. Identify three strategies for promoting application of skills acquired in circumscribed teaching sessions within real-world situations.   

 

Registration fee   $75 (for workshop only & includes lunch)

CEU fee (Optional)   $20 (for 6 CEU’s from BACB)

To view workshop information, please click on the link above.

For registration information go to www.scautism.org