PECS LEVEL 1

Description

This intensive 13-hour interactive workshop is designed to teach educational and caregiver teams the theory and protocol for the Picture Exchange Communication System^® (PECS^®), an evidence-based practice based on Applied Behaviour Analysis, typical language development, and B.F. Skinner’s Verbal Behaviour. The workshop begins with an introduction to creating the most effective learning environment for implementing PECS^® and The Pyramid Approach to Education^®. Included is a discussion of the limitations of teaching other communication modalities (speech, sign, SGD) as an initial communication strategy. Using presenter demonstrations, role-play opportunities, and video examples participants will gain a thorough understanding and hands-on experience of each of the six phases of PECS. Participants will leave the training with the skills necessary to teach spontaneous requesting, picture discrimination, sentence structure, attributes for expanding language, responding to questions, and commenting. The workshop concludes with a review of the extensive literature supporting PECS as an evidence-based practice, tips to teach your learner to accept being told, “No,” and information related to transitioning from PECS to other communication modalities, such as speech, tablets with AAC apps, or speech generating devices. For those who wish to successfully teach their learners functional communication (whether you have used PECS for some time or are new to the field), this workshop is an essential part of your development.

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

ONSITE WORKSHOPS: Please note that we require a minimum number of delegates in order to run this workshop. If we are unable to run this onsite workshop, we will give delegates the opportunity to transfer to a different workshop. If the delegate chooses to attend online training instead then any price difference will be refunded. We will endeavour to let delegates know as soon as we can if a workshop is not going ahead.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Agenda: 9.00am - 4.30pm

Registration Time: 8.30am

CPD Points: Continued Professional Development Points

CEUs: 13.0 BACB CEUs / 13.0 IBAO CEUs. Satisfactory completion of this course requires participants to be present for the duration of the course and to participate in all student responding activities (e.g. questions, role play, quizzes, and surveys).

This course is certified by the CPD certification service (the leading independent CPD accreditation institution) as conforming to continuing professional development principles. All delegates will receive a certificate of attendance detailing eligible CPD hours which can be used as verifiable documentary evidence when submitting CPD recording forms.