Workshops
ADDRESSING CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR: A PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH
This MULTI-session training is an innovative approach to intervening with problematic behavior. Through the training you will work to identify the problem behavior, why the behavior is occurring, and develop a plan for behavior change. If you have a child or work with children with challenging behaviors you are encouraged to attend individually or as a support team.  You (or your team) must attend ALL training sessions. Please contact the CASD for more information.

*** Please note there is a fee associated with this training.  For additional information please download the SLIDING SCALE. 

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Autism Awareness

Learn about the characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorders, current diagnostic techniques, and intervention strategies. 

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Behavior Basics

Designed to provide parents and professionals with vital knowledge about the basics of behavior.  The basic principles of behavior will help you understand why people with disabilities often rely on problem behaviors and how to get the behaviors you want.

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Choice Making

Learn how to use choice making as part of your daily routines to reduce challenging behavior. Improve your understanding of behavior, using choices as an intervention, and how to teach better choices.

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Communication Strategies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
This presentation will introduce participants to low-tech augmentative and alternative communication strategies for children with ASD. Receptive and expressive communication skills will be addressed as well as practical strategies to incorporate into inclusive school settings, the community, or at home.
 
Data Collection for Dummies

Data collection is necessary to evaluate behavior and to develop and implement effective behavioral strategies. You will learn a variety of data collection techniques that are practical and easily implemented! 

This is a practical workshop designed to provide parents and professionals with an overview of data collection techniques. 
 
Functional Communication Training

A practical workshop on functional communication skills for professionals and parents of children with autism spectrum disorders, developmental disabilities, or challenging behavior. You will learn how Functional Communication Training can decrease your child’s challenging behavior, to identify and teach communicative behaviors, and to augment the environment to make appropriate communication more efficient and effective.

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Scripted Stories for Social Situations

Use simple stories as a tool to prepare children for a new situation, address challenging behavior within a setting or situation, or to support new skills. Scripted stories are designed to help children understand expectations in social situations, social cues and the rules of social interactions

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Think...Before you IEP

Think…Before you IEP! Is a family training designed to prepare parents to work with Individual Education Plan (IEP) teams. Parents will leave this three series workshop with a better understanding of special education law, the IEP process, communication strategies, organizational systems for education documents and IEP planning strategies.

Think…Before you IEP! Session 1 focuses on a short introduction to special education history and law in order to help families understand the role of parents and advocates in the development of Special Education Services.  The history of special education provides parents with a framework for understanding the workings of the individual education planning process. Families are then provided with four communication strategies to use during the individual education planning process.

Think…Before you IEP! Session 2 focuses on understanding the components of an IEP, how to work with your team to write appropriate goals and objectives, and provides families with an organizational systems for IEP materials that families can use to track IEP goals, objectives, issues and progress over several years. This session empowers families to be an active member of the IEP team. 

Think…Before you IEP! Session 3 focuses on comprehensive educational planning systems for students with autism that can be utilized by IEP teams. Parents will understand that by utilizing comprehensive planning systems services can be truly individualized, provided in a sequential format, and increase student outcomes.  Families will be introduced to three comprehensive planning systems designed for the classroom setting.
 
VISUAL SUPPORTS
Learn how to develop an activity schedule for your child or student, how to use routines and schedules to increase your child’s appropriate behavior and to promote independence, how to arrange the environment to help your child choose the behaviors you want. You will also get a hands-on opportunity to make your own visual activity schedule.

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HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM/ ASPERGER’S
This workshop will address the unique characteristics of High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome.  You will learn how to improve social skills, problem-solving skills and social interactions.

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