Yale Child Study Center
230 South Frontage Rd.
New Haven, CT 06520
Tel: 203.785.3420
Fax: 203.764.5663
betty.litto@yale.edu
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Augusta Civic Center
Augusta, Maine
Friday, May 29 to Sunday, May 31, 2009
Parents, Teachers, Speech-Language Therapist, Para-professionals, Behavior Therapists
This workshop will describe practical and validated solutions to these problems.
This workshop presenter will describe the behavioral approach to teaching communication skills to children with autism and other
developmental disabilities. This approach is based on B. F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and the research of Michael,
Sundberg, Partington, and others. Participants in this workshop will learn:
The workshop will include the recommended teaching procedures for children who have no formal communication skills to children who
are near conversational speakers. The presenter will also describe and demonstrate errorless teaching, specific quick-transfer
(prompting and fading) procedures, and the use of both discrete trial training in the natural environment and during intensive
teaching sessions.
Many video tape demonstrations will be provided to illustrate the methods to increase spontaneous language and to develop
conversational skills.
The Presenter
Dr. Vincent J. Carbone is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with over 30 years of experience designing learning environments for
persons with autism and development disabilities. He received his graduate training in applied behavior analysis (ABA) at Drake
University, Des Moines, Iowa. He has served on the Florida Peer Review Committee, which monitors and guides the provision of
behavior analysis services for persons with autism and related developmental disabilities in Florida. He has served as an adjunct
faculty member at Florida Institute of Technology and currently is an adjunct faculty member at Penn State University, and is
visiting professor in the Behavioral Education doctoral program at Simmons College in Boston, MA. His teaching responsibilities
include courses in Applied Behavior Analysis and Verbal Behavior. His behavior analytic research has been published in several
peer-reviewed scientific journals including Education and Treatment of Children, Journal of Special Education Technology,
Journal of Corrective and Social Psychiatry, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, Journal of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention
and The Journal of Speech Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis. Dr. Carbone currently serves on the editorial board
of the Journal of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention , The Journal of Speech Language Pathology and Applied Behavior
Analysis and Behavior Analysis in Practice. He is a frequent invited speaker at professional workshops and conferences. He has
provided the preparatory training and clinical consultation to hundreds of Certified Behavior Analysts in several states. He is
the developer and presenter of a series of workshops on teaching verbal behavior to children with autism based upon B.F. Skinner's
analysis of verbal behavior. . He is the director of a center-based clinic for children with autism just north of New York City in
Rockland County, N.Y. The clinic provides consultation, training and therapeutic services to children, families and their instructional
teams. He and his clinic staff are currently working with several school districts, agencies and families throughout the United States
and are presently providing services to persons in Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Germany.
If you would like additional information on workshops see the website http://www.drcarbone.net.
The Agenda
Day One, Two & Three
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Registration & Coffee |
| 8:30 - 10:00 | Morning Session One |
| 10:00-10:15 | Break |
| 10:15-12:00 | Morning Session Two |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:30 | Afternoon Session One |
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break |
| 2:45- 5:00 | Afternoon Session Two |
DoubleTree Hotel Riverfront
50 Warren Street
Lowell, MA 01852
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
| 8:00 to 8:45 | Registration/Refreshments |
| 8:45 to 10:00 | What Are Autism Spectrum Disorders?
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| 10:00 to 10:15 | Refreshment Break |
| 10:15 to 11:00 | Diagnostic Assessment
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| 11:00 to 12:00 | Educational and Therapeutic
Programming
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| 12:00 to 1:15 | Lunch: On Your Own |
| 1:15 to 2:00 | Social, Communication, and Peer Interventions
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| 2:00 to 3:00 | Emotional Regulation and Adaptive
Behavior Training
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| 3:00 to 3:15 | Refreshment Break |
| 3:15 to 4:30 | Complementary and Alternative
Interventions
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For more information, visit
http://www.neei.org/workshops/conference_details.aspx?WID=1&CID=64
Springfield Marriott
2 Boland Way
Springfield, Massachusetts 01115
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
| 8:00 to 8:45 | Registration/Refreshments |
| 8:45 to 10:00 | What Are Autism Spectrum Disorders?
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| 10:00 to 10:15 | Refreshment Break |
| 10:15 to 11:00 | Diagnostic Assessment
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| 11:00 to 12:00 | Educational and Therapeutic
Programming
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| 12:00 to 1:15 | Lunch: On Your Own |
| 1:15 to 2:00 | Social, Communication, and Peer Interventions
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| 2:00 to 3:00 | Emotional Regulation and Adaptive
Behavior Training
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| 3:00 to 3:15 | Refreshment Break |
| 3:15 to 4:30 | Complementary and Alternative
Interventions
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For more information, visit
http://www.neei.org/workshops/conference_details.aspx?WID=1&CID=65
Four Points by Sheraton Eastham
Route 6
Eastham, Massachusetts
July 27 - 31, 2009
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For more information, visit
http://www.neei.org/workshops/conference_details.aspx?WID=2&CID=104
Four Points by Sheraton Eastham
Route 6
Eastham, Massachusetts
August 3 - 7, 2009
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For more information, visit
http://www.neei.org/workshops/conference_details.aspx?WID=2&CID=105