Parents

Workshops

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Natural Teaching Strategies

This workshop is designed to facilitate parents in identifying opportunities within their child’s typical routines to further develop communication, self-help, cognitive, and play skills and to enhance interactions. Parents will also learn to select the most effective teaching techniques for any given situation. An overview of the topics to be covered is as follows:

Following the Child’s Lead: Turn Taking Through Imitation
Keeping the Action Going
Expansion: Adding Something More
Incidental Teaching

Developing Positive Behaviors in Children

This training module is designed to facilitate parents’ interactions with their children so as to increase the likelihood of developing positive behaviors. An overview of the topics to be covered is as follows:

ABC Model of Behavior
Behavior as Communication
Functions of Behavior
Teaching Alternative Behaviors
Documentation/Data Collection