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INFORMATIVE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS and ONLINE TALKS

Autism & ABA - Kathy & Calvins Website is so comprehensive!!

Below you will find presentations of research and competency from the workshop that was offered by Dr. Carbone.
Using Sign Lanuage to evoke vocal verbal behavior
Motivational Operation
Increasing Vocalizations using Sign Language and Mand Training
Effective Teaching Procedures
Improving Speech Production
Transitive Motivational Operation

View Dr. Carbone speaking of the history of Applied Behavior Analysis & Applied Verbal Behavior

Listen to Dr Mark Sundberg talking about the Analysis of Verbal Behavior on our Radio show..PART ONE
Click here for PART TWO of the radio show with Dr Sundberg(may take about 30 seconds to load)

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Power Point Presentation from the Mariposa School
You can also save the Training Manualthat is used for teaching ABA and AVB for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders as used by the Mariposa School

BOOKS & MANUALS & TRAINING TOOLS

WWW.ABATOOLCHEST.COM
7 CD's - $495.00
Now available on CD, this comprehensive CD Seminar Set 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.
You will learn how to:
*Conduct a Behavioral Language Assessment
*Select the most appropriate form of communication for a child or adult, such as vocalization, signing, pointing to or exchanging pictures, or activating an augmentative device.
*Select the communication responses and supporting skills that should be taught first.
*The CD Seminar Set will include the recommended teaching procedures for children who have no formal communication skills, to children who are near conversational speakers. The CD Seminar Set 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.
*CD Seminar Set includes over 7 hours of video instruction, contained on 7 CDs listed here: 1. Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Verbal Behavior 2. Teaching Learner Cooperation: Part I 3. Teaching Learner Cooperation: Part II 4. Instructional Variables and Teaching Procedures 5. B.F. Skinner’s Analysis of Verbal Behavior 6. Selecting an Augmentative/Alternative Method of Communication 7. Teaching Non-Vocal Learners to Talk This comprehensive CD Seminar Set is now available for only $495. Call 800.426.0247 ext.324

Behavior Modification: Principles and Procedures by Raymond G. Miltenberger
In this revision of Miltenberger's popular BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION, students first master the principles and concepts of behavior modification before they move on to the procedures.

Applied Behavior Analysis by John O. Cooper (Author), Timothy E. Heron (Author), William L. Heward (Author)

ELIJA suggests Many Books
OFFERED BY BEHAVIORANALYSTS.COM
Teaching Language to Children with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities
by Mark L. Sundberg and James W. Partington
Most children with autism or other developmental disabilities experience severe language delays or disorders. Teaching language to these children can be quite a challenge to parents and professionals. This book presents a state-of-the-art language assessment and intervention program based on B.F. Skinner's behavioral analysis of language, and the extensive body of empirical research that supports Skinner's analysis.
The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS)
by James W. Partington and Mark L. Sundberg.
The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS) is an assessment, curriculum guide, and skills tracking system for children with language delays. The ABLLS contains a task analysis of the many skills necessary to communicate successfully and to learn from everyday experiences. The ABLLS is comprised of two separate documents: The ABLLS Scoring Instructions and IEP Development Guide (The ABLLS Guide), and The ABLLS Protocol that is used to record scores for each child. The ABLLS Guide is available separately, but The ABLLS Protocol is available only as part of the introductory two-book set (The ABLLS Guide plus The ABLLS Protocol), and to registered owners of The ABLLS Guide.
QuickTips Binder Set
The first series of QuickTips, on behavioral teaching strategies, includes the following topics:
*Reinforcement
*Pairing (establishing yourself as a reinforcer)
*Instructional Control
*Prompting and Fading
*Shaping
*Discrete Trials
*Correction Procedure
A Collection of Reprints on Verbal Behavior
This volume of reprints brings together research and analyses published by Sundberg and/or Michael and their collaborators over the past 15 years in journals such as The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, JEAB, JABA, Behaviorism, and The Behavior Analyst.
by Drs. Mark Sundberg and Jack Michael.

Sign Language Browser
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm

Kaufman Speech Praxis Materials
http://www.kidspeech.com/ksp.htmlNancy Kaufman has been treating children with apraxia of speech since 1979. She realized that existing materials were just not quite right for the methods she found most effective. So....she designed her own materials for both evaluation and treatment.

Another well published Behavior Analyst who is known for his brilliant books and workshops is Dr Bobby Newman, PhD , BCBA. He is a wonderful presenter and writer who through his books and presentations disseminates fundamental behavioral principles with a wonderful style. HE is brilliant and comical all in the same breath. IF you ever have a chance to hear him speak , we would suggest you do so.
Some of Dr Newmans Books are:
GRADUATED ABA (GABA)
When Everybody Cares: Case Studies of ABA with People with Autism"
Words From Those Who Care: Further Case Studies of ABA with People with Autism

Communication-Based Intervention for Problem Behavior: A User's Guide for Producing Positive Changeby Edward G., Ph.D. Carr, Len, M.A. Levin, Gene McConnachie (Editor), Duane C. Kemp (Editor)

OTHER BOOKS, Not neccessarily ABA oriented ;)

Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) Dr Steven Gutstein:
CLICK HERE FOR AN INTRO TO RDI MANUAL
Website: THE CONNECTIONS CENTER
Heroic parents, desperately search for a peer who will accept and play with their son or daughter with Autism, Aspergers, PDD and NVLD. They dream that an understanding friend will serve as the crucial relationship bridge, opening the social world for their child. Inevitably, they come face-to-face with a sad truth. You cannot acquire friends as if they were objects or possessions. And you cannot place a child with severe social deficits in a normal setting and expect he will understand the subtle signals of friendship through osmosis. Until recently, there were few alternatives to the prayers and dreams of parents and family that somehow, someway, they would find an alternative to the general medical expectations; that their child's condition would most likely result in a life apart from others. After years of clinical practice, teaching and research, Dr. Steven Gutstein and Dr. Rachelle Sheely were unwilling to accept these bleak predictions. They believed that people in the Autism spectrum could become true partners in authentic relationships. But, only through an intervention program designed to fit their unique style of learning. Relationship Development Intervention, RDI, is the result of their persistent efforts to open the world of joy, excitement and unity found in authentic relationships, to persons in the Autism spectrum.* Through RDI, there is a path to emotionally fulfilling lives for thousands of children, adolescents and adults facing lonely, isolated futures.
SOME BOOKS BY DR GUTSTEIN & Rachelle K. Sheely
Solving the Relationship Puzzle
A Groundbreaking Developmental Program that Opens the Door to Lifelong Social & Emotional Growth for Persons with Autism, Aspergers Syndrome & PDD" Steve Gutstein, psychologist and autism specialist, sought to discover why children with autism lack the social skills that come so easily to the rest of us. The result of his efforts is an innovative program - Relationship Development Intervention - that take social skills teaching to the next level. You'll learn about the social development pathway of the nondisabled child and the life-changing detour taken by children on the autism spectrum. However, instead of leaving you there, Autism/Aspergers: Solving the Relationship Puzzle describes ways to steer children with autism onto a bright new path of self discovery and social awareness, one that will ultimately bring them home to meaningful friendships, shared emotions and heartfelt connection with the people in their lives. It's an important new book in the autism field.

Relationship Development Intervention with Young Children: Social and Emotional Development Activities for Asperger Syndrome, Autism, PDD and NLD
Friendship, even for the most able, requires hard work, and the odds are heavily stacked against those with autism spectrum disorders. Designed for younger children, typically between the ages of two and eight, this comprehensive set of activities emphasizes foundation skills such as social referencing, regulating behavior, conversational reciprocity and synchronized actions. The authors include over 300 objectives to plan and evaluate a child's progress, each one related to a specific exercise. Suitable for parental use, the manual is also designed for easy implementation in schools and in therapeutic settings. A comprehensive website acts as companion to the book, free to purchasers.
Relationship Development Intervention with Children, Adolescents and Adults: Social and Emotional Development Activities for Asperger Syndrome, Autism, PDD and NLD
Remove our emotional bonds with family, colleagues and friends and few of us would want to go on living. Yet establishing and maintaining such bonds is particularly difficult for people on the autism spectrum. This volume contains over 200 activities and exercises ranging over the entire gamut of social and emotional development, and is applicable to anyone, regardless of diagnosis, but will be particularly valuable for those on the autism spectrum. Activities can be undertaken independently, or with a teacher or therapist, and a full schema for the evaluation of progress and objectives is included. A companion website provides a wealth of further information and support.

ABSTRACTS AND ARTICLES out of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis:

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Jack Michael. Implications and refinements of the establishing operation concept. 33, 401-410.
CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE
http://www.envmed.rochester.edu/wwwvgl/jaba_articles/2000/michael-33-401.pdf

Current Research on the influence of Establishing Operations on behavior in Applied Settings, Brian Iwata, Richard Smith and Jack Michael
CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE
http://www.envmed.rochester.edu/wwwvgl/jaba_articles/2000/iwata-33-411.pdf>

THE JOURNALS
The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA)
The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis is primarily for the original publication of reports of experimental research involving applications of the experimental analysis of behavior to problems of social importance. It will also publish technical articles relevant to such research and discussion of issues arising from behavioral applications. The Journal is published quarterly by the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Inc., at Lawrence, Kansas.

The Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB)
The Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (ISSN 0022-5002; USPS 867240) is primarily for the original publication of experiments relevant to the behavior of individual organisms. Review articles and theoretical papers will also be considered for publication. The Journal is published bimonthly by the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Inc., at the Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405-1301.

The Analysis of Verbal Behavior (AVB)
The Analysis of Verbal Behavior journal contains much of the literature supporting application of verbal behavior to schooling. The AVB journal (ISSN 0889-9401) is published annually by the Association for Behavior Analysis: International, and is primarily for the original publication of experimental or theoretical papers relevant to a behavioral analysis of verbal behavior.

WORKSHOPS
Of course we suggest anything we host! Check out our CONFERENCE page
We ALSO like to strongly suggest to parents who are implementing an Applied Behavior Analysis approach to attend one of Dr. Vincent Carbone's Workshop's

Dr Carbone's workshops will leave you with not only an effective way of teaching LANGUAGE and having a fine understanding of Verbal Behavior (based on B.F. Skinners Analysis of Verbal Behavior), you will leave with a tremendous understanding of APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS as a WHOLE Science.

Dr Carbone is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) who relies on the literature of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to guide his treatment and instructional recommendations for children with autism.

ONLINE ABA COURSES AND CERTIFCATE PROGRAMS

Penn State's 15 Credit ABA for Special Education Certificate Program
There is also a Professional Certficate in Autism Course available at Penn State

Graduate Internet Coursework in Behavior Analysis Department Of Behavior Analysis University of North Texas

Learning to Learn with STARS A distance education course for parents

University at Albany's Autism Distant Education Network

OTHER GREAT INFORMATIVE WEBSITES AND LINKS

Aside from the books and workshops there are some professionals in the field that have already built intense and informative sites. We would like to share a few with you , that we found to be reliable sources of information.
One of our personal favorites is Christina Burk's website www.christinaburkaba.com
Here are some links to her site that cover some real extensive overviews of great teaching procedures!