EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM
Evaluations & Services
Serving NYC & LONG ISLAND
Contact Us: P. (516) 385-8044 / (718) 521-2874 / (631) 203-0233 F. (516) 706-1740
March 9th and 10th, 2024
ABA WORKSHOP:
LEVEL ONE TRAINING
Megan Kearney, M.S. Ed. - Megan received her Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood/Childhood Education and Student’s with Disabilities from SUNY Cortland/SUNY Old Westbury. She graduated with a Master’s Degree from the CASE program at C.W. Post/Long Island University and continued on to receive an Advanced Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis. Megan has worked in a variety of settings including: public school, private homes, center-based programs and adult rehabilitation. She has over 20 years of experience working in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis providing direct service to individuals with autism, family training, supervision and on-going training to special educators and support staff.
Level 1 ABA Training will be 10 hours in length, over 2 days, and will focus on:
The principles of ABA:
- Teaching Strategies: discrete trial teaching, prompting, chaining, shaping, Natural Environment Teaching (NET)
- reinforcement assessments, positive reinforcement and pairing,
- data collection, session notes
- Verbal Behavior, manding, tacting, echoic, intraverbals,
- functions of behavior and how to reduce challenging behaviors in the Early Intervention population
Recognizing the family has a central role in the child’s early life, and understanding the family’s values, culture, priorities, concerns, and resources as they relate to their child, and
Recognizing the importance of Embedded Coaching/routine-based interventions/activity-based interventions, which focus on a family’s routines and ways to systematically implement strategies in a family’s natural everyday routines while using parental feedback.
Instructional Methods include: PowerPoint, videos, discussion and group activities.
The Workshop is geared towards professionals working with an early childhood (Early Intervention / CPSE) population, and prepares individuals to sit for the Nassau/Suffolk County Tier 1 Exam.
Presented by: Megan Kearney
Registration
Cost: $150
Call: (516) 385-8044 for more information
About the Workshop
March 9th and 10th, 2024
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
* Workshop begins promptly at 9:00 a.m.
39 E. Jericho Turnpike
Mineola, NY 11051
About the Presenter
Thank you to all that have registered for our upcoming training on March 9th and 10th. We look forward to seeing you all there.
The event is now at capacity and unfortunately we cannot accept any new registrations.
We will be scheduling another training in the coming months. Please contact us if you would like to be notified of upcoming trainings.
Where
This workshop is appropriate for prospective providers who:
Have not received formal ABA training
Have not taken or who have not passed the Nassau/Suffolk County Tier 1 Exam
Who may need additional training to successfully implement ABA methodologies during treatment sessions
Who this Workshop is designed for
A Community of Learners