TEACCH 5-DAY CLASSROOM TRAINING PROGRAM
June 17-21, 2013
Ellettsville, Indiana (near Bloomington)
Workshop Overview
Research consistently indicates that individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) respond favorably to a structured environment. This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of how and why to implement structured teaching strategies, such as visual schedules, work systems and deliberately designed work materials.
Attendance is required for all 5 days. Program runs from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. each day.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed for teachers, psychologists, physicians, speech and language therapists, as well as researchers, clinicians, primary caregivers, and others interested in educating students with autism and related developmental disabilities.
Goals and Objectives
The pace of the program is intensive. The daily schedule combines hands-on classroom experience (including setting up the classroom for five students), lectures on topics related to working with students with autism, and group discussions of classroom activities:
•A direct, supervised experience in a demonstration classroom setting developed collaboratively by training staff and participants.
•Hands-on experience with students with autism of varying ages (within the elementary, middle and high school range) and functioning levels.
•An intense period of active learning. Presentations and demonstrations of working with students with autism, given by TEACCH program faculty and staff.
Attendees Will Be Able To:
•Describe the characteristics of autism;
•Explain classroom assessment of children with autism;
•Demonstrate structured teaching techniques;
•Understand the importance of working cooperatively with families of children with autism;
•Describe communication deficits, assess expressive communication and develop teaching techniques to address behaviors;
•Use structured teaching techniques to promote students' independence as well as develop skills for leisure activities; and
•Describe behavior management strategies and various levels of social interaction.
Cost
The registration fee for this workshop is $1990. Payment by credit card or purchase order only. We are limited to 25 participants only. Continental breakfast begins at 8:00 a.m. Registration fee does not include travel, dinner or accommodations, but lunch and refreshments are provided each day. All registrations include a subscription to the Indiana Resource Center for Autism, Reporter E-Newsletter.
For More Information and Registration
Presented by TEACCH and the Indiana Resource Center for Autism,
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University-Bloomington.
In Collaboration with Forest Hills Special Education Cooperative
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April 26, 2013 - Zooming In on Nuance Challenged Social Communicators Across the Classroom, Playground, and Home.
Presented by Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP and Pamela J. Crooke, PhD, CCC-SLP
For more information visit the IRCA website at:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3580
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