WORKSHOP: IN 3/27/10 - Teresa Grimes, M.S., BCBA & Steve Ward, M.A., BCBA

IN FEAT (Indiana Families for Effective Autism Treatment) is hosting Teresa Grimes, M.S., BCBA & Steve Ward, M.A., BCBA
from Whole Child Consulting,
in a workshop for parents and professionals on  
The Inventory of Good Learner Repertoires.

Saturday, March 27, 2010, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Hammond, Indiana

Conference Location
The Calumet Conference Center
at Purdue University Calumet
2300 173rd Street Hammond, IN 46323
(219)989-3136

The workshop is free/no-cost*. There is a $20 fee for the box lunch and coffee service.
* BACB CEs offered for BCBAs and BCaBAs. There is an additional charge for BACB credits.
Full description from the IN FEAT website.

***After March 21st, please call to secure a seat and make arrangements to pay the day of the conference.***

For questions, contact
jillannmcneil@aol.com or call Jill at  (219)742-2803.

Description of the event:
This workshop is designed for teachers, parents and therapists, and can benefit all students, no matter their developmental level. The focus of this workshop is on helping students become easier to teach.
The Inventory of Good Learner Repertoires will help you identify ways to make your students easy to teach, and this workshop takes the next step- showing you how to teach those learner repertoires. Stop wasting time working too hard to teach anything, and teach your student how to learn! 
WHAT MAKES A GOOD LEARNER? Good learners respond readily in a wide variety of circumstances. They demonstrate "quality responding" in all environments.  

The Inventory of Good Learner Repertoires asks how well your student performs in a variety of specific instructional conditions. It is a detailed assessment that goes beyond other assessments. 
It looks at core behaviors, such as 

• Resilience and Regulation, 
• Perseverance and
  Focus, Flexibility, and Spontaneity. 

It helps you pinpoint the areas which are most important to target to help your student become a good learner. In addition, it helps you evaluate the adaptations required to evoke quality responding and to focus on removing those adaptations over time, so the learner can maintain quality responding in the most natural circumstances possible.

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Best wishes!

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WORKSHOP: IN 3/27/10 - Teresa Grimes, M.S., BCBA & Steve Ward, M.A., BCBA

Yale Child Center makes course on autism available online at no cost to the public

The Yale Child Study Center has recently made their undergraduate seminar course on autism available to the public online at no cost.

This is the same course that has been available to Yale University students. Presentations include .pdf handouts to accompany. If the videos are viewed on YouTube, there is the option of close captioning and possibly translation.



These seminars may be of interest and value as a general overview of the various areas of research and application involved in the autism spectrum disorders.

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Yale Child Center makes course on autism available online at no cost to the public

Fascinating audio presentation by Mark Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA-D on verbal behavior assessment for children with autism and the VB-MAPP

This is a fascinating (and long) audio presentation by Mark Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA (may need Quicktime), of the rationale and history of the application of Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior to learners with autism.

Dr. Sundberg discusses appropriate structuring of curriculum based on learner skill levels, and comparison of typical learner repertoires and language levels and how this informed Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program/ VB-MAPP development.

I believe that this is useful in considering a holistic and compassionate picture of teaching language to children with autism; it's long, but worth listening to - and more than once if you can do it.

35. A NEW GENERATION OF VERBAL BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION: THE VB-MAPP
2008 Penn State National Autism conference
August 5, 2008 9-4:15PM
Mark Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Audio (mp3)   Handout (pdf)

(INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED, BACB CEUs)
The evolution of Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior will be presented, with an update on its application using the VB-MAPP.


All past posts related to Mark Sundberg and his presentations

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Fascinating audio presentation by Mark Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA-D on verbal behavior assessment for children with autism and the VB-MAPP

A favorite article: "A model for problem solving in discrete trial training for children with autism."

While not a "VB" article, per se, I like to point this particular paper out to people when I can because I think it's very useful for thinking about how to teach and assess progress or, as may occur, lack therein in a logical and systematic matter. Don't let the "discrete trial" of the title throw you; there are other instructional strategies discussed, including incidental teaching and video modelling.

Ferraioli, S., Hughes, C., & Smith, T. (2005). A model for problem solving in discrete trial training for children with autism. Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention , 2(4), 224-246.

Note: As of 2010, the Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention is in the process of changing its name; it will now be known as the Journal of Behavior Assessment and Intervention in Children (JBAIC)
See the Journal website for more information.

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A favorite article: "A model for problem solving in discrete trial training for children with autism."

