Rochester Center For Autism

WORKSHOP #1: INTRODUCTION TO VERBAL BEHAVIOR
TEACHING COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO CHILDREN WITH AUTSIM AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

A three-day workshop offered by the Rochester Center for Autism, together with the Reece Trahan Autism Awareness Foundation

When: May 3rd, 4th & 5th 2007
Registration: 7:30 am May 3rd
Presentation: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm May 3rd, 4th & 5th
Location: Ramada Hotel & Conference Center
           1517 16th Street SW
           Rochester, MN 55902
Registration fees: $200.00 if received prior to March 9th 2007
               $250.00 AFTER March 9th.

7:30 - 8:30 am Registration
8:30 - 10:00 Morning Session
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 12:00 Morning Session Continued
12:00 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 2:30 Afternoon session
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 5:00 Afternoon session continued

About the Workshop
Dr. Vincent Carbone 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 1) to conduct a Behavioral Language Assessment, 2) to select the most appropriate form of communication for a child of adult (vocal, sign, pointing to or exchanging pictures, or activating an augmentative device) and 3) to select the communication responses and supporting skills that should be taught first. 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 videotape demonstrations will be provided to illustrate the methods to increase spontaneous language and to develop conversational skills.

About Dr. Carbone
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.

Dr. Carbone has served as an adjunct faculty member at Penn State University, Florida Institute of Technology and is currently 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 journals including School Application of Learning Theory, Education and Treatment of Children Journal of Special Education Technology and Journal of Corrective and Social Psychiatry. Dr. Carbone currently serves on the editorial review board of the Journal of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention.

Dr. Carbone is a frequent invited speaker at professional workshops and conferences and has provided the preparatory training and clinical consultation to hundreds of Certified Behavior Analysts in several states. Dr. Carbone 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.

Dr. Carbone 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, and Germany.

Dr. Carbone is also the director of a center-based clinic for children with autism in Rockland County, N.Y., which provides consultation, training and therapeutic services to children, their families and instructional teams.

To register for the Carbone Conference, please download the registration form in Adobe PDF and mail it and the fees to:

Carbone Conference
Rochester Center for Autism
3640 9th St. NW
Rochester, MN 55901

The Minnesota Speech-Language-Hearing Association is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. This program is offered for 2.1 CEUs (Introductory level and Professional area). ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.