Start Communicating Today Live

Description

This is a live webinar happening on June 7th & June 8th from 7:00 to 9:30 EST.

Description: In this course participants will learn how to help autistic toddlers and preschool-aged students start communicating. The topics of assessment, goal development, parent training and data collection will be addressed. A majority of the course is dedicated to early learner foundational skills and how to address these skills in therapy. Joint attention, among other skills are discussed at length.

Presented By: Rosemarie Griffin MA CCC-SLP, BCBA

Rosemarie Griffin, MA, CCC/SLP BCBA, is an ASHA certified Speech-Language Pathologist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Product Developer and Host of The Autism Outreach Podcast. She divides her time between a public school and her own private practice. She is passionate about helping individuals with autism find their voice and become more independent communicators. This passion has driven her to create her own business, http://www.abaspeech.org, where she provides ASHA approved courses, therapy materials and free resources for parents and professionals alike.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to list 3 assessments that can be used with early learners with autism.
• Participants will be able to list 8 foundational skills to assess.
• Participants will be able to discuss the importance of including observation in the assessment process.
• Participants will be able to list 5 questions to review when developing IEPs.
• Participants will be able to list 8 foundational skills that are important to consider for younger autistic students.
• Participants will be able to list 8 functional and specific goals for younger autistic students.
• Participants will be able to list 5 materials that are helpful to target early learner foundational skills.
• Participants will be able to list 8 foundational communication skills for autistic students.
• Participants will be able to define joint attention.
• Participants will be able to state why it is important to start work on labeling preferred items.
• Participants will be able to define 3 group teaching formats.
• Participants will be able to list 3 modified leisure activities that can be used during a group lesson.
• Participants will be able to define behavioral skills training.
• Participants will be able to discuss how to use behavioral skills training for parent and team training.
• Participants will be able to define continuous and discontinuous data collection.

Disclosures:

Financial: Rosemarie will receive a percentage of payment from the sales of this course.

Non-financial: Rosemarie is the founder of ABA SPEECH LLC and Co-founder of Supervision Academy LLC.

This course is offered for 0.5 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, Professional area).

This course is offered for 5 ACE CEU learning units.

Course Agenda 

9:59 minutes Introduction 

31:35 minutes Assessment 

34:18 minutes Goal Development 

16:32 minutes Materials 

22:44 minutes Joint Attention 

33:09 minutes Requesting and Imitation 

9:37 minutes Matching, One Step Directions 

44:42 minutes Play, Expressive Language 

1:37, 1:33 Tutorials 

34:10 Group Skills

3:38, 2:20 Tutorials 

15:57 Parent Training

21:45 Data Collection 

20:00 Summary 

Minute Total: 5 hours

To complete the course, attend the webinar live, take the survey (link provided when you purchase this product and included in a follow-up email). 

When you have completed these requirements a certificate will be sent to your email. 

ABA SPEECH is committed to providing equal opportunities in accordance with all applicable laws. If you are in need of a disability-related accommodation, please contact rose@abaspeech.org. We will review your request and respond in a timely manner. Please note that we will require a minimum of 4 weeks to provide a reasonable accommodation for your request.

Visit https://abaspeech.org/course or email us at rose@abaspeech.org if you have questions.

ABA SPEECH is committed to providing equal opportunities in accordance with all applicable laws. If you are in need of a disability-related accommodation, please contact rose@abaspeech.org.