Staff Training

• • Definition

  • General Characteristics

  • Unique strengths

  • Comorbid diagnoses

  • Research based interventions

  • General classroom strategies

  • DSM V

    • Social and Communication Deficits

    • Repetitive and Restrictive Behaviors

    • Diagnosing autism - who, how

    • Causes of autism

• • What is ABA? - Definition (7 Dimensions/Characteristics) and Principles (overview)

  • Misconceptions of ABA

  • Environmental Events vs. Private Events

  • Assessments and curricula - a review

  • Building rapport - pairing with students to build positive relationships

  • ABC’s of ABA - Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence

  • Defining behavior - observable, measureable

  • Data collection - the driving force of decision making

  • Functions of behavior - Attention, Escape, Access to Tangible, Automatic

    • Replacement behaviors

  • Principles of ABA:

    • Prompting - hierarchies; most to least, least to most

    • Shaping

    • Task analysis

    • Chaining

    • Reinforcement (Automatic, Positive, Negative, Noncontingent); types (primary, secondary) - consumable, sensory, tangible, activity, social, exchangeable; schedules (extinction, intermittent, continuous); Punishment

    • Generalization and Maintenance of skills

  • Discrete Trial Training - the three components - Sd (discriminative stimulus), R (response), Sr (reinforcing stimulus/consequence); instruction, response, feedback.

  • Natural Environment Teaching (NET)

  • Pivotal Response Training (PRT)

  • Behavior Change Principles

  • ABA in our daily life - how we are using it in varied settings.

  • Functional Behavior Assessment and Positive Behavior Support Plan

  • Supervision and Support

  • Ethics in implementation

• Crisis Prevention Institute

  • Non-violent Crisis Intervention training equips participants with skills, confidence, and an effective framework to safely manage and prevent difficult behavior.

  • Initial training of school staff

  • Annual refresher training of school staff

*All Behavior Specialists are certified CPI instructors.

• • Roles and responsibilities of the paraprofessional

  • The paraprofessional-teacher relationship

  • Special Ed 101

  • Disability categories

  • Presuming competence

  • 10 qualities of a great paraprofessional

  • Confidentiality

  • Behavior Basics

    • ABC’s of behavior

    • Setting events/precipitating factors

    • Functions of behavior

    • Changing behavior

    • Replacement behaviors

    • Executive functioning

    • Prompting

    • Shaping

    • Reinforcement

  • Behavior Prevention - Building relationships

    • Teaching rules and routines

  • Data collection

  • Fidelity in the implementation of plans

• Composing the PBIS implementation team

• Defining behavior expectations for your school

• Establishing a plan for teaching behavior and social emotional skills

• Defining a system for handling problem behaviors

• Establishing an acknowledgement system for your school

• Developing a professional development plan for staff

• Implementing an evaluation plan

Previously requested professional development provided to school staff and community organizations:

• Behavior Basics

• Addressing Challenging Behavior in the Classroom

• Autism 101

• Autism for First Responders

• Autism in the Classroom

• Behavior on the Bus

• Classroom Environment and ABA

• Data Collection and Progress Monitoring

• De-escalation Strategies

• Foundations of Special Education

• Functional Behavior Assessments

• Intentional Inclusion

• Paraprofessional Boot Camp

• Parent Support - topics based on need/request

• Special Education for the General Education Teacher