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Moving Beyond Simple Verbal Operants towards Complex Language and Cognition for Children with Autism Using the PEAK Relational Training System
This presentation will introduce attendees to the power that behavioral science has for developing meaningful, robust generalizing repertoires for children with autism. Dr. Dixon will provide an overview of the PEAK Relational Training System – our field’s most empirically validated assessment and curriculum. All four PEAK modules will be discussed which include: programming for simple motor responses and language, social emotional comprehension, advanced generalization, stimulus equivalence, and relational framing. At the completion of this training you will be able to…
Find out more »The Next Generation of ABA Therapy Techniques
This presentation will introduce attendees to the power that behavioral science has for developing meaningful, robust generalizing repertoires for children with autism. Dr. Dixon will provide an overview of the PEAK Relational Training System – our field’s most empirically validated assessment and curriculum!
Find out more »California ABA – Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA
Verbal Behavior for Children with Autism in a Post-Skinnerian World Symposium 1162 February 26th, 2016 Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA ABSTRACT: Behavior analytic approaches to language learning have come a long way in the nearly 60 years since the publication of The Analysis of Verbal Behavior. From the direct instruction of basic psycholinguistic skills and elementary verbal operants to the development complex language and cognitive skills through derived relational responding, applied behavior analysis has continued to develop over…
Find out more »Administrating and Implementing the PEAK Relational Training System
Title: Administrating and Implementing the PEAK Relational Training System Location: St. Louis, MO – Drury Inn and Suites, Brentwood, MO Date: March 11, 2016 (1 day 6 CEU training). CEUs provided by ABA of Illinois Register at: https://squareup.com/market/shawneescientificpress/peak-workshop-st-louis-march
Find out more »Producing Higher Verbal Abilities in Children with Autism: Implementing the PEAK Relational Training System (KYABA)
Title: Producing Higher Verbal Abilities in Children with Autism: Implementing the PEAK Relational Training System Location: Louisville, Kentucky – Kentucky Association for Behavior Analysis Date: April 14, 2016 (1 day 6 CEU training)
Find out more »Using RFT and ACT to Optimize Therapy for Persons with Autism (ACBS World Conference)
Title: Using RFT and ACT to Optimize Therapy for Persons with Autism Location: Seattle, Washington – ACBS World Conference-14 Dates: June 14 – June 15, 2016 (2 day 13 hour/CEU intensive training) Register at: https://contextualscience.org/wc14_dixon
Find out more »Building the Values of Acceptance and Commitment in Children: The World’s first ACT School, ACT Summer Camp, and Daily Treatment Guide to a Mindful Education (ACBS World Conference)
Mark Dixon will take the attendees on a journey into the fascinating world of Acceptance and Commitment and how to apply it to children with a wide variety of social and emotional challenges. The presentation will showcase the data, treatments, and outcomes from a tiny school in rural Illinois that did the unexpected – rebuilt itself from the ground up with ACT serving as its foundational core. At this school, students start each day with group ACT activities and practice…
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