Koegel Autism Center

Koegel Autism Center
Pivotal Response Training (PRT)
An evidenced based intervention based on Motivation
Saturday and Sunday April 5-6, 2014
With Dr. Lynn Koegel, PhD Spec.ed UCSB (California)
Two days of instruction in cutting-edge autism intervention
strategies.
Coverage of infant, toddler, child, adolescent, and adult
motivational strategies. A variety of presentations geared
for parents, families, and professionals.
Practical video vignettes.
A specialized track for teachers, paraprofessionals,
and other school staff.
THE CONFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN IN ENGLISH.
A SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR FRENCH SPEAKERS.
What is PRT
Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) is an evidence-based
comprehensive behavioral intervention for individuals with autism.
PRT is a naturalistic ABA teaching approach that focuses on
targeting pivotal areas of development (such as motivation,
self-initiations, and self-management) rather than targeting
each individual potential target skill.
These skills are pivotal because they are the foundational behaviors
upon which learners with ASD can make widespread and generalized
improvements in many other areas. By targeting these critical
behaviors, PRT results in widespread collateral improvements
in communication, social, and behavioral domains.
Summary of the training workshop
The two-day Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) training provides a
strong knowledge base of PRT research and methodology.
This workshop is a lecture style training with a focus on video examples
to demonstrate the application of each PRT procedure.
Extra resources and information
Attendees of the two day training are automatically certified in PRT
at Level I. 10 BCBA CEU are available to earn.
After the training, Distant Video supervision by the Koegel Center is
available under the form of parental training or for professionals wishing
to pursue further levels of certification in PRT.
Speakers
Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D., CCC-SLP- co developer of PRT.
Elizabeth Ponder, M.A., BCBA Trainer and Koegel Autism Center
Ventura County Branch Manager/Clinical Supervisor.
Brittany Koegel, M.A. (Ph.D. 2014) Trainer in PRT and School
Program Coordinator.
Target audience
This training will be beneficial to families with a child with ASD
and/or individuals working with children with ASD in professional
capacity, including special education teachers, general education
teachers, paraprofessionals, speech and language pathologists,
clinicians/interventionists/therapists, BCBAs, clinical psychologists,
and other ASD direct service providers or consultants.
Topics covered
• Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• History and Development of PRT
• PRT service delivery model
• Pivotal areas of responding
• PRT Motivational procedures for teaching beginning verbal
communication
• Facilitating social interactions with typically developing peers
• Teaching social conversation skills
• Self-management
• Flexibility
• Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)
• Motivational academics
A question and answer period is included at the end of each day ;
allowing for participants to engage in a dialogue with trainers
and receive individualized support.
Dr. Lynn Kern Koegel is the Clinical Director of Autism
Services in the UCSB Autism Research Center and the
Director of the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Center for Asperger’s
Research.
She has been active for more than 30 years
in the development of programs to improve communication
in children with autism, including the development of first
words, grammatical structures, pragmatics, and social
conversation.
In addition to her published books and articles in the area
of communication and language development, she has
developed and published procedures and field manuals
in the area of self-management and functional analysis
that are used in school districts and by parents throughout the
United States, as well as translated in other major languages.
Dr. Lynn Koegel is the author of Overcoming Autism and,
most recently, Growing Up on the Spectrum.
PIVOTAL RESPONSE TREATMENT (PRT) Level 1 training
Koegel Autism Center
Best Western Hotel, Les Champs Blancs - 1279 Chavannes-de-Bogis.
Saturday April 5th
08:30-09:00
09:00-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-10:45
10:45-12:00
12:00-13:30
13:30-14:45
14:45-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-17:00
Registration
General Introduction to PRT
Introduction to the motivational components of PRT :
History and first words
Break
Introduction to the motivational components of PRT
(continued)
Lunch break
Multiple Cues and Troubleshooting
Break
Vignettes
Questions / Individual Feedback
Sunday April 6th
08:30-09:00
09:00-10:30
10:30-10:45
10:45-12:15
12:15-13:00
13:00-13:45
13:45-14:45
14:45-15:00
15:00-16:00
16:00-17:00
17:00-17:30
Registrations
Teaching Initiations and Lunch Clubs
Break
Self Management and Flexibility
Lunch break
Motivational Academics
Addressing Problem behavior :
Conducting Functional Behavioral Assessments
Break
Using visual Cues and Video
with Young Adults with ASD
Questions And Wrap-up
Overview of parental distant training
and certification programs for professionals
FORMAT
Lecture style trainings with a focus on video examples to demonstrate
the application of each PRT procedure + questions and answer period
An exceptional Conference organized
by Autisme Suisse Romande.
Featuring the Highly acclaimed
Koegel Autism Center.
Practical information
Cost of Seminar
200 CHF for ASR Members
300 CHF for Couples Members of ASR
350 CHF for Non Members
Register online at
www.autisme.ch/formationKoegel
Dates and time
Saturday and Sunday April 5th and 6th
9.00-17.00
9.00-17.30
Best Western Hotel - Les Champs
Blancs - 1279 Chavannes-de-Bogis (GE)
Directions
From Geneva or Lausanne, take A1
Highway, take exit 10 and continue on
route de Divonne towards Châtaigneriaz
Option to eat onsite at noon
Contact person
For Registrations and administation
secretariat@autisme.ch
For training content
and questions about speakers
Lynn Durham +41 78 812 68 98