With Professionals and Parents.
Autism Partnership Founders To Host Three Applied Behavioral Analysis Workshops This Fall
(August 24, 2010) Autism Partnership, the nations premier agency dedicated to providing intensive treatment through Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) to children, adolescents and teens with autism, is hosting three autism workshops at its Seal Beach, CA headquarters this fall. APs founding partners and Directors, Dr. Ronald Leaf, Dr. John McEachin and Dr. Mitchell Taubman will discuss Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) skill development and social-skill building with professionals and parents. The Doctors, licensed psychologists, will share proven methodologies developed through over 35 years of treating children, adolescents, and teens with autism as well as consulting and training professionals, paraprofessionals and families around the world.
ABA is a scientific approach to understanding behavior and how it is affected by the environment. It has become widely recognized as a critical element in safe and effective treatment for autism. Each of APs founders have studied under world-renowned autism expert Dr. Ivaar Lovaas, one of the fathers of ABA therapy, who in the 1960s began constructing a methodology that helped young children develop social skills and improve their quality of life.
Autism Partnership invites professionals and parents to attend the following workshops for the opportunity to gain insights and the tools to help individuals with autism. All workshops will be held at Autism Partnerships headquarters at 200 Marina Drive, Seal Beach, CA.
Not All ABA is Alike! – Building Quality Education in Homes and Schools
Presented by Dr. Ron Leaf
Topics: How to Effectively Deal with Challenging Behaviors
Increasing Childrens Awareness and Focus
Accelerating Childrens Spoken Language
Developing Meaningful Friendships
Separating Fact from Fiction
Hands-On Workshop: Developing Skills for Applied Behavior Analysis
Presented by Drs. Ron Leaf, John McEachin, and the Autism Partnership staff
Topics: Day 1: Learn how to effectively assess and develop natural reinforcers with ABA
Day 2: Utilizing proactive behavior management programs to reduce interfering behaviors as well as teaching students how to learn
Day 3: Learn how to use systematic yet natural Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT)
Day 4: Understand how to effectively use prompting strategies to reduce prompt dependency
Day 5: Understand how to generalize structured teaching into natural settings
Teaching Social Skills That Change Lives: Developing Meaningful Relationships in Early Childhood & Adolescence
Presented by Dr. Mitchell Taubman
Topics: ABA and Social, Play, and Communication Skills
Social Skills Instructional Techniques
The Problems with Existing Social Skills Curricula
The Present Solution: The Social Skills Taxonomy
Programming for Transfer to Everyday Life
Making it Real: Authentic Competencies vs. Rote Skills
True Relationships
For more information and to register for a workshop at Autism Partnership this fall, visit www.autismpartnership.com.
Autism Partnership is the nations premier agency dedicated to providing intensive behavior intervention for children with autism and their families. Established in 1994 by world-renowned psychologists and Autism treatment pioneers Ron Leaf and John McEachin, Autism Partnership offers a comprehensive program and a variety of proven services, including in-home, in-classroom and one-to-one, as well as lectures and workshops. Drs. Leaf, McEachin and Taubman, Directors at Autism Partnership, provide treatment oversight, training and consultation around the world. All programs are handled by expert teachers and tailored to each individual child, family and caregiver, with the goal of helping that child achieve their best life. For more information, visit www.autismpartnership.com.
1)Tell me about Autism Partnership.
2)Can you talk to us about ABA and what that is?
3)What are some of the programs you have to offer?
4)Can you tell me about the workshop Not All ABA is Alike Building Quality Education in Homes And Schools? What other Fall workshops do you have coming up?
5)What is your website info?
Randi Sherman is the Director of Marketing of Autism Partnership, and has been working in the field of childrens services for over 10 years. She earned her Bachelors Degree in Speech Communication at California State University at Northridge. Randi started her work with Dr. John R. Lutzker, founder of the original Project SafeCare, a worldwide program which provides behavior management skill training to parents in order to prevent child maltreatment. She continued to work closely with Dr. Lutzker and helped head up his Non-Public Agency, Behavior Change Associates (BCA) which provided treatment to children with autism. In 2001, Randi joined Autism Partnership as the Coordinator of Business Services and Personnel assisting in agency operations and developing staff benefit programs. As Director of Marketing, she manages media interfacing and communications messaging, including advertising, social media and e-initiatives, for Autism Partnership’s global offices.
