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Mar 2-4 Parent Professional Conference Print E-mail

2007 Parent Professional Conference

 

The Fayette and Jessamine County Parent Resource Centers will be hosting the upcoming 2007 Parent Professional Conference March 2-4th 2007 at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort in Lexington Kentucky.

 

What is the Parent Professional Conference about?

It is a conference providing sessions and information on a variety of disability topics. The conference is a great way for parents of children with disabilities and the professionals that work with them to connect with each other. A major plus of attending the conference is all the great information you receive. Professionals get CEU’s, Professional Development and Leadership hours.

 

Scholarships available!     

Parents of children with disabilities may receive a scholarship to attend the conference.

 

How do you get information sent to you about the conference?

Call the Fayette County Parent Resource Center at 859-381-4229 to be placed on the mailing list. You will receive a brochure that tells you how to sign up for the conference.

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Dec 2 Workshop in Frankfort Print E-mail
Teaching Language Skills to Children with Autism:
An Introduction to Verbal Behavior and Applied Behavior Analysis
In Working with Young Learners

Workshop participants will review video footage and receive a large workbook containing information pertaining to topics discussed in the workshop including:

  • Using the Assessment of Basic Language & Learning Skills, Partington & Sundberg (1998) to determine skills
  • Identification of the four functions of behavior (both adaptive and maladaptive)
  • Understanding the basic principles or reinforcement, punishment, extinction, and shaping
  • Creating and capturing motivation for young learners to acquire language skills
  • Teaching non-vocal learners to use American Sign Language (ASL) as a functional communication system
  • Teaching vocal learners to use language under multiple conditions
  • Teaching imitation skills
  • Teaching following directions
  • Teaching language in the natural environment
  • Teaching skills using Errorless Learning
  • Teaching replacement skills for unwanted behaviors
  • Data keeping procedures for targeted skills
 
Date:  Saturday December 2, 2006   - DEADLINE TO REGISTER is November 27, 2006.

Time: 9:30-4:30 (lunch on your own)

Location:         Kentucky Domestic Violence Association
                        111 Darby Shire Circle
                        Frankfort, KY 40601

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About the speaker:  

Amanda Ralston is a Board Certified Associate Behavior Analyst and independent Verbal Behavior consultant based in Lexington, KY.  In the past seven years Ms. Ralston has worked with over 200 children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disabilities, as well as providing education to hundreds of parents and professionals interested in Applied Behavior Analysis and Verbal Behavior methodologies in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.

Following the attendance of Dr. Vincent J. Carbone's workshops #1-4, Ms. Ralston attended 90 hours of coursework in Jacksonville, FL with Carbone, Ed. D., BCBA, and began a year-long distance mentorship with him to fulfill her certification requirements prior to sitting for the national board exam in Nashville, TN.

            Ms. Ralston travels daily to provide consultation, feedback, and training to families, schools, and agencies regarding principles and procedures guided by the science of Applied Behavior Analysis and the literature regarding the behavioral classification of language known as Verbal Behavior methodology.  She continues to seek additional education in her field in order to provide up-to-date information to her audiences and effective treatment recommendations to her clients.

            She currently contracts with Turning Point for Autism in Louisville, KY as well as Cincinnati Center for Autism in Cincinnati, OH to provide training and supports for one-on-one instructors in an effort to increase the number of available tutors in those areas.

Registration (copy & paste or use attached form)

September 23, Frankfort Workshop

Name(s):        _________________________________________

                        _________________________________________

I am a:             _____Parent ____Guardian ____ Relative  ____ Friend

                        ________ Professional/Paraprofessional (specify) __________

Organization: ___________________________________________

Address:        _____________________________________________________

City, State, Zip: _______________________________________________             

Phone:____________________  Email:     _________________________

Fee:  $100x _____(# of persons attending)  =  $_______

How did you hear about this workshop?_____________________________

How would you rate your knowledge of Verbal Behavior Methodology? 

Very limited, Somewhat proficient, Proficient, Very proficient       

Please enclose Workshop fee payable to Amanda Ralston, BCABA along with this form to:

Ralston, BCABA
P.O. Box
216
Lexington
, KY 40588

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Sept 28 Henry Clay Fundraiser Print E-mail
Each year, the girls' volleyball teams at Henry Clay High School have a special game with proceeds benefiting the Autism Society of the Bluegrass!  This year's will be this Thursday, the 28th.  It's always a fun event with a ceremony featuring all the players and our children between the J.V. and Varsity games.  The ceremony will be around 7p.m., with the first game at 6:30 and the second game at 7:30.  Coach Grupe and his wife, Kathy, are long time members of ASBG and have a son with Autism.  It's so great to see our kids on the court with the players, so please try to attend and help us thank the teams and the Grupes!
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Pennsylvania Plan for serving adults with ASD Print E-mail

Last week, the Department of Public Welfare's Office of Autism Affairs held a teleconference to discuss possible solutions to the lack ofadult services in the state of Pennsylvania. It seems that two plans are being considered and the DPW would likestakeholder input on the subject.

To view the powerpoint presentation (in PDF) from the teleconference that discusses the two different plans (OBRA expansion and PIHP,Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan), go to:

http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/Resources/Documents/Presentations/ASDStakeholders.pdf

According to the presentation, the DPW would like to begin the implementation of services as of January 1, 2007, if they can findfunding. (Which always remains a challenge.)

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Sept 4 ASBG Day at the Lexington Legends Print E-mail
Labor Day, September 4, will be ASBG Day at the 2:05p.m. Lexington Legends game! Please come to the ASBG meeting to pick up your complimentary tickets! Otherwise, email your address to Sara RIGHT AWAY if you'd like them sent to your home. Write Comment (0 Comments)
 
Oct 15 ASBG 5K Run/Walk Print E-mail
The date of our 5K Run/Walk has moved from September 17 to October 15. Please see the event page for more details. Write Comment (0 Comments)
 
Aug 31 discuss School Choice in Kentucky Print E-mail

The Kentucky Alliance for School Choice
and Kentucky Youth Advocates
invite you to an evening to discuss

 School Choice in Kentucky
For Children with Disabilities

Did you know that parents in 44 states and Washington, D.C. currently have School Choice?

Kentucky parents deserve school choice, too!

 Please join us on

Thursday, August 31
Louisville Clifton Center located on 2117 Payne Street
7 p.m. to 9 p.m..

To find out more about this initiative:
Contact Jim Waters at (270) 782-2140

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Parents deserve a choice so Kentucky's children have a chance.  
The Kentucky Alliance for School choice             www.kentuckyalliance.org
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