Trainings Offered Exclusively by Summit Behavioral Services
Whether you need information on the basics of behavior or training on more advanced topics, Summit Behavioral Services is here to support you and your team. With hands-on learning, practical guidance from our professional development expert, and plenty of additional resources, our courses will help you feel confident supporting students with ASD and other behavioral barriers to learning.
*The courses listed here are offered through Summit Behavioral Services. Please contact our professional development expert, Stacey Martin, to schedule a training or to request more info.
Available Courses
1
The Science of Behavior: Behavior Principles and Application to the School Setting
In order to design and implement effective individualized behavior supports and programs, school teams must have a shared working knowledge of the principles of behavior. This half-day training is designed to provide educators with an understanding of behavior basics and how those concepts apply to the school environment. This workshop is strongly recommended as a foundation for all other trainings.
2
Creating Intensive ABA Based Verbal Behavior Programs for Students with ASD and Other Language/Learning Challenges (Bootcamp)
This intensive 3-day training will provide participants the opportunity to learn skills necessary to design and implement evidence-based programs for students with autism and other developmental disorders which are grounded in Applied Behavior Analysis and emphasize the acquisition of verbal behavior (language) repertoires.
Concepts covered will include basic principles of ABA, errorless teaching and error correction procedures, the verbal operants, data collection, and programming based on verbal behavior assessments. Participants will also learn the critical importance of teaching students how to ask (mand) for what they want/need and how to incorporate mand training into their students’ programs.
Participants will be required to complete written pre/post-tests, demonstrate teaching procedures, accurately complete data collection procedures, as well as orally define ABA terms.
**This 3-day training is a prerequisite to the additional trainings listed below.
3
Advanced Protocol Training
Follow-Up Trainings to Bootcamp
This 2-day training will teach participants how to take knowledge and skills learned in the “bootcamp” and expand the language repertoires of students. Instructional protocols for advanced language concepts such as tacting actions, pronouns, and prepositions, multiple component tacts, tacting by feature/function/class and advanced listener responding skills will be covered. For each instructional protocol, corresponding error correction and data collection systems will be covered.
Training components will include written pre/posttests, oral competencies and skill competency checks of teaching protocols.
**Participants must have attended the 3-day boot camp training.
4
Establishing Basic Skill Sets
Follow-Up Trainings to Bootcamp!
Quite often, students on the autism spectrum, as well as learners with other developmental delays, present with limited skill sets. This 2-day training will cover methods for assessing and establishing early basic skills as a starting point so that effective programs can be developed. Concepts that will be covered include methods for establishing instructional control through pairing, teaching strategies for beginning programs, and a framework for responding to challenging behavior.
Training components will include written pre/post tests, oral competencies and demonstration of teaching procedures.
**Participants must have attended the 3-day bootcamp training.
5
Ongoing Support and Consultation for Developing Quality ABA Based Verbal Behavior Programming
In order to ensure quality implementation of verbal behavior programming, board certified behavior analysts under the supervision of Stacey Martin will available for ongoing support and consultation tailored to each situation’s individuals needs.
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Customized Training
Do you have a professional development need related to behavior, autism and/or special education not covered by on of these professional development opportunities? Contact us and we will customize a training to meet your individual needs!
