A presentation by Larisa Shirtova, M.A. & Sharon Elmensdorp, M.A. at the Koegel Autism Center. The presentation covers how to facilitate social interventions, how to teach social conversation skills, why targeting socialization in inclusive settings is critical, strategies to target socialization with peers, the buddy system, cooperative arrangements and general guidelines.
A presentation by Sharon Elmensdorp, M.A. & Larisa Shirtova, M.A. at the Koegel Autism Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The presentation outlines the FBA process in review; identify and define target behavior, gather information across contexts, analyze the ABC's, determine the function, identify replacement behavior(s), develop an intervention plan, implement the plan and evaluate.
A presentation by Larisa Shirtova, M.A. & Sharon Elmensdorp, M.A. at the Koegel Autism Center. The presentation outlines token economies, a system of individual reinforcement of target behaviors in which tokens are administered and exchanged later for backup reinforcers.