I-CARE Workshop Series
One of I-CARE's primary goals is to provide resource information regarding services to families of children with autism, caretakers and educational providers. Part of this goal is realized through a series of workshops sponsored by I-CARE which provide access to experts in autism-related fields in order to assist with continuing the education of parents and professionals.
Upcoming Workshop
Robert Schramm is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), with a
Master's degree in Special Education. An American, living and
working in Germany, Robert is an Autism intervention author and the
lead behavior analyst for Knospe-ABA, Europe's largest ABA/VB autism
intervention institute. Knospe-ABA uses the principles and
procedures of behavior analysis espoused by the biggest names in
ABA/VB to guide the education of over 200 children worldwide.
"Educate Toward Recovery: Turning the Tables on Autism" is commonly
the first book recommended to others by its readers. Specifically
written to share the benefits of the most modern and advanced
procedures of Applied Behavior Analysis, "ETR" offers a clear and
well-developed insight into the "how" and "why" a child with autism
is best served by the Verbal Behavior approach to ABA. Do not let
the name fool you. Educate Toward Recovery does not suggest that the
concept of recovery is attainable for every child or even necessary
for a child's happiness. However, it does discuss what recovery is
(as opposed to the term "cure") and why certain procedures common in
traditional ABA programs might be teaching a child discrete skills
but not necessarily teaching him in the direction of recovery.
Robert's Two Day Intensive Introductory ABA/VB Worskhop offers many
of the same topics as the book with more than 20 video
demonstrations of the principles and recommendations in action. The
value of this two-day Introductory workshop comes from its ability
to take the work of ABA/VB pioneers like Partington, Sundberg, and
Carbone, and help make them more understandable and practical for
the parent, therapist, school teacher or other Special Ed.
Professionals working and caring for children with Autistic Spectrum
Disorder.
Workshop Summary
Day One: The principles of ABA/VB
1. What is Autism
2. Why ABA and Verbal Behavior
3. Knospe-ABA Teaching Philosophy
4. Why you need to "Be Your Child's Best Teacher" (video)
5. A Brief History of ABA and Verbal Behavior
6. The importance of individuality (learning about the ABLLS)
7. The ABC Paradigm (the basics of Behavior)
8. Reinforcement vs. Punishment
9. Understanding Behavior
10. Earning Instructional Control (Videos)
11. Using a teaching arc and mini-consequences (video)
12. Watch the progress of children in ABA/VB programs (Video)
Day Two: The teaching Strategies of ABA/VB
1. Discrete Trial Teaching Format
2. What is Verbal Behaivor?
3. Capturing and creating motivation to learn (Video)
4. The Nine Categories of Language
5. Three types of Teaching (video)
6. Intensive teaching strategies (videos)
7. Prompting and Fading
8. Teaching children to talk (videos)
9. Sign Language (video)
10. Teaching children to echo sounds (video)
11. Beginning Mands (Requests) (video)
12. Advance Language teaching procedures (video)
13. Common teaching mistakes to avoid
14. Can you do this? (video)
15. What you can do right now
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