A Basic Introduction to Behaviour Management, workshop

The Saplings School, Carlow, will be conducting a 1-day course on "A Basic Introduction to Behaviour Management". The course will take place on Saturday, April 28th, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, and has a fee of 60 euro. 


The 1-day course will be a very basic introduction to behaviour management, going through topics such as Applied Behaviour Analysis, Reinforcement, Functional Communication Training, Schedules of Reinforcement, Token Economies, Visual Schedules, etc., to name a few. The focus of the day will be specifically an introduction to Antecedent changes, to prevent challenging behaviours from occurring. Further 1-day courses that may be done may hone in on 1 or 2 topics specifically with more depth and cover other things such as dealing directly with challenging behaviours and certain consequence manipulations.


For more information or to book in, call 059 916 4759 or email carrie.mcmillan@saplings.org.

'I am special' introducing a young person to their autism, workshop

Understanding and teaching friendship skills workshop 17th Feb

Book form here.

Disclosure and increasing self-esteem workshop 18th Feb

Book form here.

Upcoming course - Reaching Out: The Body Senses, Language & Social Interaction Connection

Irish Autism Action as a national information service for families affected by autism are circulating this item for information purposes only.  Any follow up action by anybody in relation to this circulated information is entirely their own decision and they should not infer from our issue of the information that the content is being endorsed by Irish Autism Action.

Approaching Adolescence - the development of essential pivotal skills

Training Workshop

“Approaching adolescence – 

the development of essential pivotal skills"

Presented by Dr. Peter Gerhardt

Saturday 14^th January 2012, 2:00 – 5:00pm

Monkstown Parish Centre, Co. Dublin

Cost: €25.00 per person

This workshop offers a special opportunity to parents and staff who deal with older children and young adults with autism. Places are limited and are available on a first-come basis. Reserve your place by emailing your booking to support@thereddoorschool.com or telephone (01) 633 7532.

Dr. Peter Gerhardt has over 30 years experience utilizing the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis in support of adolescents and adults with ASD in educational, employment, residential, and community-based settings.  Currently, Dr. Gerhardt is the Director of Education – Upper School for the McCarton School in New York City.  He is the author or co-author of articles and book chapters on the needs of adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder and he has presented nationally and internationally on this topic.  In addition, Dr. Gerhardt serves as Chairman of the Scientific Council for the Organization for Autism Research, on the Editorial Board of Behaviour Analysis in Practice, and on numerous professional advisory boards.   

Monkstown Parish Centre is beside St. Patrick’s Church, Monkstown, Co. Dublin on Carrickbrennan Road. For directions, click here.  

The Red Door is a charity providing services to the autism community. It set up The Red Door School in 2001, and this is now a Special School for children with autism and complex needs. The Red Door also provides training and support to parents through its Parent Support Group. It has hosted International Autism conferences in Dublin in recent years.

For further details, see www.thereddoorschool.com.

Learning Centre for Autistic Children Ltd. t/a The Red Door

 Monkstown Grove, Monkstown Avenue, Monkstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

Phone: (01) 663 7532 ~ Fax: (01) 663 7498 ~ Email: info@thereddoorschool.com

Company registered in Dublin, No. 350121, Charity Reference CHY 14457

Directors: Martina Boylan, Karen Golden, Adėle McInerney, Dan McInerney, Barry O’Neill, David Quinn

Member of Irish Autism Action, The Wheel, Inclusion Ireland 

Handle Approach talks in Co. Leitrim

ARE YOU FINDING ANOTHER’S SOCIAL OR ACADEMIC BEHAVIOUR PUZZLING?

Treating Disorders at

               Their Roots                

A Holistic Approach to NeuroDevelopment 

and Learning Efficiency

Venue:  

Drumsna

CommunityResource Ctr.

Drumsna,

Co.Leitrim

Date:  Friday 13^thJan 2012.

Time:  7.30pm to9pm

OR     Sat 14^thJan 2012.

          11am to 12.30pm

All are welcome

  (nocharge)

Frustrated by your child’s or your students or others  behaviours ?

As all behaviours are communications this information evening may help you ‘read’ these behaviours and understand what may be going on for an individual.

The pioneering, award-winning HANDLE® approach has helped families and  individuals  across the nation and around the world to achieve significant results, like walking, talking, writing, memory and staying attentive…from young infants right through to the elderly.   It incorporates many different disciplines and provides families, caregivers, educators and therapists a non-drug solution to seemingly unsolvable and hopeless situations.

The speaker  is Rosemarie Mason who is a Certified HANDLE Practitioner and Instructor.   Rosemarie is the Mother of 5 individuals with a variety of labels including autism, dyslexia and dyspraxia.

Please text Jean at 087 6177599 or e-mail her at jeanroberts@eircom.net if you are interested in joining this information evening.

Please share this flyer with others.

www.handle.org

Jean Roberts
HANDLE IN IRELAND

Coill an Madra Rua
Carrick on Shannon
Co.Leitrim

Phone: 087 6177599

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Supporting people with ID who hurt themselves - training course

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PwDI, supported by LOFFA, are hosting a FREE seminar, Sat. 22nd Oct.

Simple Steps Autism

Many families touched by Autismface a heart-breakingdaily struggle. While there are interventions that cansignificantly help, for many people they are either unaffordable orunobtainable in their area. An innovative Irish company, Simple Steps, is nowgiving hope to parents of children on the autism spectrum by offering on-linemultimedia tools which help them understand AutismSpectrum Disorder (ASD) and how it affects their child’sability to learn, to communicate and to build relationships.

Simple Steps isleading the way in behavioural change by creating the world’s first interactive, on-line teaching-tool – designed for parents by parents. Building on the experiences of real families, SimpleSteps unites theworlds of science, academia, charity, health, and innovation to introduceparents to Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA).

While Simple Steps won’t turn aparent into a behaviour analyst or a therapist, it gives them something thatthey can do to help their child reach his or her full potential using onlinevideo tutorials, animated lessons, advice sections, parent stories anddownloadable resources.

Simple Steps was the brainchild ofDr Mickey Keenan, University of Ulsterin Coleraine, and Dr Tony Byrne,father of two children that have autism and Chairman of charity PEAT (Parents’Education as Autism Therapists). The material was provided byleading experts in the field from universities in Ireland and UK– so parents can have confidence in the science behind it.

In addition toproviding affordable and sustainable parent support, Simple Steps is dedicatedto reinvesting heavily in the autism sector.

At €79 Simple Steps is within thereach of most people – there are other autism related on-line sites around butnone come close to the simplicity of Simple Steps, or its price point. Accessis also not time limited – you get it 24/7, forever. The organization plans toaugment the material significantly over the next few years and promise that thenew material will be available to current subscribers for a small additionalcharge.

In an effort to get the messageout Simple Steps is also working with local autism charities and special needsschools to get information to parents – a partnership which helps both parentsand the charity.

Simple Steps is also planning tohelp parents throughout Europeby providing foreign language versions of the site – there is currently verylittle help for parents in languages other than English.

Parents cansubscribe to Simple Steps by accessing the site at www.simplestepsautism.com,and click on “Purchase Now” - the subscription process is straightforward fromthere – or you can contact them through info@simplestepsautism.comor call them on 048 9079 5342.

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I have a promotional code for a €10 reduction on the cost of the home training pack. Please email me on jen@autismireland.ie if you wish to avail of the code.


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