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| Combining Direct Instruction and Precision Teaching for Children with Autism |
| Friday, May 26, 2006 |
| 6:00 PM–9:00 PM |
| Greenbriar |
| Area: TBA; Domain: Applied Research |
| CE Instructor: Michael Fabrizio, M.A. |
| MICHAEL FABRIZIO (Fabrizio/Moors Consulting), KRISTA ZAMBOLIN (Fabrizio/Moors Consulting), KELLY J. FERRIS (Fabrizio/Moors Consulting), AMY KING (Fabrizio/Moors Consulting), KATHLEEN S. LAINO (University of North Texas) |
| Description: This workshop will present participants with skills that are often very helpful in combining direct instruction curricula and precision teaching in intervention programs for children with autism and related disabilities. The workshop will focus on (a) selecting appropriate direct instruction programs given various learner characteristics, (b) measuring student progress through DI curricula and using those data to make ongoing instructional decisions, (c) precision teaching sections or key skills from the major DI curricula that tend to be difficult for children with autism, (d) modifying error correction procedures to help promote appropriate stimulus control and true learning, (e) accelerating students progress through DI curricula. We will focus on these skills across the curriculum areas of language, reading, mathematics, and writing. Participants will receive printed and digital copies of all materials presented including an enhanced CD-ROM that contains supplemental instructional and practice activities as well as recommended readings related to the workshops topic. |
| Learning Objectives: By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to discriminate between developmental and corrective Direct Instruction curricula By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to select an appropriate DI curriculum given various learner characteristics from the curricular areas of language, reading, mathematics, and writing By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to describe how to measure student progress through DI curricula and make various instructional decisions based on that measurement By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to list skills that tend to be problematic for learners with autism from the major DI curricula in the areas of language, reading, mathematics, and writing By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to describe modifications that should occur to prescribed error corrects to facilitate appropriate stimulus control By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to describe ways to accelerate students� rates of progress through DI curricula. |
| Activities: This workshop will employ a blend of lecture, discrimination practice, and coached small group activities to facilitate participants� skill acquisition as it relates to the above objectives. |
| Audience: This workshop is appropriate for clinicians, parents, and teachers who are currently employing or wish to employ direct instruction curricula in the intervention programs of children with autism and related disabilities. Some familiarity with the tenets and procedures associated with precision teaching would be helpful. |
| Content Area: Practice |
| Instruction Level: Intermediate |