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Workshop Registration (schedule & descriptions below) Dec. 6 update: Workshop #9 (Sellers et al.) has been moved from the PM to the AM and is now Workshop #6. The former PM Workshop #6 (Green) is now PM Workshop #9. You must register for the conference in order to register for a workshop. Please register online for the conference and workshops. NOTE: Workshops will be the only sessions available on Sat. 2/19. All other presentation types (addresses, symposia, panels) will be scheduled for the concurrent sessions on Thu. 2/17 and Fri. 2/18. The full program, including all sessions for Thu. and Fri., will be posted as soon as available on our Program & Schedule page. |
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Workshop Schedule and Descriptions (subject to change – check this site periodically for updates) Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 • 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
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Workshop # 1 (AUT, ED - Intermed) SONJA DE BOER CE: BACB
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Successful Inclusion Practices for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder While more and more children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are being included in the general education classroom, many students with ASD are not reaching the level of success to which they are capable due to the lack of preparation of the educators responsible for their education. This has been the focus of the presenter's work with children with ASD and she has published the book Successful Inclusion for Students with Autism: Creating a Complete, Effective ASD Inclusion Program. This workshop will cover a section of this book and discuss the key components contributing to the success of inclusion of children with ASD and the applied behavioral analysis (ABA) instruction and behavior intervention methods which need to be utilized with children with ASD within general education classrooms. The presenter will also review methods for evaluating the progress of a student throughout the school year, as well as evaluating the overall inclusion program. The presentation contains detailed, valuable, research-based strategies and techniques for handling behaviors, teaching and evaluating progress of students with ASD in preschool through fifth grade. Ready-to-use forms, checklists and handouts are discussed and provided for each participant to use immediately within their own classroom, student or practice. The presenter hopes to assist behavior analysts, educators, administrators and parents in reducing the obstacles and challenges often encountered when including a student with ASD into a general education class with his/her typical peers and maximize the rate of success of meeting students' with ASD overall educational, social and behavioral needs. Participants will learn to:
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Workshop # 2 (AUT, ED - Intro) AMY CRYE CE: BACB
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Visual Strategies across the Spectrum The use of visual strategies for students with autism can be effective in teaching a variety of skills. Rather than relying on the use of ineffective verbal prompts, we can employ teaching strategies that take into account the unique learning style of people with autism and related disorders. In this workshop, attendees will learn how to choose and develop an appropriate visual schedules for a student and how to teach the student to use the schedule; how to teach a student to use scripts and cue cards for social interactions and de-escalation; how to make video models and use them as effective teaching tools; and how to create and teach students to use guided notes, graphic organizers, and self-monitoring checklists. Attendees will learn how to:
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Workshop # 3 - Invited Speaker (PEL – Intro) 
Public Policy Track
LORRI UNUMB JANE HOWARD CE: BACB
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How to Win Friends and Influence Public Policy: Favors, Fishnets, and Fact Behavior analysts, in California and across the country, are now beginning to understand the importance of helping shape public policy decisions that impact the practice of behavior analysis. Ironically, other mental health professionals, insurance companies, governmental funding agencies, and other stakeholders – some of whom will seek to promote, restrict, or constrict the practice of behavior analysis – have a long history of public policy involvement and understand, manage, and influence public policy contingencies rather well. Behavior analysts in California need to better understand the political process and the contingencies relevant to the decisions that will determine funding, right to practice, and scope of practice over the next decade. This workshop will emphasize understanding the contingencies relevant to promoting the influence of behavior analysts in the legislative and political process, especially with regard to the nature and funding for behavior analytic services. Specific strategies relevant to successful grassroots organizing at state and regional levels, and coordination of these efforts with CalABA’s public policy agenda, will be discussed and explained. |
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Workshop # 4 (AUT, VB - Intermed) HELEN S. WADE CE: BACB, SLPAB
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Incorporating ABA Principles in Meeting Developmental and Communication Goals Both speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and applied behavior analysts (ABAs) rely on evidence-based methodologies to provide treatment to children with Autism who demonstrate significant impairments in language and communication, restricted interest and maladaptive behaviors. Learners with autism will often engage in disruptive behavior to access positive reinforcement (e.g., access to tangibles) or to access to negative reinforcement (e.g., escape from demands) during speech sessions. Behavior analyst can greatly assist with addressing behavior problems and pre-language skills (e.g. imitation, compliance, and attending) so that SLP's can provide specialized treatments to address communication impairments (e.g. acquired language disorders, aphasia). Given the challenges presented by maladaptive behaviors and their negative impact on acquiring language/communication, it is essential for learners with autism to receive intensive intervention that utilize effective communication and behavior change strategies. These challenges emphasize the significance for collaboration between SLPs and behavior analysts. The speech program at Speech, Language and Educational Associates incorporates ABA methodologies to conduct functional analyses of speaker-listener behavior to provide more comprehensive assessments (i.e. VB-MAPP, Sundberg, 2008) for children with Autism. Further the assessment results are utilized to create teaching programs that address the specific needs of the learner. This presentation will demonstrate how ABA based strategies including functional analysis procedures, data collection, reinforcement principles, differential reinforcement and antecedent behavioral strategies (e.g. FCT, high-p sequence) are incorporated into the speech and language programs to teach requisite skills to increase speaker-listener behavior in children with Autism. Participants will learn:
