Autism Consulting Services specializes in providing small group (i.e., hands on) trainings to educators, parents and other professionals who are interested in learning how to teach language and other critical learning skills to children with autism or other developmental disabilities. Our trainings focus on how to design and implement procedures based on the principles of applied behavior analysis. Specifically an emphasis is placed on Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior (1957) and how to create a language-based learning environment in which skills taught will generalize and maintain over time without the need for intensive instruction.

Our small-group trainings emphasize active participation of all workshop attendees as there is a strong correlation between increased engagement and retention of material. We strive to make sure that individuals who attend our trainings experience a learning style that not only informs them but engages them in the material covered.

Autism Consulting Services also provides a variety of 1-day large-group overview workshops for parents and professionals who are interested in learning how to teach language and other critical learning skills to children with autism or other developmental disabilities. Please note that the 1-day workshops do not include role play activities to practice procedures or provide the participants with feedback on teaching methods due to the limted amount of time available for instruction.

Workshop Topics

• A Behavioral Approach to Language Intervention for Children with Autism
• Teaching Play and Social Skills to Children with Autism
• The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (The ABLLS-R): From assessment to program development
• Behavioral Interventions for Children with Autism
• Creating Language-based Learning Environments for Children with Autism