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 BCTS offers various parent and professional training workshops in the fall, winter, and spring. Below are the workshops currently being offered at BCTS. Check this site regularly for new training opportunities as they are posted. Fall 2008 Parent & Professional Workshops The presenter for all workshops will be Sandee-lee Parker, M.A., B.C.B.A. Sandee-lee received her M.A. in psychology with a specialty in Behaviour Analysis from the University of Nevada, Reno. She is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst and has been working with children with Autism and other special needs since 1986. Introduction to Applied Behaviour Analysis & Intensive Behavioural Intervention Dates: Saturday October 18 & 25, 2008 12Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. both days. In the two day introductory workshop, participants will be introduced to the principles and applications of behaviour analysis in the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Participants will become familiar with the behavioural approach to teaching language. Basic verbal operants (mands, tacts and intraverbals) will be covered in detail. The focus of this workshop will be on teaching strategies, including differential reinforcement, prompting, error correction and curriculum development. Data collection methods and generalization strategies will also be covered. Early bird registration before October 1: $ 200.00. Registration fee after October 1: $ 240.00 |
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to Verbal Behaviour Dates: Wednesday, October 22 & 29, 2008 123Time: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. both days. This two-part workshop is intended for individuals who wish to become familiar with the basic verbal concepts (i.e. mand, tacts and intraverbal). It will focus on the analysis of verbal behaviour and the development of a verbal curriculum. A special emphasis will be placed on overcoming common barriers to language acquisition that many children with ASD experience. Early bird registration before October 1: $105.00 123Registration fee after October 1: $120.00 Intermediate Curriculum in ABA Programming. Dates: Saturday, November 8 and 15, 2008 123Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. both days. The two-day intermediate curriculum workshop will focus on teaching strategies to address higher level language skills (attributes, prepositions, verb tense, sentence formation), academic skills (letter- sound correspondence, early literacy, comprehension in literacy, quantities, basic computational skills) and concept development (categorization, temporal concepts, same/different). Participants should be familiar with discrete-trial training as covered in the introductory workshop above in order to fully benefit from this workshop. . Early bird registration before October 15: $200.00 123Registration fee after October 15: $240.00 Addressing Challenging Behaviours of Children with Autism & other Special Needs. Dates: Thursday, November 20 & 27, 2008 123Time: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. both evenings. This two-part workshop will do more than just teach participants to "manage" challenging behaviours including, but not limited to, aggression, self-injury, pica, stereotypic (self-stimulatory) behaviours, and destruction. The emphasis in this workshop is on the identification of the function of the behaviour. All behaviour, even those we deem inappropriate, serve a function. Participants will learn how to conduct a functional analysis of the behaviour (not just an ABC chart), identify appropriate replacement behaviours, and teach functional communication in order to create meaningful behaviour change that maintains over time. Early bird registration before October 24: $105.00 123Registration fee after October 24: $120.00 Current BCTS clients pay only 50% of the full workshop fee! Autism Ontario members receive an additional 10% off the early bird registration fee! (Membership will be verified. Only one discount can be applied) Click Here for more information on becoming a member of Autism Ontario ABA Instructor Training Certificate An ABA Instructor Training certificate can be provided to participants who choose to take a written test at the completion of either the Intro or Intermediate ABA/IBI workshops. The participant's test score must be at 80% or above to demonstrate mastery of the material and be awarded a certificate. There is an additional $45.00 fee for the test administration, scoring and certificate Full refunds will be issued for cancellations two weeks prior to the event. Cancellations after the two week deadline will be refunded minus a $20.00 administration fee. . All workshops will take place at: B. C.T.S., Inc., 1450 Hopkins Street, Suite 200, Whitby, Ontario We are conveniently located at the foot of Hopkins St. between the Brock St. and Thickson Rd. exits from the 401. Refreshments and snacks will be served. For the Saturday workshops, you may bring a lunch or visit one of the many great restaurants nearby. For more information or to register contact us at 905-665-6635 or at sandee.parker@rogers.com . Click Here to print a registration form which you may mail to us with your registration fee. |
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