Institute for Applied Behaviour Analysis Professional Training Services
Contact
John MarshallInstitute for Applied Behaviour Analysis
020 3239 1942
jmarshall@iaba.com
REGISTRATION FEES
Before 25 September 2016 | Programmes 1 – 4: £500.00 | Daily Rate: £150.00 | Programmes 1 – 5: £3,000.00After 25 September 2016 | Programmes 1 – 4: £600.00 | Daily Rate: £175.00 | Programmes 1 – 5: £3,500.00
Fees for Programmes 1 – 4 are per person and inclusive of lecture notes and refreshment breaks. Lunch is “on your own.” Programme 5 fees are per person and include admission to Programmes 1 – 4, tuition, textbooks, materials and refreshment breaks. Lunch is “on your own.”
Positive Practices in Behavioural Support
Through Nonlinear Applied Behavior Analysis
An Evidence-Based Model of Positive Behaviour Support
Manchester: 25 - 28 October 2016 | Mandec Auditorium (mandec.co.uk)
London: 01 - 04 November 2016 | University of Roehampton (roehampton.ac.uk)
Assessment and Analysis of Severe
and Challenging Behaviour
This programme is an advanced longitudinal training practicum in which programme participants are provided with systematic guidance and feedback in developing and implementing a positive, person-centred, multi-element behaviour support plan for a person who is supported by the participant's agency.
Begins 07 - 09 November 2016 (Venue: University of Roehampton)
plus three additional 2-day follow-up feedback sessions
Gary W LaVigna, PhD, BCBA-D
Unsolicited comments by previous participants
"It was on to the two most important and influential courses that I undertook in my career. Gary is a very highly motivated clinician, he is extremely experieced - his training is motivational. He has influenced practice across the world." -- AP, England
"A wealth of knowledge and hopefully a network of people I can turn to when I am involved with a more intense case than usual." -- FG, Australia
Who Should Attend?
If you provide support or educational services to individuals who have complex and challenging behaviour associated with an intellectual disability, autism, PDD, acquired brain injury, chronic mental illness or behaviour disorder then this series of seminars is a MUST for you to attend. By attending these seminars you will learn concrete strategies to improve the quality of life of the people you support using only person-centred, positive behavioural strategies.
These Seminars Are for You
Clinical Psychologists | LD & Challenging Behaviour Nurses | BCBAs & BCaBAs | Community Nurses | Educational Psychologists | Behavioural Consultants | Behavioural Specialists | Special Educators | Clinical Social Workers | Direct Service Staff | Advocates | Group Home Managers and Supervisors | Day Service Providers | Supported Living Service Providers | Supported Employment Service Providers
Short Descriptions of Each Programme
1 | Nonaversive Behavioural Support and Basic Principles of Positive Programming
Programme 1 is the first of four integrated seminars on the topic of challenging behaviour. In this one-day seminar we will provide an overview of a person centred, evidenced based multi-element model and describe positive programming and environmental change strategies for providing positive behaviour supports to people with challenging behaviour. We also investigate reinforcement and motivational strategies to promote rapid behaviour change.
2 | Comprehensive Functional Assessment and Advanced Support Strategies
Programme 2 will provide in-depth training in behavioural assessment, functional analysis of behaviour and additional support strategies. You will learn how to determine the function of behaviour by following the structure reported in the Behaviour Assessment Guide. In addition, you will learn to develop positive support plans based on the behavioural assessment and use some unique and advanced positive support strategies to change behaviour, such as, altering motivation, altering the antecedents and teaching that the challenging behaviour may be OK at certain times.
3 | Emergency Management and Reactive Strategies Within a Positive Practices Framework
When punishment is no longer used to manage behaviour, people ask: “What do we do when the behaviour occurs?” “What do we do in a crisis?” This seminar will provide an overview of emergency management and reactive strategies that might be used as part of a complete support plan. This programme does NOT teach “physical management or restraint strategies” but does teach strategies such as antecedent control, instructional control, active listening, stimulus change, counter-intuitive strategies, to name a few. You will also learn some strategies to recognise and meet the emotional needs of staff.
