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Sat., 2/20 · 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Invited Workshop #14 (ED, OTH - Intermed) (6 CEUs - BACB) Saddleback (ID #1209) Fee: $73 Max. enrollment: 40 Available: 18Add #1209 to my program #475364272
Making the Most of Teachable Moments: A Paradigm Shift LLOYD D. PETERSON, Sam Houston State University STEPHANIE M. PETERSON, Western Michigan University
Do you work with children who display challenging behavior due to deficits in social skills? The primary goal of this workshop is to provide participants with a set of procedures/skills that will help them build desirable student behaviors (social skills) via opportunistic teaching. The best way to deal with inappropriate social behavior is to prevent its occurrence in the first place through explicit instruction. One line of prevention involves planned teaching of appropriate social skills. Another involves identifying "opportunistic teaching moments." These moments include times when students make errors by displaying undesirable social behaviors. While many may consider these moments as times to implement reductive (punishment) procedures, we suggest these should be viewed as opportunities to build (teach and reinforce) desirable behaviors. This workshop will provide you with an opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills to make this paradigm shift and capitalize on these "teachable moments." This will extend participants' general knowledge about behavior analytic principles by demonstrating how such principles can be put to work to resolve common problems (problem behavior due to social skill deficits) in natural settings. Specifically, following the workshop, participants will be able to:
implement the instructional steps to be used during teachable moments,
effectively implement specific praise and instructional praise to increase desirable social behavior, and
implement behavioral directives, which allow the practitioner to refocus the teachable moment if the student becomes noncompliant to instruction during the teachable moment.
Note: The higher fee for this workshop covers the cost of the book by the Petersons required for the workshop, How to deal with students who challenge and defy authority (2003), the #1 selling title of the series How to improve classroom behavior.A copy of the book will be provided to each workshop attendee. Proceeds from these book sales are donated to the Student Support Fund, a nonprofit organization helping students travel to conferences.
