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| Verbal Behavior Development: An overview of scientific-based strategies for developing listener, speaker, reader, and social functions of language from infancy to independence |
| Sunday, May 24, 2009 |
| 3:00 PM–4:20 PM |
| North 122 BC |
| Area: EDC/VBC; Domain: Applied Behavior Analysis |
| Chair: Jessica Singer-Dudek (Teachers College, CU and CABAS) |
| Discussant: Nirvana Pistoljevic (The Fred S. Keller School) |
| Abstract: This symposium will present effective strategies for teaching language functions to preschool-aged students with and without developmental delays, as well as research-based protocols and tactics for advancing children’s verbal behavior development. Papers will focus on strategies for inducing and expanding complex communication in children, inducing and improving listener and speaker repertoires as well as protocols for inducing important verbal capabilities, such as Naming and observational learning. |
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| Tactics and Protocols to Teach Preschool Students who are at the Pre-Listener Level of Verbal Behavior |
| ANANYA GOSWAMI (Teachers College,Columbia University), R. Douglas Greer (Columbia University Teacher's College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), Nirvana Pistoljevic (Fred S. Keller School) |
| Abstract: This paper will provide an overview of the procedures and results of successful tactics for teaching students at pre-listener levels of verbal behavior, including development of early observing responses, and induction of listener skills. |
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| Tactics and Protocols to Teach Students who are at the Listener-Speaker Level of Verbal Behavior |
| CLAIRE S. CAHILL (Teachers College, Columbia University CABAS), R. Douglas Greer (Columbia University Teacher's College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), Nirvana Pistoljevic (The Fred S. Keller School) |
| Abstract: This paper will provide an overview of the procedures and results of successful tactics for teaching students at listener-speaker levels of verbal behavior, including development and induction of Naming, speaker immersion, and intensive tact procedure to increase spontaneous speech. |
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| Tactics and Protocols to Teach Students who are at the Early Reader/Writer Level of Verbal Behavior |
| MIKA FAS (Teachers College, Columbia University), Jessica Singer-Dudek (Teachers College, CU and CABAS), R. Douglas Greer (Columbia University Teacher's College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), Nirvana Pistoljevic (The Fred S. Keller School) |
| Abstract: This paper will provide an overview of the procedures and results of successful tactics for teaching students at early reader levels of verbal behavior, including development of phonemic based instruction for preschoolers, observational learning, and Naming. |
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