Positive Behavior Supports for Parents With Dr. Laura Riffel

Topic: Positive Behavior Supports for Parents

Presented by: Down Syndrome Association of Central OK and the OK Dept of Education - Special Education Services

When: Saturday, August 2, 2008

Where: Integris Baptist Medical Center
Auditorium (Concourse Level)
3300 NW Expressway St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73112

Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Presentor: Laura A. Riffel, Ph.D. is a behavior specialist who has trained parents,teachers and others how to make data based decisions as a way to change behavior. Her trainings are filled with humor and make data collection easy to understand and use at home and in the classroom. Through over 30 years of experience, Dr. Riffel has had the opportunity to teach students with all types of intellectual and learning disabilities. For more information about Dr. Riffel, or this workshop visit www.behaviordoctor.org


At this workshop, you will learn:

1. Overview of Positive Behavior Support
2. Main components of Applied Behavior Analysis
3. Maximizing proactive strategies rather than reactive actions
4. Key factors: Increase appropriate behavior by 80% just by doing one thing
5. Sticking with it: There is a magic formula for how long to stick with an intervention. Find out what that formula is.
6. Frogs: What the heck do frogs have to do with behavior? Come find out.
7. Interventions you can take back and use tomorrow at home.
8. Quick ways to document the function behind the behavior.
9. The best sentence in the world to use when you are calling the school to ask them to sit down and talk about a behavior problem.
10. Information about who should be in on a behavior support team meeting and what should be talked about first and foremost

Lunch will be provided for each participant.

Attendance will require pre-registration.

For more information about registering for this workshop,please contact conferenceinfo@dsaco.org. There will be a $10.00 per person registration fee for this workshop. We will accept checks (payable to DSACO) or purchase orders.

Limited stipends for families & teachers are available. Must email conferenceinfo@dsaco.org for more information.

Information needed to register:
NAME:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE
EMAIL
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Do you need Spanish Interpretation?

Deadline to register - July 25, 2008.
Contact: Juanita Killingsworth
(405) 348-6770 (h)
(405) 210-2652 (c)