Session 6: Verbal Behavior and Discrete Trial Teaching
Communication is often difficult for students with ASD. Learn how to impove your students' communication skills through the teaching of verbal operants. This session introduces participants to Verbal Behavior, a behavorist view of communication based on B.F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior (1957), a landmark analysis in the study of language. Registrants will gain an understanding of the basic verbal operants and how to facilitate their development to improve communication. Additionally, this session provides an overview of Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT) as used in 1:1 or small group sessions with students with ASD. The components of a discrete trial are reviewed as well as prompting, error correction, mastery criteria, generalization, and data collection. Various skills that are commonly taught through DTT are introduced and practiced.
Event Details
Audience
Teachers, Relatedd Service Providers, Para-Educators and other school staff working with students with ASD.
Facilitator(s)
Courtney Beatty Susanne Ferguson
Location
Mt. View Building (EVSELPA/ROP/FYS) 144 N. Mt. View Avenue San Bernardino, CA 92408 Map | Driving Directions Note: Parking is on the street. Maps and directions provided by Google® Maps. Please verify map and driving directions for accuracy prior to attending event.
Credit Offered
Continuing Education Unit (3 Hours Offered)
Affiliation: East Valley SELPA (PDP 275) Notes: CE CREDIT: SLP Continuing Education Hours- All sessions are eligible for continuing education hours for Speech-Language Pathologists and Speech-Language Pathology Assistants as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Board (SLPAB). Each session provides 3 hours of CE Credit. Provider will be East Valley SELPA (PDP 275). A CE certificate will be provided to SLPs at no additonal cost reflecting the topics and total hours completed. Due to SLPAB requirements, SLPs must attend a session in its entirety to recive CE credit for that session & must provide their CA license # at registration. All sessions are introductory level.
