Description

Bring a group of five or more and SAVE $40 EACH on tuition!

REASONS TO ATTEND THIS SEMINAR:

• Learn interventions to motivate children to engage in conversation and interaction
• Learn methods to establish a strong expressive and receptive language repertoire
• Learn strategies to assist children in responding to and discriminating WH questions
• Learn simple interventions to move children toward more meaningful interactions

SEMINAR DESCRIPTION:

This speech therapy continuing education seminar is offered for 0.6 ASHA CEUs. Social interaction and conversational skills are critical to establishing positive peer regard and emotional and cognitive skills in children. Children with autism may possess functional language skills, but not demonstrate the ability or desire to use language to converse with others. Children with autism may lack foundational skills needed to move from using language to meet their own needs to using language to maintain interaction about shared interests and experiences.

This seminar will provide interventions to teach prerequisites to conversation. Methods to improve motivation for conversation and interaction will be detailed—including instruction in joint attention. Procedures to establish a strong expressive and receptive language repertoire—including labeling, receptive, and intraverbal skills—will be discussed and demonstrated via video clips. Strategies to teach children to request attention and information will be covered. Methods to assist children to respond to and discriminate WH questions will be explored and demonstrated via video clips. Several research-proven methods for "scripting" children to converse with others will receive emphasis. 

 

The seminar will culminate with video demonstration of a successful social club and friendship camp. Strategies discussed will include: forming a social club which includes typical peers, training of peer models and support staff, establishing goals and curriculum, building theory of mind, and measuring improvement. The ultimate goal of this seminar is to provide participants with simple procedures to teach the skills needed to move children with autism toward more meaningful interactions. (Focus will be ages 2-8.)

For more information on Tamara Kasper and information on 
The Center for Autism Treatment please click here.

SEMINAR TUITION:

• $189 individual
• $179* per person for groups of two, three or four
• $149* per person for groups of five or more
• $135   parent (no CEUs & must register by phone or mail)
• *Groups must register together. Please contact NSS at 888.337.3866 for more details.

Cancellation Policy & Late Registration

Outline

7:30-7:50     Check In and Onsite Registration (Coffee and Tea)

7:55-8:00     General Seminar Information

8:00-9:30     Foundational Skills Required for Conversation

9:30-9:45     Break

9:45-10:30   Strategies To Increase Conversation Prerequisite Skills: Requesting, Labeling, Receptive,
                   and Intraverbal Language Skills

10:30-11:15  Building the Ability To Request Attention and Information

11:15-12:15  Lunch on Own

12:15-1:45    Building the Ability To Answer WH Questions and Discuss Remote Events

1:45-2:00      Break

2:00-3:30      Establishing a Social Club or Friendship Camp

3:30-3:45      Final Questions

       3:45      Adjourn and Sign Out

Speaker Profile

Tamara S. Kasper, MS, CCC-SLP, BCBA, is a Speech-Language Pathologist with 20 years experience working with children with challenging behaviors. Tamara's commitment to the children she serves led her to pursue treatment methods outside the field of Speech-Language Pathology. Under the mentorship of renowned Behavior Analyst Dr. Vincent Carbone and his protégé, Tamara became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She has also completed advanced training in application of Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior, Greenspan's DIR approach, and Kaufman's strategies for apraxia of speech.

Tamara is a frequently invited international lecturer, having treated clients and trained professionals in England, Ireland, Greece and other countries. She enthusiastically shares her unique approaches and her outside-the-box intervention techniques that are successful in building functional verbal behavior for children on the autism spectrum.  Tamara is also Director of The Center for Autism Treatment near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a center which provides personalized ABA intervention plans for children as well as consulting services and workshops to autism treatment teams in the United States and abroad. Tamara's publications include the K&K Sign to Talk materials and Speak with Sign. She is a past recipient of the Wisconsin Speech and Hearing Association’s Clinical Achievement Award. 

