Training
Fundamentals of Structured Teaching for Preschoolers
For those who work with young children or concrete learners with autism such as classroom teachers and assistants in self-contained special education classrooms, private daycare and preschool workers, early intervention home teachers, developmental play therapists, CBS workers, school psychologists, other related services personnel, such as speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, and parents of children with autism.
Date:
December 2-3, 2009
Location:
Comfort Suites Hotel - Gaston Meeting Room
Course Contact:
Vivian McIntyre
(704) 833-1294 (Ext. 12)
Agenda
DECEMBER 2-3, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
8:00-8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:45 Introductions and Workshop Overview
Overview: Structured Teaching and the TEACCH Program
Overview of Autism
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-11:00 Learning Needs of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
11:00-11:30 ECKERS Standards: Gaston County Schools Personnel
11:30-12:30 Lunch (on your own)
12:30-1:45 Informal Classroom Assessment
Large Group Assessment Activity
1:45-2:00 Break
2:00-3:30 Introduction to Structured Teaching and Physical Structure
Application Activity for Physical Structure
Small Group Presentations
Thursday, December 3, 2009
8:00-8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:15 Structured Teaching: Schedules
Application Activity: Schedules
(Break Incorporated)
Small Group Presentations
10:15-11:30 Structured Teaching: Visual Structure
Application Activity: Visual Structure
Small Group Presentations
11:30-12:30 Lunch (on your own)
12:30-2:00 Structured Teaching: Work Systems
Application Activity: Work Systems
Small Presentation
2:00-2:15 Break
2:15-3:15 Structure Throughout Life:
Preschool Video
Supported Employment Video
3:15-3:30 Evaluations & CEUs
**Teachers who would like presenters and participants to problem-solve with them about their classroom set-up (physical structure) may e-mail up to 3 photos of their classroom WITHOUT STUDENTS TO Abigail_Landelius@med.unc.edu by Monday, November 18, 2009.
Presenters
Gastonia TEACCH Staff
Target Audience
This training is focused on those who work with young children or concrete learners with autism such as classroom teachers and assistants in self-contained special education classrooms, private daycare and preschool workers, early intervention home teachers, developmental play therapists, CBS workers, other related services personnel, such as speech language pathologists, school psychologists, guidance councelors, occupational therapists, and parents of children with autism.
Content
Training will include lecture presentations with slides, DVDs, and examples of structured materials. Participants will have opportunities to make structured materials for case study vignettes in small groups then present to the large group. The topics include an overview of the characteristics of autism, informal assessment, structured teaching, communication, and behavior management.
Objectives
* Increase participants’ familiarity with the characteristics of autism and with the learning styles of students with autism.
* Introduce procedures necessary for completing informal assessment in the classroom and developing curriculum goals.
* Introduce participants to the fundamental principles of Structured Teaching and how it is applied in the classroom and during leisure through the use of physical structure, schedules, work systems, and visual structure.
Continuing Education Credits
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been authorized by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to award Continuing Education Units (CEUs). CEUs will be available to those participants attending all scheduled activities. Participants arriving more than 15 minutes late or leaving more than 15 minutes early will not be eligible for CEU’s. Your tuition will cover the cost of the CEUs. Licensing boards, certifying bodies, and regulatory agencies may differ in the way they recognize the CEU in fulfilling necessary professional
credit. Participants should contact their local licensing boards to determine the appropriateness of CEUs toward recertification credits.
A certificate of attendance with contact hours noted for this training will be provided for participants to use when obtaining credits from their own school systems.
Selection
Due to the nature of this program space is limited and will be assigned on a “first come, first served” basis. Once full, applicants will be put on a waiting list should openings become available.
Registration deadline is November 18, 2009. Payment must accompany application.
To apply for this Training
Click here to view and print the online application form. (PDF)
Type or print legibly. Applications sent via fax must be typed!
Fax or mail completed application as indicated.
Cost
NC Professional $137
NC Parent of Child w/ ASC* $77
Nonresident Professional $257
*Autism Spectrum Disorder
Fees do not include travel or accommodations. Fees include registration, light continental breakfast, training materials, and CEU credits for participants who complete the CEU application form at the training.
Information
For further information, please contact:
Vivian McIntyre
Training Coordinator Gastonia TEACCH Center
Phone: 704-833-1294, x12 Fax: 704-833-1298
E-mail: gastoniateacch@med.unc.edu
Accommodations
Comfort Suites (Ask for Gastonia TEACCH Rate)
1874 Remount Road Gastonia, NC 28054
Contact: LaShonda Gwinn e-mail adress: Lgwinn@hp-hotel.com
Phone: 704/865-6688 Fax: 704/865-6197
