Attendance is limited to 75.
You can register for the workshop here.
Abstract: The Verbal Behavior approach is a specialized type of Applied Behavior Analysis which focuses on the acquisition of functional language skills beginning with the Mand (request) and leading to complex Intraverbal repertoires. It relies on a distinct set of knowledge and skills including discriminative stimuli, prompt hierarchies, precision timing and schedules of reinforcement, and error correction procedures. This two-day workshop will provide hands-on training in the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct effective verbal behavior programs.
Day 1: Verbal Behavior – what it is, what it isn’t. Verbal Behavior vocabulary: Mands, Tacts, Intraverbals and ‘frames’ like Stimulus Equivalence. Tools like the VB-MAPP and ABLLS-R for young learners, as well as the “essentials for Living” (functional language) for older students.
Day 2: How-to-conduct a Verbal Behavior program for a variety of students at various levels of development. Hands-on training all day. Review.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
Participants will be able to:
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Identify key components of
Applied Behavior Analysis
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Determine the functions of
behavior
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Recognize the four conditions of a
Functional Behavior Analysis
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Define Verbal Behavior based on
B.F. Skinner's work
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Understand the Verbal Operants of
Verbal Behavior
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Demonstrate the transfer
procedures between Verbal
Operants
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Develop strategies of 1:1 and small
group teaching procedures
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Choose assessment procedures
based on student needs
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Select data collection methods
based on student needs
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Develop a Verbal Behavior based
learning program for students based
on assessment and data
