11/14/19 Introduction to the Assessment of Functional Living Skills Workshop

Speaker: Dr. Michael Mueller

Target Audience:

Special Education Teachers, Counselors, Related Service Providers, School Psychologists

High Leverage Practices: 

Collaboration with professionals to increase student success, use multiple sources of information to develop a comprehensive understanding of a student's strengths and needs, interpret and communicate assessment information with stakeholders to collaboratively design and implement educational programs, teach social behaviors, identify and prioritize long and short term learning goals, use assistive and instructional technologies, provide intensive instruction.

Description: 

The AFLS ®  introductory workshop will provide participants with the knowledge, skills, and tools to analyze and track a learner’s functional living skills and develop an individualized teaching program to help a learner become less dependent upon assistance from others. Participants will learn how to conduct an AFLS assessment and transfer the results to the skills tracking grids. An emphasis will be placed on helping parents, other caregivers, and educators identify and prioritize functional skills the learner needs to develop. 

Participants will be able to:
Identify the differences between functional and basic/conceptual skills
Identify 6 broad clusters of functional skills
Identify at least 66 specific skill repertoire areas of functional skills
Identify safety precautions that must be implemented when assessing a learner’s functional skills
Score the AFLS, complete the tracking grids for learners, and update an existing assessment
Conduct a task analysis of functional and common daily activities

EILA: Yes

If you need ADA accommodations, please email Cecilia Barnhill,  cecilia.barnhill@ckec.org

PAYMENT POLICY

Please note that CKSEC accepts Purchase Orders and checks as forms of payment, for auditing purposes, we can not accept cash. 

Be sure to confirm with PO # prior to registration. 

GUESTS/UNREGISTERED POLICY

At CKSEC, we love kids and families! Unfortunately, due to liability issues and professional decorum, children and other family members or friends are not permitted to attend our trainings.

Please get permission from CKEC prior to video or audio recording a portion or all of a CKEC session. 

Please dress in layers as it can be difficult to adjust the temperature.

Attendance Policy:

If you register to attend a session, but find you are unable to attend, please cancel your registration as early as possible. Space is limited and by canceling you will allow others to benefit from these highly qualified professional development opportunities. A fee could be assessed for no shows.

Districts will be notified of those who registered and did not attend or did not cancel prior to be session.