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ABIA provides intensive workshop and
training programs for families, professionals, schools and students
to better understand and manage children with Autism Spectrum
Disorders.
Please refer to this page for forthcoming events,
workshops, training programs and information sessions relevant to
you.
COURSES 2009:
To see a full list of all courses/programs scheduled for 2009, please click here
GENERAL:
New Parent/Carer ABA
Information Mornings
These sessions help parents
and carers who are contemplating or already involved in an ABA
program to find out more about ABA, the hours required, the types of
funding available and how to recruit and retain therapists
etc. Please call 9830 0677 for more information.
FOR
PARENTS/CARERS/FAMILIES:
Parent Info Mornings
ABIA runs parent information mornings for its members and
bases them around topics that are common to parents of children with
an ASD such as social skills, toilet training, siblings, etc. Our
next info morning is TBA.
Anxiety Management Program
ABIAs Anxiety
Management Program, How Not to Lose Your Cool is for children with
ASD and comprises additional sessions for parents. Please contact
the ABIA for further information.
Parent Education
Programs
"Parenting with Confidence - How to parent
your child with an ASD" is a six week behaviour management course
specifically developed for parents of children with an ASD.
The course is facilitated by a psychologist with extensive
experience working with families and children with an ASD.
Topics
covered by this course include:
Why does my child to that?
Understanding challenging behaviours
Planning for positive behaviour
Responding to challenging behaviours
Developing a behaviour plan
Behaviour
in public areas/school
Please call 9830 0677 for more information.
FOR TEACHERS & SCHOOLS:
School Integration
Programs:
Making it Work: A Program for
Teachers and Integration Aides Working with Children with Autism
Spectrum Disorders
Making It Work is an intensive
three-day training program specifically designed for Teachers,
Childcare workers and Integration Aides working with school age
and/or pre-school children with ASD.
This program is
presented by trainers with extensive experience in working with
children with ASD in mainstream education and includes a range of
practical strategies to help these children adapt to a mainstream
school environment. The Making It Work program is highly recommended
for anyone wishing to develop their teaching and inclusion
skills. Topics covered include:
» Theory of Autism Spectrum
Disorder
» Understanding behaviour and
behaviour management
» Inclusion and
integration philosophies
» Effective
teaching strategies
» Prompting and
reinforcing
» Defining roles and
professionalism
» Developing social
skills
» Facilitating
independence
Please call 9830 0677 for more information.
FOR THERAPISTS & PROFESSIONALS:
Therapist
Training
ABIAs Therapist Program is an intensive
10-week evening course or 3 full day course aimed at
providing the skills needed to become an ABA therapist. The program
covers both the theoretical and practical knowledge as well as the
requirements in working with children with Autism Spectrum
Disorders. Click
here for a registration form.
A minimum of
eight Therapist Programs are conducted each year. Class sizes are
limited to allow for individual assessment.
This program is
conducted by ABA-trained professionals with extensive experience in
the Autism field.
Topics covered include:
Understanding Autism
Spectrum Disorders
Functional
Behavioural Assessment
Behaviour
Management Strategies
Task
Analysis
Problem Solving
Reinforcement
Generalisation and Maintenance of behaviours
Upon successful completion of the course you will receive a
certificate which is highly regarded by people seeking to employ ABA
Therapists and Aides, and can be used in seeking other avenues of
employment in the education and disability fields. Please call 9830 0677 for more information.
Social Skills Training Program
for Professionals
ABIA's Social Skills Training
Program has been specially designed for Teachers, Psychologists,
School Support Staff and other professionals working with children
with an ASD.
The teaching of social skills plays a vital role in enabling
children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders to adapt to
mainstream society - but how is that done within a school
environment?
ABIAs new 3-day intensive workshop has been specially designed
for Teachers, school support staff and other professionals who work
with children on the Autism Spectrum and is based on the Social
Club Model.
Participants learn how to develop their own social skills groups.
Through small group work, role plays and discussion, the Workshop
equips them with a range of new strategies and ideas.
The Social Club Model is aimed primarily at children between the
ages of 10-14yrs. However, it can be adapted for other age groups.
All participants receive a copy of the ABIA Social Skills Manual as
part of the workshop price, so they can pass the benefits on to
others working in their schools.
Topics covered include:
An introduction to the
Social Club model
Notes on forming
groups
Developing group and
individual goals
Teaching activities
for groups
Outdoor
activities
Relaxation
exercises
Sample lesson
plans
Debriefing parents
Please call 9830 0677 for more information.
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