2010 CE Workshop

Instruction Level  Intermediate

 

Proposed Audience  Psychologists, EC teachers, behavior specialists, behavior analysts, administrators, or other professionals or paraprofessionals who work with children with autism in classroom type settings.

 

Program Description  Many classrooms for students with autism are set up to accommodate rigid behavior (individual working areas and work systems) and end up facilitating rather than instructing.  The classroom arrangement demonstrated during this workshop is based on functional ecological assessment that results in decreasing incompatible behavior for typical learning experiences such as stereotypic behavior, non-responding and elopement and actually makes the group learning areas preferable.  In addition, this classroom structure focuses on using discrete trials across verbal behavior units to engage in lesson plans more so than focusing on assisting in completion of tasks.  With an emphasis on verbal behavior accurate responding increases as well as number of exchanges with the instructor and other students.

 

Learning Objectives  On completion of the workshop participants should be able to:

1. Define the similarities and differences between discrete trial training and a verbal behavior approach.

2. Identify Skinner's six basic elements for verbal behavior and be able to create a basic verbal behavior profile on a student or child with autism.

3. Define the characteristics of a classroom for students with autism based on an ecological assessment.

4. Demonstrate how to engage students with autism in the lesson plans in group settings. 

 

The Presenters 

Lori R. Stuart, M.A.

Lori is a Licensed Psychological Associate who received her master's degree in 1998 under the direction of Dr. Jeannie Golden at East Carolina University.  Ms. Stuart has her own private practice as an independent consultant to five county school systems in North Carolina where she aggressively trains other psychologists, speech therapists and other county level autism team members in effective teaching methods for children with autism, to include verbal behavior analysis.  She has worked side by side with many Executive Exceptional Children's Directors increasing awareness and improving educational experiences for children with autism.  She is also a regularly invited speaker to parent groups, professional groups and psychology and education classes.  Further, Ms. Stuart provides assessments and treatment to children with autism and other related disorders on a private basis.   She has most recently presented at FABA and has been a presenter for ABAI and NCABA. 

 

Jeannie Golden, Ph.D., BCBA

Dr. Golden is a licensed Psychologist who received her Ph.D. in School Psychology from Florida State University in 1981.  Dr. Golden had a private practice in Greenville, NC where she worked with children, teenagers, and families for over 16 years.  She became the first nationally board certified behavior analyst in North Carolina in December of 2000.  Currently, Dr. Golden is faculty in the East Carolina University’s doctoral program in Health Psychology.  She received the UNC Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award and the Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy Award in 2009, the NCABA Fred S. Keller Excellence in Behavior Analysis Award in 2005, the East Carolina Alumni Association Teaching Excellence Award in 2001, and the FABA Lifetime Membership Award in 1994. Dr. Golden has been guest editor for the International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy in 2007 and 2009 and has numerous publications in this and other journals. Dr. Golden has been invited to speak at the Virginia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina ABAs and has presented at conferences throughout the United States, as well as in England, Italy, Belgium, and Australia.  She speaks from a wide range of professional and personal experiences in a refreshing and down-to-earth style.

 

 

Date and Time  Friday, February 19th, 2010

On-Site Registration:  8:00 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 Type II 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 22nd, 2010 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 pre-conference workshops offered on Wednesday February 17th, 2010 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, 2010.  No refund will be provided for cancellation received on or after February 9, 2010.

 

Facility Information  Marriott, 460 N Cherry Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. Call 336-724-2300 for additional information, including direction to the hotel, or go to: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/intmc-winston-salem-marriott/. Embassy Suites is connected to the Marriott by an indoor walkway and we have rooms reserved at the NCABA rate there as well.                                                 

 

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 Type II 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: 

Beth Schmitt, NCABA Secretary/Treasurer

Phone: (919) 575-1261 

Email: beth.schmitt@dhhs.nc.gov

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