Webinars

Mary Schlieder Ed.D.

Through a Circle of Friends program, typically developing peers are taught important information about classmates with social challenges, and are invited and encouraged to befriend them. These peer ‪mentors are provided education and awareness, strategies for connecting and supporting  others who may be different, and given opportunities to socially interact on a regular basis.  This presentation will discuss the specifics of implementing a circle of friends program. The webinar will include information on how to set up your group, how to address peer awareness and training about autism, teaching social skills, and developing relevant CoF lesson plans.

Rhonda Danner, MS Ed, and Alissa Mullett, MA,
CCC‐SLP

This webinar will help participants understand the triad of characteristics present in Autism Spectrum Disorder, how these characteristics may affect students in the school setting, and the basic strategies used to develop communication, social, and behavioral skill sets in students with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Deb Rauner, MS Ed.

This webinar will introduce participants to The AFLS Assessment and Curriculum Guides as an extension to a verbal behavior program. Participants will gain the knowledge and tools to track a learner’s functional living skills and plan an individual intervention program to increase independence.

Erik Carter, PhD

Participants will describe the importance of involving peers in efforts to expand social relationships and learning,  identify how peer support and peer network interventions can benefit students with and without disabilities, and will learn practical strategies for recruiting students, developing effective intervention plans, orienting students to their roles, and supporting them as they work together.

Ruth Aspy, PhD

The Law and Eligibility: Overview -Legal Foundations: Special Education & the Law -Autism Spectrum Disorder Defined -Tiers of Eligibility for Services ‐ Educational Need -Debacles – Breaking the Law -Eligibility Vs. Diagnosis -“High Cognition”‐ Gifted and the Law -Girls with ASD and the Law -Primacy and the Law

Jessica Broderick M.S.Ed., CCC-SLP/L, ATP & Ashley Meyer M.Ed., BCBA

This webinar will provide an overview of how to select student skills appropriate for errorless teaching.  It will also describe and illustrate the 4 steps in the errorless teaching procedure.  

Lynn Kern Koegel Ph.D.

During this webinar the learner will be introduced the use of motivational procedures to teach academic skills. The learner will be provided a review of research studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of motivational procedures for teaching academics and will introduced to strategies the include motivational components to teach academic skills for a variety of learners.  

Aarti Nair, Ph.D.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be familiar with strategies to address teasing, strategies to address physical bullying, cyberbullying and minimize rumors and gossip.

Cara Woundy, M.S., OTR/L, M.Ed., CAGS and Megan Hoffey

The presenters will discuss why females are difficult to identify and explain the importance of early identification.  The presentation will explore interventions specific to females with ASD.

Presented by: Amy Gaumer Erickson, Ph.D. Pattie Noonan, Ph.D.                                                                     This webinar will provide an overview of the College and  Career Competency Framework.  It will provide information on how to get started exploring outcomes and instructional strategies to teach and provide opportunities for students to practice specific competencies.

Presented by: Kelley Key

After viewing this webinar participants will: Have knowledge about what core vocabulary is and how to explain it to others; Be able to utilize a variety of ways to provide core vocabulary for functional communication; Have ideas and activities to use with students immediately to support communication. 

Presented by Robert Schramm, MA, BCBA

Learning how to teach ”The 7 Steps to Earning Instructional Control.   Steps 1-6 will be discussed during this webinar.  This presentation will give information on how to organize your teaching environment so that you can earn cooperation and motivated participation from your client/student without the need for physically manipulating the child through escape extinction. 

Presented by: Sharon Krupa-Sirotek, Ph.D. 

You will gain knowledge and self awareness in areas of Self-Care. You will be challenged to honestly assess your behaviors that increase or detract from Self Care. You will acquire strategies to improve your Self Care. You will commit to increasing behaviors of Self Care.

Presented by: Teresa Schultz, MA, CCC-SLP

The 1st webinar in this series will provide an overview of the Assessment of Basic Language
and Learning Skills – Revised (ABLLS-R) protocol. The overview will include the steps to administer and score this tool.