Speaker Disclosure:

Employer — The Center for Autism Treatment, Cedarburg, WI.

Financial — Author of treatment materials published by Northern Speech Services; receives royalty payments.

Financial — Author of treatment materials that are self-published; receives royalty payments.

Nonfinancial — Student mentor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; receives no compensation.

Location & Lodging

Seminar Location:

Somerset Medical Center
Fuld Auditorium
110 Rehill Ave
Somerville, NJ 08876

Phone: 908-685-2200
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Meeting Room: We will meet in the Fuld Auditorium. View campus map.  Fuld Auditorium is located at the top, right on map. 

Parking: Free with seminar validation. Use the main parking deck.

Accommodations: Below hotels are within 3 miles of the seminar venue. No room blocks — please negotiate your best rate.

Intended Audience

• BCBA
• Teach/Educ
• Parent
• OT
• SLPA
• SLP

Accreditation

This program is offered for .6 CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area).

BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS: Presenter is an ACE Provider through the BACB. Seminar is offered for 7.5 hours.

NEW JERSEY:  NSS is an approved provider by the New Jersey Department of Education. Provider #1654.

PENNSYLVANIA: Approved provider for Pennsylvania Act 48 continuing professional education.

ASHA CEUS: Attendees must meet at least one of the following conditions in order to be eligible to earn ASHA CEUs:

• Current ASHA Member
• ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) Holder
• Licensed by a state or provincial regulatory agency to practice speech-language pathology (SLP) or audiology
• Credentialed by a state regulatory agency to practice SLP or audiology
• Credentialed by a national regulatory agency to practice SLP or audiology
• Engaged in a Clinical Fellowship under the supervision of an individual with their ASHA CCC
• Currently enrolled in a masters or doctoral program in SLP or audiology

If an attendee is not an ASHA member or CCC holder but meets any of the above criteria, they may provide their eligibility on the ASHA CEU Participant Form or inform the ASHA CE Registry of their eligibility by visiting this site.  

AOTA

First Content Focus: Occupational Therapy Process:Evaluation
Second Content Focus: Occupational Therapy Process: Intervention
Third Content Focus: Occupational Therapy Process: Outcomes 

AOTA: Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. #4095.
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

 

NSS is an approved provider by the New Jersey Department of Education. Provider#1654

Past Participant Comments

"I attended your training in Ohio on Friday. As a SLP I am currently working with several students with Autism in a school system in Kentucky. It is just Tuesday and I have implemented some of the strategies that you shared, it is already working. Today, two of my students achieved goals that we have been working on for months. It was one of those moments that you work so hard for, I had to fight back the tears of joy. I just wanted to thank you for sharing your knowledge with me and making me a better SLP for my students."

"Engaging speaker, well organized, obviously passionate about the subject matter. Excellent combination of research and personal experiences."  

"Perfect balance of SLP/ABA.  Tamara embodies a perfect clinician who delivers speech and behavior goals simultaneously."

"Loves what she does...She's infectious!!   Her level of expertise and energy make the listener want to start tomorrow using her techniques."   

"This is my third conference on Autism in a year's time and the only one I am walking away with functional treatment techniques. Thank you for showing less than perfect sessions so we know how to build/learn from our mistakes and what we may be doing wrong."

"I can hardly wait to try some of these techniques with my kids whom I've always found so difficult to work with and relate to, in a way that encourages learning and acquisition of truly functional skills."

"This was one of the best conferences I have been to; you can transfer these techniques to many disorders, not just autism."

"I learned alternative techniques when children do not respond as typically expected."

"The entire presentation was directly related to real practice needs in my field."

"Ms. Kasper was open and highly knowledgeable! Excellent presentation."

"The way you suggested integrating sign and pecs into the classroom – great resources – thanks!"

"Seeing what to do in certain situations and not just hearing what is good in theory."

"Wow! You are amazing! How fun it would be to work with you."

"Great videos – I learned a lot from them."