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Workshop # 5 (ED, DD - Intermed) CATHY L. CARPENTER JOSE RIOS SALLY TORRENS CE: BACB, BBS, SLPAB
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Collaboration and Consultation: Practice in Applied Settings Behavior analysts find themselves taking a more collaborative role in applied settings such as schools and community-based programs. Educators and individuals in charge of community-based programs increasingly find themselves needing to work with behavior analysts to better provide support to individuals with developmental disorders. This three-hour workshop explores consultation and collaboration with regard to the roles each agency plays in the group process, assessment procedures in a collaborative model, staff training, evaluation of effective programs, and the ethical considerations surrounding consultation and collaboration. Participants will learn what current research says about consultation and collaboration, staff training, and evaluation of programs. They will engage in exercises and activities that will assist them in being more effective collaborators and consultants. A question and answer period will be provided at the end of the workshop. Participants will be able to:
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Workshop # 6 (PEL - Advanced) TYRA SELLERS CE: BACB
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Ethical Considerations for Clinical Applied Behavior Analysts This workshop is designed to advance the understanding of ethical standards of the behavior analyst. We will review the ethical guidelines of the BACB and discuss scenarios related to common ethical dilemmas in a clinical practice. We will provide tools to develop supervisory systems for monitoring and maintaining ethical conduct. We will address training direct-line staff on maintaining the ethical standards of your organization. Finally we will cover the limits of scope of practice as well as address requests to integrate non-empirically based practices and procedures. Participants will learn to:
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Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 • 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (see other workshops available Sat. 9am - 12pm and Sat. 9am - 4pm) (top) |
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Workshop # 7 (DD, ED - Intro) MICHELE R. BISHOP CE: BACB
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Maximizing Motivation During ABA-Based Interventions This workshop will provide a comprehensive discussion of motivation as it pertains to ABA-based interventions for individuals with developmental disabilities. Participants will learn how to establish conditioned and generalized conditioned reinforcers in order to maximize learning across a variety of settings including home, school, workplace, and community. Particular emphasis will be placed on establishing control by "natural" reinforcers appropriate to the learning environment (i.e., money in the work place, letter grades in the classroom, social approval in the community). Additionally, guidelines for identifying potential reinforcers including how and when preference assessments should be used will be presented. Strategies for teaching individuals to solicit reinforcers as well as provide self-reinforcement will be included as well. Finally, the importance of motivational variables (i.e., establishing and abolishing operations) and the role of habituation in operant responding will be discussed. Participants will be able to:
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Workshop # 8 (ED, AUT - Intermed) SEAN SURFAS CE: BACB
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Effective Strategies for Preschool Teachers in General and Special Education Settings This workshop introduces a comprehensive approach for implementing effective ABA strategies in the classroom settings for preschool teachers and other ABA professionals in the field working in the general and special education setting. BCBA's and BCaBA's will come away from the workshop with a better knowledge of how to work with teachers in both the general education and special education settings on the preschool level. They will learn interventions that are effective for the age groups that are included in this setting. It will also provide them with a consultation model that can be implemented by BCBA's who are not part of a school district, but will be assessing and overseeing the implementation of Behavior Intervention Plans. Participants will learn to:
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Workshop # 9 (PEL, AUT - Intro)
Public Policy Track
GINA GREEN CE: BACB
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Obtaining Health Insurance Coverage of ABA Intervention for Autism A number of states have adopted laws requiring health insurance companies to cover treatments for autism, including applied behavior analysis (ABA) interventions. Similar laws are pending or planned in other states. In other states, including CA, efforts are underway to secure health insurance coverage of ABA services under mental health parity laws. Successful adoption and implementation of such laws requires close collaboration among parents, behavior analysts, other professionals, and policymakers. Arguments for insurance coverage must be articulated and supported with evidence on the efficacy and medical necessity of ABA intervention for autism, the costs and cost savings of insurance coverage, and the qualifications of providers. This workshop will provide participants with information, suggested strategies, and supporting resources for working with insurance companies to obtain coverage of ABA intervention in individual cases; advocating for legislation to require health insurance coverage of ABA intervention for autism and related disorders; and developing regulations to implement legislative mandates for insurance coverage of ABA interventions. Participants will learn to:
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Workshop # 10 - Invited Speaker (DD, AUT - Intermed) IVER IVERSEN CE: BACB
