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Verbal Behavior Approach: Teaching Kids with Autism

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Drawing on her experience as both a parent of a son with autism as well as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), Mary Lynch Barbera will provide listeners with information to help children with autism learn language and other important skills.Mary will highlight strategies from her book:  The Verbal Behavior Approach:  How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders, and provide guidance using the scientifically proven strategies of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) specifically utilizing B.F. Skinner’s Analysis of Verbal Behavior.  Parents and professionals will be empowered with information regarding ABA/VB programming for children with autism and other developmental disorders.  For more information about Mary and/or her book, please go to www.vbapproach.com

Speaker: Mary Lynch Barbera

Mary Lynch Barbera
Mary Lynch Barbera

RN, MSN, BCBA offers a unique perspective as both a parent of a child with autism as well as a professional.  Since her sons’ diagnosis one day before his third birthday, Mary has focused her attention and research on autism and related disorders. In 2000, she was the Founding President of the Autism Society of Berks County. She became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst in 2003 and has since been working as the Lead Behavior Analyst for the Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project. Mary has had the privilege of working with hundreds of children on the autism spectrum and has assisted in providing training to thousands of professionals and parents. Mary is a frequent speaker at workshops and conferences at the local, state and national levels and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Leadership.

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Free Autism Webinars Each Month

Applied Behavior Analysis: Its Use at Home and School

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This webinar covers Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), a proven and effective way of teaching children with autism. Different aspects of ABA task analysis,  prompting, shaping, and rewarding are used to help the child learn. ABA can also be used to help decrease inappropriate behaviors and teach new alternative behaviors. The practical application of ABA   and specific examples are discussed

Speaker:  Dawn Holman, Ph.D

 

Dr. Dawn Holman
Dr. Dawn Holman

Dr. Holman received her BA in Psychology from UCLA, where she worked with Dr. Ivar Lovaas for the Young Autism Project from 1991-1993. Dr. Holman is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a Masters in Clinical Psychology.  She received her Doctorate in Educational Psychology from USC in 2003. Dr. Holman  has worked in the field of behavioral therapy as a Senior therapist and Clinical Supervisor since 1991, first at UCLA, then at the Center for Autism and Related Disorders for 8 years. Dr. Holman has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the San Diego chapter of the Autism Society of America since 2004.