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TRAINING
For Support Agencies
Other Workshops and Course Topics
4. Instructional and Support Techniques
4A. Basic Instructional Techniques in Community Settings
This one-day workshop provides an overview of strategies that can used to provide instructional supports to people with moderate to severe disabilities. Participants are taught to conduct task analyses and ecological inventories of functional routines in residential, vocational, and community settings. Strategies such as prompting/fading and chaining are also discussed in detail. Participants will be taught how to adapt instruction to best "match" the learning styles of the individuals they support.
Target Audience: Parents/guardians, family, friends and neighbours of persons with mental handicaps; social workers, residential, community, and vocational supports, child care supports, supervisory and training personnel
Cost: $1,500 plus travel expenses
For more information, please contact Paul Malette at (604) 921-1670 or at info@cbiconsultants.com
4B. Advanced Instructional Techniques in Community Settings
This one-day workshop provides participants with an explanation and examples of the principle of partial participation as it applies to adapting activities in residential, vocational, and community settings. Strategies for designing individualized instructional adaptations in community settings are also discussed in detail. Participants will have opportunities to work in small groups and apply the workshop content to case study examples.
Target Audience: Parents/guardians, family, friends and neighbours of persons with mental handicaps; social workers, residential, community, and vocational supports, child care supports, supervisory and training personnel
Cost: $1,500 plus travel expenses
For more information, please contact Paul Malette at (604) 921-1670 or at info@cbiconsultants.com
4C. Facilitating Social Inclusion and Friendships in Community Settings
This one-day workshop emphasizes the importance of a systematic approach to facilitating social inclusion in the community. Participants will be taught to use strategies such as Lifestyle Development Planning (LDP) and MAPS to evaluate peoples' social networks and plan interventions aimed at expanding them. The importance of providing longitudinal social network supports will be emphasized, along with strategies for accomplishing this.
Target Audience: Parents/guardians, family, friends and neighbours of persons with mental handicaps; social workers, residential, community, and vocational supports, child care supports, supervisory and training personnel
Cost: $1,500 plus travel expenses
For more information, please contact Paul Malette at (604) 921-1670 or at info@cbiconsultants.com
