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May 5, 2017

2017.5.5.Behavioral Technician Learning Series: Instructional Control

Behavioral Technician Learning Series: Instructional Control

Date: 5/5/17

Time: 1pm-4pm

Location: WCCC 21000 Northline Rd. Taylor, MI 48180 ROOM #5

Credits: 3.0 CEU

Suggested Participants: Behavior Technicians, CLS Workers

Speaker: Angela Farley, LMSW, BCBA & Kristen Cyrul, BCBA

Information:

Establishing instructional control refers to the process of developing a trusting working relationship with the children and adolescents that we teach. Having instructional control allows us to provide a direction to a child and have them emit a correct response (Schramm 2006). The first step of establishing instructional control is pairing ourselves with reinforcement. Once the child develops a learning history of accessing reinforcement when they come into contact with us we will be able to effectively teach the child new skills. This training is intended to teach trainee’s how to establish instructional control with new learners and maintain instructional control throughout the teaching process. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Learners will be able to identify the steps of how to pair themselves with reinforcement to establish instructional control.
2. Learners will be able to identify and utilize various antecedent and consequent interventions to maintain instructional control when working 1:1 with children and when in a group setting.
3. Learners will be able to quickly identify the four functions of behavior and how to quickly teach a replacement behavior in the moment.
 
 
Agenda:
 
1. Review Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing Procedure, Brief review of Preference Assessments, and Important Qualities for Reinforcers (30 minutes)
2. Learn the PRIDE skills and how to implement into pairing process (30 minutes)
3. How to give effective demands, identifying functions of problem behavior, teaching replacement behaviors, and errorless learning (60 minutes)
4. Review various schedules of reinforcement (continuous schedules, intermittent schedules, differential reinforcement schedules and extinction) (30 minutes)
5. Utilize antecedent modifications (behavioral momentum, first/then, timers, visual schedules) and consequent interventions (token systems, group contingencies) (30 minutes)
 

Walk-In Policy: Participants are welcome to attend the training as a walk-in (someone that did not pre-register), however, walk-ins will NOT be guaranteed seats or materials. Walk-ins will be asked to wait until the training begins in order to receive training materials and be seated to assure that there is enough room. Plan to pre-register to ensure your attendance.

 

ADA Accommodations

If you have individual requirements or need special services to participate in this training, please notify Andrea at (313) 344-9099, ext. 3227 or asmith1@dwmha.com. Please make arrangements at least two weeks before the event date.

 

If you have technical questions regarding the onine registration process, contact the DWMHA Help Desk at 313-451-3792

COST:

If you work WITHIN Wayne County please dismiss the payment portion of the registration process and hit "submit".

If you work OUTSIDE of Wayne County there is a nominal $15.00 registration fee to attend this training. Please pay prior to your arrival by entering your credit card information when the registration process asks for it. You may also bring a company check or money order for the full amount with you to the registration table at the event as well. All checks/money orders can be made out to ‘DWMHA’. Receipts will be available upon request.