4 | Assuring Staff Consistency and the Provision of Quality Services: An Introduction to an Effective Quality Improvement & Outcome Evaluation System Through the Application of Organisational Behaviour Management
Based on the book, The Periodic Service Review, this one-day seminar on how to maximise staff consistency in service implementation utilising effective staff supervision strategies is a logical additional day for everyone who has attended the previous 3 days and is relevant as well for members of the management team.
Getting from Paper to Practice | You and participants from your management team will learn a system of quality management to assure effective and efficient implementation of the information provided in Programmes 1 – 3. In Programmes 1, 2 and 3 you will have learned what to do — after Programme 4, you will have learned how to get it done. Agencies from across the world report that after they have sent their management teams to this seminar they were able to make significant improvements in the quality of services that they provide – “in spite of insufficient resources,” “low wages,” “lack of staff skills,” and “poor staff motivation.”
5 | Assessment & Analysis of Severe & Challenging Behaviour: A Longitudinal Training
Using a “learn-by-doing” approach, this competency-based longitudinal training programme teaches professionals how to provide person-centred nonaversive behavioural supports which are effective and improve the focus person’s overall quality of life. This advanced, competency-based training practicum is appropriate for psychologists, psychiatrists, behavioural consultants, nurses, resource specialists and other qualified professionals charged with assessing people who exhibit severe and challenging behaviour and with designing support services in schools, residential settings and supported work and other adult day programmes | Schedule: Participants must attend Programmes 1 to 4 before the Longitudinal Training. The practicum assignments will be described and assigned. Each participant, after completing each assignment, will reconvene 3 additional times for 2 days each time in London for feedback and consultation on the completed assignment. These additional follow-up sessions are mandatory for the completion of the course.
The Institute for Applied Behaviour Analysis®
About IABA
Co-founded in 1981 by Dr Gary W LaVigna and Dr Thomas J Willis, IABA® provides supported employment, supported living and supported educational services to individuals with challenging behaviour in California. IABA® is committed to providing the most advanced and highest possible quality services in support of people with challenging behaviour. Our goal is to assure the highest quality of life possible for the people we serve by enabling them to live regular lives in natural settings with full, positive and valued community presence and participation.
In addition to the support services provided in the US, IABA® has become an internationally recognised source for training and consultation in the areas of positive, person-centred behavioural support, instructional strategies and total quality assurance systems.
Faculty
Gary W LaVigna, PhD, BCBA-D is Clinical Director of the Institute for Applied Behaviour Analysis® in Los Angeles, California. He is an internationally recognised authority, consultant and lecturer on establishing nonaversive behavioural support services for people who are responding to their life conditions with severe and challenging behaviour. His work is reported in numerous articles and his coauthored books - Alternatives to Punishment, Progress Without Punishment and The Periodic Service Review: A Total Quality Assurance System For Human Services and Education.
"It was on to the two most important and influential courses that I undertook in my career. Gary is a very highly motivated clinician, he is extremely experieced - his training is motivational. He has influenced practice across the world." -- AP, England
"A wealth of knowledge and hopefully a network of people I can turn to when I am involved with a more intense case than usual." -- FG, Australia
Who Should Attend?
If you provide support or educational services to individuals who have complex and challenging behaviour associated with an intellectual disability, autism, PDD, acquired brain injury, chronic mental illness or behaviour disorder then this series of seminars is a MUST for you to attend. By attending these seminars you will learn concrete strategies to improve the quality of life of the people you support using only person-centred, positive behavioural strategies.
These Seminars Are for You
Clinical Psychologists | LD & Challenging Behaviour Nurses | BCBAs & BCaBAs | Community Nurses | Educational Psychologists | Behavioural Consultants | Behavioural Specialists | Special Educators | Clinical Social Workers | Direct Service Staff | Advocates | Group Home Managers and Supervisors | Day Service Providers | Supported Living Service Providers | Supported Employment Service Providers
Short Descriptions of Each Programme
1 | Nonaversive Behavioural Support and Basic Principles of Positive Programming
Programme 1 is the first of four integrated seminars on the topic of challenging behaviour. In this one-day seminar we will provide an overview of a person centred, evidenced based multi-element model and describe positive programming and environmental change strategies for providing positive behaviour supports to people with challenging behaviour. We also investigate reinforcement and motivational strategies to promote rapid behaviour change.
