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2008 CE Workshop |
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Instruction Level Intermediate
Program Description This three-hour workshop will specifically focus on mand and intraverbal training procedures for children with autism. These two important verbal repertoires are often difficult to teach because of the complexity of the antecedent controlling variables. Mands are controlled by motivational variables, which are often private events and characteristically elusive as teaching tools. Michael’s (2007) concept of the motivating operation (formally known as the establishing operation) will be presented along with methods to capture and contrive this independent variable for mand training. Intraverbal behavior is controlled by verbal discriminative stimuli that are most often conditional stimuli, which involve multiple components. For example, the words When and Where at the beginning of a sentence differentially alter the evocative characteristics of words that follow them, even though they may be followed by the exact same words; as in When do you wake up? vs. Where do you wake up? Children with autism have an extremely difficult time acquiring these important types of intraverbals. A variety of intraverbal teaching procedures involving verbal conditional discriminations will be analyzed and described.
Learning Objectives On completion of the workshop the participants will be able to: 1. Define the mand, and describe procedures for contriving motivational variables
The Presenter Mark Sundberg, Ph.D. Mark L. Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA received his doctorate degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Western Michigan University (1980), under the direction of Dr. Jack Michael. Dr. Sundberg is the co-author of the books The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills: The ABLLS, Teaching Language to Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities, and A Collection of Reprints on Verbal Behavior. He has published over 45 professional papers, including a recent book chapter titled “Verbal Behavior” in the new edition of Applied Behavior Analysis by Cooper, Heron, & Heward (2007). He is the founder and past editor of the journal The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, a twice past-president of The Northern California Association for Behavior Analysis, a past-chair of the Publication Board of ABA:International, and was a member the BACB committee that developed the BCBA and BCABA Task Lists. Dr. Sundberg has given over 450 national and international conference presentations and workshops, and taught 80 college courses on behavior analysis, verbal behavior, sign language, and child development. He is a licensed psychologist in private practice who consults to programs and classrooms that serve children with autism in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Sundberg has received a number of awards, including the 2001 “Distinguished Psychology Department Alumnus Award” from Western Michigan University.
Date and Time Thursday, February 21st, 2008 On-Site Registration: 9:00 am – 1:30 pm Workshop: 1:30 pm. – 4:30 pm
Credit 3 Hours Category A Continuing Education Credit for NC psychologists and/or 3 hours BACB Approved Continuing Education Credit.
Attendance To receive credit, you must be present for the entire workshop, and you must sign the sign-in and sign-out sheets. No credit will be given for participants who are more than 15 minutes late at the beginning of the workshop. No credit will be given to participants who leave before the close of the workshop. You must complete an evaluation form and turn it in at the close of the workshop to receive credit. Participants will receive a certificate documenting their attendance following the workshop and credit certificates will be mailed to the address provided during registration.
Registration Deadline and Refund Policy There is currently space available in this workshop. Registration will be limited to 40 people. If you register on or before January 25th, 2008 there is a special early registration fee of $55.00 to attend this workshop. There are also special rates available for anyone who would like to attend both this workshop and any of the four post-conference workshops offered on Tuesday February 19th, 2008 from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. A student rate of $25.00 is available with proof of current full time student status. Please select the registration button at the bottom of the page to view all fees. You will receive a full refund for cancellation received on or before February 8, 2008. No refund will be provided for cancellation received on or after February 9, 2008.
Facility Information Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort, 1706 N. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480. Call 877-330-5050 or fax 910-256-9208 for additional information including directions to the hotel or go to: http://www.wrightsvillesunspreeresorts.com
No Smoking The workshop is non-smoking.
Continuing Education Credit The program is co-sponsored by the North Carolina Psychological Association and the North Carolina Association for Behavior Analysis. The North Carolina Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The North Carolina Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program is offered for 3 hours of continuing education credit. In addition, this workshop is BACB approved for 3 hours of continuing education credits.
Special Needs If you have special needs please note this on the registration form. This must be received at least two (2) weeks in advance of the workshop.
For Further Information Contact: Dr. Duke Schell, Director of Psychology Phone: (828) 433-2658 Fax: (828) 432-5918 Email: duke.schell@ncmail.net |
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Teaching Mand and Intraverbal Skills to Children with Autism |
