1. Home
  2. Conferences & Training
  3. Behavior Technician Learning Series: Functional Communication Training
Aug 23, 2019

Behavior Technician Learning Series: Functional Communication Training

Behavior Technician Learning Series:

Functional Communication Training

With: Rebecca Taylor, M.E.d., BCBA

 

Location: The Guidance Centers' Center for Excellence, 13111 Allen Road, Southgate, MI 48195

Date: August 23, 2019

Time: 9am - 12pm

With: Rebecca Taylor, M.E.d., BCBA

Suggested Participants: Behavior Technicians, CLS Workers

Continuing Education Credits: 3 Continuing Education Credits are offered for this event. Participants must arrive on time and remain in the training for the its entirety to recieve credits. No partial credits will be offered. Yo must have your license number when you check in.

Course Objectives: 

1.) Define what Functional Communication Training is and what it means for a behavior to be “functionally equivalent”
2.) List 2 - 3 Antecedent Interventions and Differential Reinforcement strategies
3.) Identify 5 interventions should be used with Functional Communication Training
 
Agenda:
 
1.) 5 question Pre-test about Functional Communication Training  (5 minutes)
2.) Define what Functional Communication Training is and what it means for a behavior to be “functionally equivalent” (30 minutes)
3.) Conceptual understanding of Antecedent Interventions and Differential Reinforcement (30 minutes)
     Break (15 minutes)
4.) What interventions should be used with Functional Communication Training (30 minutes)
5.) Advantages and disadvantages of Functional Communication Training (30 minutes)
6.) Briefly discuss examples of Functional Communication Training (30 minutes)
7.) 5 question Post-test about Functional Communication Training (hopefully with improved scores!) (5 minutes)
 

 


By joining us at this event, attendees consent to Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority's Detroit Wayne Connect photographing, videotaping and using your image and likeness.


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