The Ohio Autism Connection The OAC was created for Ohio families, professionals and people living with or affected by autism. We hope that you will find this site to be a helpful tool in learning about autism, finding support, and connecting with others who are facing the same challenges posed by autism spectrum disorders. You are invited to post or respond to information regarding autism spectrum disorders on our discussion board. Feel free to discuss any topics such as, getting a diagnosis, finding support, early interventions, autism therapies, schooling issues and IEP questions. The discussion board is a public forum and anyone living with or affected by autism is encouraged to post their opinions, questions or suggestions. Upcoming Events Oct. 12, 2008 - Columbus, Ohio The Walk Now For Autism event in Columbus is scheduled on Sunday, October 12th 2008 at Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center at the Ohio State University. For more information visit the www.Walknowforautism.org website. Nov. 24-25, 2008 - Loveland, Ohio ABA TRAINING 2-Day Training Opportunity
Dates: Nov. 24-25, 2008 Loveland, OH
Presented by: Diane F. Black, M.Ed.
www.paragonconsultservices.com
Diane Black has been working with students with ASD for over 17 years. She has presented nationally and internationally. Diane providescomprehensive consultation to schools and parents across the country. She has written a chapter in the book The Pyramid Approach to Childrenwith Autism.
Day1: “Real Life Strategies in a Classroom Setting”
Do you want to increase learning and decrease behaviors?
Do you want to learn how to individualize a program for each student with ASD?
Participants will learn research-based teaching strategies for creatinga successful classroom for students with ASD. Practical strategies,which you can use immediately, will be taught! A few are:
· Using a functional communication system to decrease unwanted behavior
· Using visual supports throughout the day (for transition, predictability, social skills, etc.)
· Using motivation to increase skill acquisition
· Teaching alternative, more appropriate responses to unwanted behavior-learning what these strategies are
· Deciding what we should teach-functional curriculum
Day 2: “How To Teach Our Students!”
(The majority of this workshop is hands-on learning)
Do You Want to Take Your Teaching to the Next Level?
Participants will learn “how” to effectively teach skills to theirstudents using research-based strategies! Student objectives will bebroken down into “how” to teach and “how” to incorporate intofunctional activities across the day.
You will learn:
* How to incorporate your objective into a functional lesson that the student will understand
* How to create user friendly data sheets that all team members can use to track your student’s progress
* How a student with ASD understands and acquires the skills that we teach them
* How to collect and average data on strategies learned
You will practice all of the strategies so that you can ask questions during the training!
Bring your objectives to the training, and we will brainstormfunctional activities for your goals, role-play teaching strategies,create data sheets, and collect and average data.
Registration information is available at www.paragonconsultservices.com | 
