Workshop 3

12:00-3:00

Room: Nevada 2

 

A Quick and Easy Process for Conducting Functional Behavioral Assessments and Developing Behavior Support Plans

Abstract: This workshop will provide an overview of three common approaches to Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA):  Indirect Assessments, Descriptive Assessments, and Functional Analyses.  First, workshop participants will become familiar with the key assumptions, defining characteristics, and the strengths and limitations of each FBA method.  Participants will be involved in various hands-on activities, including: (1) completing and interpreting an indirect assessment (i.e., the QABF, FAST, or IFA) for one of their current cases; (2) using an open-ended ABC assessment to generate hypotheses about behavioral function from a written case study; (3) completing a structured ABC assessment to determine behavior function from watching a video scenario depicting a behavior problem; and (4) watching video clips and role-playing common functional analysis conditions.  In addition, emphasis will be placed on linking FBA information to the design of effective Behavior Support Plans (BSP). Workshop participants will review narrative case scenarios and brainstorm strategies for creating a function-based BSP for an individual displaying challenging behavior for all three most common behavioral functions (social-positive reinforcement in the form of access to attention or tangible items, social-negative reinforcement in the form of escape from task demands, and automatic reinforcement). (3 BACB CEUs)

 

                 Presenter: Michele D. Wallace (California State University, Los Angeles)

 

Workshop 4

3:30-6:30

Room: Nevada 2

The Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities (ABLA) and its Implications for Teaching Language and Other Skills to Persons with Intellectual and Other Disabilities

Abstract: This workshop will familiarize participants with the ABLA, from its earlier conceptualizations through 30 years of research and expansion on a hierarchy of conditional discrimination skills, their uniformity over all humans, including their apparent permanence, and the implications for teaching a wide variety of skills. The latter part of the workshop will consider the ABLA with respect to Equivalence relations, Relational Frame Theory and language and social skill development implications. (3 BCBA CEUs)

 

Presenter: Larry Williams (University of Nevada, Reno)