Second Call for the Summer Direct Instruction Conferences in Eugene, OR & NEW Direct Instruction for Students with ASDs, Columbus, OH

Another reminder about two summer conferences of interest to those who use the Direct Instruction (Becker, Engelmann) model of instruction or are interested in learning more about it and specific curriculum packages-

• 36th National Direct Instruction Conference And Institutes, which will be held in Eugene, Oregon and
• Effective Programs for Learners With Autism Spectrum Disorders—A Direct Instruction Conference, Columbus, Ohio. (As a special note, the Columbus, Ohio conference is being hosted in cooperation with Haugland Learning Center).

For example, some of the language concepts taught in
"Language for Learning"
For more videos at Youtube

36th National Direct Instruction Conference And Institutes July 25–29, 2010
Hilton Eugene Hotel & Conference Center
Eugene, Oregon
Beginning and Advanced Training
College Credit
BACB® Approved Continuing Education Units available


"Join us for the longest running, most comprehensive Direct Instruction Training available.

This year we are pleased to present long time DI Consultant Carolyn Schneider along with Zig Engelmann as our keynote speakers.

We will have sessions for beginning and veteran users, as well as sessions designed for classroom teachers and parapros, coaches, and administrators. Special tracks for general, and special education and many others will be highlighted"

Please see the conference brochure for full information on events, registration and lodging.

Questions about the National Direct Instruction Conference should be directed to the Association for Direct Instruction



AND a new special focus Direct Instruction Conference in Columbus, Ohio

Effective Programs for Learners With Autism Spectrum Disorders—A Direct Instruction Conference, Columbus, Ohio
August 16–18, 2010
Hilton Columbus/Polaris
Columbus, Ohio

BACB® Approved Continuing Education Units available!
College Credit Available!
Training Designed for Teachers, Practitioners and Parents!

"Training on Reading Mastery, Language for Learning, DISTAR Arithmetic, Connecting Math Concepts and Corrective Reading Comprehension will be featured at this training tailored specifically for those that work with students with an ASD diagnosis."
[Blog author note - for information on these curriculum packages, see Signals, The Direct Instruction Community]

Please see the conference brochure for full information on events, registration and lodging.

Questions about the Effective Programs for Learners With Autism Spectrum Disorders conference should be directed to the Association for Direct Instruction

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For More Background on Direct Instruction


Signals, The Direct Instruction Community 

Zigsite: The website of Zig Engelmann


Direct Instruction page at the Precision Teaching Hub & Wiki

[some links and info need updating]


An Introduction to Direct Instruction
Special Connections

Best wishes!

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not intended to be professional advice or endorsement.

Second Call for the Summer Direct Instruction Conferences in Eugene, OR & NEW Direct Instruction for Students with ASDs, Columbus, OH

Interesting blog on Direct Instruction

I was looking for a Direct Instruction (Becker & Engelmann model) reference and ran across the blog,
D-Ed Reckoning. Very interesting, and some useful advice between the posts themselves and the comments.

For example, the post from

June 27, 2008
Question 4: What to do after 100 easy Lessons

That's a common question, with some uncommonly good answers.
Hope it helps. Happy reading.

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Interesting blog on Direct Instruction

WORKSHOP : April 12-13, 2010 - Leesburg, VA - Mark Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA-D- A Behavioral Approach to Language Assessment and Intervention

A BEHAVIORAL APPROACH TO LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION
Presented by Dr. Mark Sundberg, Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral

WHERE: The Aurora School,
420 Wildman Street, Leesburg, VA 20176

WHEN:  April 12-13, 2010, 8:30am-4:30pm*
*Coffee/Continental breakfast, water, and light snacks provided. Lunch is on your own.

Please visit The Aurora School for full details, costs and registration form

This workshop will teach participants how to use the VB-MAPP (the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program), to assess an individual’s language and social skills, and how to identify potential barriers that may inhibit a 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.

• Identifying intervention priorities
• Using the VB-MAPP to determine an individualized language and social skills program
• Transition to a less restrictive environment
• Setting up a verbal behavior classroom or home program,
• Choosing augmentative communication systems,
• Data collection
• Reducing problem behavior 

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Best wishes!

Blog to the Verbal Behavior Wiki

DISCLAIMER: Personal opinion and blog, for information only and
not intended to be professional advice or endorsement.

WORKSHOP : April 12-13, 2010 - Leesburg, VA - Mark Sundberg, Ph.D., BCBA-D- A Behavioral Approach to Language Assessment and Intervention