Presented by: Judy Endow, MSW LCSW and Cara Woundy, M.S., OTR

This webinar will provide information on how sensory differences may impact an autistic person throughout their lifetime. Judy will share how often sensory solutions for an indivdual can be considered problematic behaviors instead of recognizing that the individual is problem solving and figuring our their differences.

Presented by: Teri McGill, M.Ed., BCBA and Cara Woundy, M.S.,OTR/L,

This webinar will focus on the unique characteristics of young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This webinar will discuss some of the early red flags of an Autism Spectrum Disorder in very young children, and how the areas of communication, social and behavior are impacted. Information will be shared on simple strategies for young children with Autism and what steps families and caregivers can take if they suspect an Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Presented by Peter Gerhardt, Ed.D.

This webinar will provide information on the importance of and strategies to teach Sexual Education. Topics that will be covered include the importance of teaching the Hidden Curriculum regarding sexuality to adolescents and young adults with ASD, examples of hidden curriculum as it relates to dating and sexuality and strategies for teaching the hidden curriculum of sex.

Presented by Peter Gerhardt, Ed.D.

This webinar will focus on real‐life skills for independence including the following topics: the ability for individuals to assess themselves on strengths, skills and the needs associated with their disabilities. Awareness of the accommodations they might need.  Knowledge of their rights to these accommodations and  the advocacy skills necessary to express their needs across multiple environments

Presented by: Melinda Henson, M.Ed., BCBA

This presentation will cover the following: estimated prevalence of feeding problems in children with ASD, different examples of feeding & eating challenges, ethical considerations treating feeding issues in school settings and behavioral assessment factors to emphasize or adapt for children with autism.

 Making Math Meaningful for Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, strategies for making math topics meaningful for students.

The second webinar will provide a framework for developing quality literacy instruction for individuals with ASD. We will define what it means to balance holistic and explicit instruction, and briefly describe literacy approaches for individuals emerging, developing, and using conventional literacy skills. While this session does not provide detailed instructional practices, participants will gain a framework for quality literacy instruction applicable to their individual learners, and link this to the reading profiles previously discussed. 

Providing evidence-based educational programming for students on the Autism Spectrum relies on a careful selection of focused approaches that have been shown to promote the acquisition of specific skills or the reduction of behaviors that are interfering with learning and social engagement in the classroom. Based upon current systematic reviews, nearly three-dozen approaches are considered effective at promoting such positive outcomes. These practices, however, target a wide range of behaviors, some of which may or may not be relevant or of utmost priority given the developmental needs of a student. 

This webinar presentation will discuss how to identify several types of visual supports to use with secondary students with ASD.   Specific supports to enhance the areas of Social skills, Communication, and Behavior will be covered.  

Visual Schedules and Work Systems are the next two steps in learning about the Elements of Structured Teaching. Each of these elements has key skills associated with them for the student to master, and a specific means for teachers to assess and individualize them for their students.

Presented By: Rhonda Ayres & Deb Rauner

This presentation will help participants nderstand and define verbal behavior.  The presenters will review the behavioral teaching components of reinforcement, pairing, discrete trial teaching, use of prompts and prompt fading, and error correction procedures.  

1. The participants will determine the needs of their students by utilizing the appropriate social skills assessment tools.

2. The participants will be able to describe strengths and needs of students with emerging social communication skills.

3. The participants will be able to explain the impact that social skills have on student access to relationships, education, different environments and quality of life.

4. Participants will be able to design individualized social skills instruction across all environments. 

Presented by: Cara Woundy, M.Ed., CAGS

Educational Evaluations are an interdisciplinary process. With a team approach (parents/guardians included) and the appropriate assessment tools, students will have an educational plan that is individualized to meet his/her needs. This can look different for each student but the end result will provide resources to school staff and family members. 

Participants will:

• Learn the definition of bullying        
• Gain information on the social-ecological model of bullying
• Be introduced to a variety of resources for dealing with bullying
• Understand the current research findings on bullying and students with ASD

By Katie Wells

Kim Meyer and Helen Miller

By Kim Meyer and Helen Miller

Melinda Graham

Teri McGill M.A. Ed.

Lee Stickle, M.S. Ed.

Presented by Pam Williamson Ph.D. & Christina Carnahan, Ed.D.

Peggy Lawrence, M.S.Ed