SEMINAR IN AUTISM & ABA:

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1 13 Avenue du Mont Blanc 1196 Gland, Suisse Tél: SEMINAR IN AUTISM & ABA: Dr. Patrick McGreevy, Ph.D., BCBA-D & Troy Fry, M.S., BCBA Teaching Functional Skills to Children and Adults with Moderateto-Severe Disabilities, Including Autism Using By Dr Patrick McGreevy Ph.D., BCBA-D & Dr Troy Fry M.S., BCBA Saturday and Sunday, June 6-7, h-17h This seminar is designed for professionals, teachers and caregivers of individuals with Autism Seminar presented in english and french Hotel Best Western Les Champs-blancs Chavannes-de-Bogis

2 Presenters Dr. Patrick McGreevy received B.S. and M.A. degrees in Psychology and Special Education respectively from the University of Iowa. He was a special education teacher for eight years working with children and young adults with moderate-severe developmental disabilities, including autism. He received the Ph.D. degree in Education from Kansas University under the guidance of Ogden R. Lindsley. Dr. McGreevy served as an assistant professor in the Institute for Community Studies and the Department of Special Education at Louisiana State University, and an assistant professor in the School of Behaviour Analysis at the Florida Institute of Technology. He taught courses in applied behaviour analysis, as well as, curriculum and instruction for children and adults with moderateto-severe disabilities. He is the author of Teaching and Learning in Plain English, an introduction to Precision Teaching and the founder and first editor of the Journal of Precision Teaching. He is also the author of nine journal articles and a book chapter. He is also the first author of Essential for Living, a new functional skills curriculum and assessment for children and adults, with moderate-to-severe disabilities. He and his associates provide consultation and training for school districts, residential programs, and hospitals in the United States, the United Kingdom and several other countries. The special in the treatment of children and adults with moderate-to-severe developmental disabilities, who exhibit aggressive behaviour, self-injurious behaviour, and/or limited communication or language skills. Dr. McGreevy also conducts workshops on the treatment of noncompliance and severe problem behaviour and the teaching of communication skills and language using principles and procedures from ABA, especially from B.F. Skinner s analysis of Verbal Behaviour. Troy Fry received his B.A. in Science and Mathematics from North Dakota State University and M.S. degree in Behaviour Analysis and Therapy from Southern Illinois University. For the past 24 years, he has worked with children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism, in public and private schools, clinics, hospitals, home programs, as well as in residential programs in North America as a teacher, behaviour analyst, senior clinician, consultant, and clinical director. Dr Fry also has extensive experience in staff training and performance management. He is the founder and clinical director of Behaviour and Language Consultants in Minneapolis, MN and the second author of Essential for Living.

3 Seminar Description This two-day workshop will describe how Essential for Living is used to teach functional skills to children and adults with moderate-to-severe behaviors disabilities, including autism. Essential for Living was designed for children and adults of all ages with moderate-to-severe disabilities and limited skill repertoires. The purpose of Essential for Living is to help teachers, behavior analysts, curriculum coordinators, speech-language pathologists, and support coordinators: select functional skills for instruction and problem behaviors for management, and include these selections in IEPs and ISPs manage these problem behaviors and teach these functional skills, teach learners who are echolalic or who have limited vocal skills, select appropriate, alternative methods of speaking for non-verbal learners or learners with a limited spoken-word repertoire, track learner progress with respect to skills selected for instruction and problem behaviors selected for management, measure and document very small increments of that progress, and provide reasonable and fair measures of teacher performance based on that progress, document specific supports that learners currently require, and keep documentation of learner progress and required supports in one place and make certain that this documentation makes it to the learner s next classroom, residence, or program The objectives are to teach participants to: Understand when to use a developmental curriculum and when to use a functional skills curriculum Become familiar with the seven skill domains of Essential for Living Become familiar with the Essential Eight Skills Conduct initial and subsequent functional skills assessments. Record and track learner progress Determine when spoken words can function as a learners primary method of speaking and when a non-vocal alternative method is necessary Select an alternative method of speaking for non-verbal learners Teach the Essential Eight Skills Manage problem behavior in the context of skill development

4 Program - Saturday & Sunday June 6-7, h00 9h00 Registration 9h00 10h30 Morning Session 1 10h30 10h45 Break 10h45 12h30 Morning Session 2 12h30 13h30 Lunch 13h30 15h15 Afternoon Session 1 15h15 15h30 Break 15h30 17h00 Afternoon Session 2 *********************** Cost of Seminar (2 days) Professionals, teachers, Parents (not OVA) CHF 477.-/ ABA Switzerland Members, Associations CHF 429.-/ Students CHF 238.-/ Group per person (Min. 10 people) CHF 405.-/ The cost includes the seminar, handouts, training booklets, coffee breaks, lunch and water The registration form and payment must be addressed to OVA before April 25th, 2015 A receipt will be sent to you after the receival of payment for confirmation of registration Condition of Cancellation: No reimbursements will be given for cancellations after April 25th, 2015 The organizer reserves the right to cancel the seminar in case of insufficient participation. In case of cancellation, only the cost of the seminar will be reimbursed.

5 REGISTRATION FORM SEMINAR JUNE 6 & 7, 2015 Ms. Mrs. Mr. Last Name: First Name: Address: Post Code: Town/City: Country: Tel: Mobile Fixed English document French document Vegetarian Meal Gluten free Meal Standard Meal Professionals, teachers, parents (not OVA) CHF 477.-/ ABA Switzerland Members, Associations CHF 429.-/ Students CHF 238.-/ Group per person (Min. 10 people) CHF 405.-/ Please complete and return this form to : Association OVA, 13 Avenue du Mont Blanc, 1196 Gland, Suisse or formation@ovassociation.com No payments will be accepted during the seminar. Methods of Payment : For payment in Euro : by cheque to the address above By bank transfer Swiss francs: Banque Cantonale de Genève Account Number: Clearing number: 788 IBAN: CH SWIFT: BIC/SWIFT BCGECHGGXXX Beneficiary: Association Objectif Vaincre l Autisme For all information regarding seminars and trainings, please contact OVA at : formation@ovassociation.com

6 Association Objectif Vaincre l'autisme SERVICE FORMATION 13 Avenue du Mont Blanc 1196 Gland, Suisse