Trainings

Workshops and lectures are typically provided in half-day (2-3 hours), full-day (4-8 hours), and multiple day formats, depending on the amount of time required to adequately cover a topic for a given audience. Participants may include families/caregivers, school personnel, agency personnel, and the public. Workshops involve a lecture and audience participation in the forms of discussion, group tasks, and/or make-and-take activities.

 

Frequently-requested topics include:

• What is ASD or dyspraxia

• Engagement and Social Cognition/Pragmatic Language Skills

• Applied Behavior Analysis and Communication

• Mixing TEACCH Strategies with Other Methods in the Classroom

• Incidental Teaching

• Including Students with Disparate Skills

• Use of Visuals for Teaching Concepts, Language, Social Skill, and Play

• Mixing Methods to Teach Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

• Creating Classrooms for Individuals with ASD (this is typically a week-long workshop)

• Evaluating Language in Individuals with ASD with varying degrees of communicative abilities

• Language and Social Skill Development

• Teaching Conversation

• Creating Effective and Efficient Data Systems for the Classroom Based on Measurable Goals and Objectives

• Working with Families of Individuals with ASD