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Single-Case Research Designs The workshop will focus on the logic of the standard AB, ABA, ABAB, and multiple-baseline designs. In addition, the workshop will focus on analyses of baselines before intervention and on analyses of overall results from single-case designs. A brief sketch of the history of single-case research designs will be outlined along with selected empirical examples. The workshop will also focus on inherent conflicting goals of basic research and application. Basic research seeks to establish high internal validity with reversal-replication designs. But in application, reversal back to baseline after successful intervention is rarely desirable or ethical and thereby direct demonstrations of internal validity are jeopardized. Multiple-baseline designs, when designed and executed correctly, can remedy this situation to a large extent. The workshop will also cover basic issues in visual and statistical data analysis. Single-case research designs will also be compared and contrasted with between-group designs. Last, the workshop will discuss when between-group designs are relevant for behavior analysis and examples of large-scale implementation of behavior analysis methods will be discussed. Participants will learn:
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Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 • 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (see other workshops available Sat. 9am - 12pm and Sat. 1pm - 4pm) (top) |
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Workshop # 11 (EXP, AUT - Intermed) CHRISTINA WHALEN CE: BACB, BBS, SLPAB, MCEP Fee: $60
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Developing and Evaluating Interventions Using a Research-Based Approach There are a large number of interventions for autism and related developmental disabilities. Many of them deem themselves to be "evidence-based" and some interventions are acknowledged through peer review as established and evidence-based. Developing an intervention is not as simple as having an innovative idea and then putting it into action. There are systematic and proven approaches for developing interventions using research-based procedures. Similarly, evaluating interventions is a tricky process – what designs are appropriate, how much is enough, what is needed to become an established and evidence-based treatment? This workshop will teach scientifically proven processes for building an intervention from the idea phase into a well-established and evidence-based treatment. Fidelity of implementation and social validity are critical for a successful intervention and should be planned in the earliest stages of the development process and followed through into efficacy research. Development and efficacy procedures will be discussed along with how to incorporate fidelity of implementation and social validity. Research designs, data analysis tips, and grant writing techniques and opportunities will also be discussed for development and efficacy research phases. Participants will have the opportunity to work with each other on planning out studies that relate to their own research interests. Although this workshop will lean more toward the literature in autism, the skills acquired in this workshop will be applicable to most other intervention research and procedures from other fields will be discussed. Participants will learn:
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Workshop # 12 (VB, AUT - Adv) SIRI MING JOHN MCELWEE IAN STEWART CE: BACB
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Practical Applications of RFT to EIBI programs: Training Generative Verbal Behavior Generative Verbal Behavior (GVB)—the ability to understand and produce novel verbal behavior in the absence of direct instruction—is key to the flexibility and complexity of language and should, therefore, be a core goal of any language training program. However, achieving GVBhas been extremely difficult for many children with ASD. Relational Frame Theory (RFT), which conceptualizes generalized or derived relational responding as the core process underlying language and cognition, may constitute an important resource for the training of GVB when designing EIBI instructional programs. This theoretical approach also allows an important expansion of Skinner's influential analysis of verbal behavior. This workshop will demonstrate how RFT concepts can be incorporated into EIBI programs with the design of instructional program sequences for early to advanced learners. This workshop will discuss RFT as a behavior analytic account of GVB, and provide demonstration and discussion of specific instructional programs and their sequencing to facilitate GVB, including analysis of the correspondence between Skinnerian verbal behavior programs (specifically those using the VB-MAPP) and core RFT skills, and an introduction to the TARPA (Training and Assessment of Relational Precursors and Abilities), a computer-based protocol for systematic assessment and training of relational framing skills. Participants will be able to:
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Workshop # 13 (VB, AUT - Intro) MARK L. SUNDBERG CE: BACB, BBS, SLPAB, MCEP Fee: $60
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A Verbal Behavior Approach to Language Assessment and Intervention This workshop will describe how to use the VB-MAPP (the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program) to assess an individual child's language and social skills, as well as identifying potential barriers that may inhibit the child's development. The VB-MAPP is derived from behavior analysis, B.F. Skinner analysis of verbal behavior, and the developmental milestones of typical children. The workshop will then focus on how to identify intervention priorities and set up an individualized language and social skills program based on the results of a VB-MAPP assessment. Additional topics discussed over the course of the workshop will include how to use a child's strengths to develop skills in other areas, how to set up a verbal behavior classroom or home program, writing IEP goals, data collection, addressing behavior problems, choosing augmentative communication systems, and transition to a less restrictive environment. Participants will be able to:
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Workshop # 14 - Invited Speaker (OBM - Intro) E. SCOTT GELLER CE: BACB
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The Psychology of Self-Motivation: Bringing Out the Best in Yourself and Others At times, most people need an external accountability intervention to keep them motivated. In the work world, these include time sheets, overtime compensation records, peer-to-peer behavioral observations, public posting of performance indicators, group and individual feedback meetings, and performance appraisals. Psychologists call these "extrinsic motivators," and managers use them to keep employees on track. However, sometimes people develop self-motivation within the context of an extrinsic motivational system. In other words, it's possible to establish conditions that facilitate self-accountability and self-motivation. This daylong workshop will illustrate evidence-based ways to make this happen in a work culture, as gleaned from research in the behavioral and social sciences. By the end of this one-day workshop, participants will be able to:
Note: The higher fee for this workshop covers the cost of the book by E. Scott Geller required for the workshop, When No One's Watching (2010). A copy of the book will be provided to each workshop attendee. Meet Dr. Geller at his book signing on Friday! |
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