2 | Comprehensive Functional Assessment and Advanced Support Strategies
Programme 2 will provide in-depth training in behavioural assessment, functional analysis of behaviour and additional support strategies. You will learn how to determine the function of behaviour by following the structure reported in the Behaviour Assessment Guide. In addition, you will learn to develop positive support plans based on the behavioural assessment and use some unique and advanced positive support strategies to change behaviour, such as, altering motivation, altering the antecedents and teaching that the challenging behaviour may be OK at certain times.
3 | Emergency Management and Reactive Strategies Within a Positive Practices Framework
When punishment is no longer used to manage behaviour, people ask: “What do we do when the behaviour occurs?” “What do we do in a crisis?” This seminar will provide an overview of emergency management and reactive strategies that might be used as part of a complete support plan. This programme does NOT teach “physical management or restraint strategies” but does teach strategies such as antecedent control, instructional control, active listening, stimulus change, counter-intuitive strategies, to name a few. You will also learn some strategies to recognise and meet the emotional needs of staff.
4 | Assuring Staff Consistency and the Provision of Quality Services: An Introduction to an Effective Quality Improvement & Outcome Evaluation System Through the Application of Organisational Behaviour Management
Based on the book, The Periodic Service Review, this one-day seminar on how to maximise staff consistency in service implementation utilising effective staff supervision strategies is a logical additional day for everyone who has attended the previous 3 days and is relevant as well for members of the management team.
Getting from Paper to Practice | You and participants from your management team will learn a system of quality management to assure effective and efficient implementation of the information provided in Programmes 1 – 3. In Programmes 1, 2 and 3 you will have learned what to do — after Programme 4, you will have learned how to get it done. Agencies from across the world report that after they have sent their management teams to this seminar they were able to make significant improvements in the quality of services that they provide – “in spite of insufficient resources,” “low wages,” “lack of staff skills,” and “poor staff motivation.”
5 | Assessment & Analysis of Severe & Challenging Behaviour: A Longitudinal Training
Using a “learn-by-doing” approach, this competency-based longitudinal training programme teaches professionals how to provide person-centred nonaversive behavioural supports which are effective and improve the focus person’s overall quality of life. This advanced, competency-based training practicum is appropriate for psychologists, psychiatrists, behavioural consultants, nurses, resource specialists and other qualified professionals charged with assessing people who exhibit severe and challenging behaviour and with designing support services in schools, residential settings and supported work and other adult day programmes | Schedule: Participants must attend Programmes 1 to 4 before the Longitudinal Training. The practicum assignments will be described and assigned. Each participant, after completing each assignment, will reconvene 3 additional times for 2 days each time in London for feedback and consultation on the completed assignment. These additional follow-up sessions are mandatory for the completion of the course.
The Institute for Applied Behaviour Analysis®
About IABA
Co-founded in 1981 by Dr Gary W LaVigna and Dr Thomas J Willis, IABA® provides supported employment, supported living and supported educational services to individuals with challenging behaviour in California. IABA® is committed to providing the most advanced and highest possible quality services in support of people with challenging behaviour. Our goal is to assure the highest quality of life possible for the people we serve by enabling them to live regular lives in natural settings with full, positive and valued community presence and participation.
In addition to the support services provided in the US, IABA® has become an internationally recognised source for training and consultation in the areas of positive, person-centred behavioural support, instructional strategies and total quality assurance systems.
Faculty
Gary W LaVigna, PhD, BCBA-D is Clinical Director of the Institute for Applied Behaviour Analysis® in Los Angeles, California. He is an internationally recognised authority, consultant and lecturer on establishing nonaversive behavioural support services for people who are responding to their life conditions with severe and challenging behaviour. His work is reported in numerous articles and his coauthored books - Alternatives to Punishment, Progress Without Punishment and The Periodic Service Review: A Total Quality Assurance System For Human Services and Education.