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If professionals/ teachers would like to come visit our school, you are most welcomed to! We will give you a live classroom tour and also follow up by a presentation on the application of Applied Behavior Analysis and also some featured case studies. We will also discuss the design of the curriculum, classroom structure, and individualization of programs.

- There is absolutely NO charge for the service.
- We can cater up to 20-30 adults at a time.
- Presentation can be conducted in English and Cantonese.
- Limited slots available, please refer to the application form.

If you are interested in this featured tour and workshop, download your application here.

To make it more convenient for staff at your organization, we would tour around school and give presentations/ workshops on certain topics. Topics are mainly the following:

• Effective School Shadowing
• Teaching Self-help Skills
• How to Manage Behavioral Problems
• Advanced Language Development for Individuals with Autism
• Toilet Training & Eating Problems
• Social Skills Training
• How to Effectively Teach Play & Leisure Skills
• How to develop spontaneous speech
• Discrete Trial Training (Teaching Methodology)

If you are looking for self-development and would like to learn more about Autism, you are welcomed to sign up our free quarterly workshops. Or even simplier, join our mailing list and have us notified you for the next one coming up.

All regular workshops at APS will be held on a Saturday at 10:00am-11:30am.

Our upcoming workshops are:

May 8, 2010-- Use of Reinforcement

- What is reinforcement?
- Why do we use it?
- How do we use reinforcement wisely?
- What is reinforcement schedule?
- How does reinforcement encourage/ discourage behavior/ performance?

October 30, 2010--Teaching Play Skills (Pending for confirmation)

- Why and when do we need to learn play skills?
- How do we engage children in play?
- What are age-appropriate activities?

*Availability, date, and topic to be finalized in September

Many schools employ school shadows as a means to integrate students with ASD successfully. This workshop is designed for both teachers and aides working with children on the autism spectrum. We will discuss how to develop an effective plan for working within classroom settings as a team and how to fade a shadow. We will also address how to encourage and teach social skills in inclusive settings.

Participants will learn:

1. What is the role of a shadow teacher?
2. How to develop an effective plan for classroom shadowing
3. How to fade shadow support

Self-help skills are critical for independence and autonomy. Basic techniques of forward and backward chaining, prompting and task analysis will all be taught to tackle a myriad of different life skills such as dressing, completing homework, organizational skills, taking a shower, etc.

Participants will learn:

1. What is forward and backward chaining?
2. Advantages and disadvantages of these strategies
3. How to apply the learned principles in teaching self-help skills

Behavioral problems if not tackled properly, often affect learning and family life. In this workshop, we will discuss different kinds of management techniques to deal with tantrums, self-stimulation, inattention and non-compliance. There will also be plenty of time to answer questions and discuss cases and problems that participants currently face at home or at school.

Participants will learn:

1. How to identify the functions of a behavior
2. How to react to various behavioral problems
3. How to identify what replacement skills to teach
4. How to come up with a comprehensive, reactive and proactive behavior plan

This topic will discuss how to develop more advanced language skills in children with autism. We will cover how to get children to ask questions, comment, process advanced instructions, develop reasoning skills and many other areas of advanced language.

Participants will learn:

1. How to set up situations to teach advanced language skills
2. What are the techniques involved in teaching advanced skills?
3. What is the breakdown of teaching techniques?
4. How to achieve the best learning outcome

We will explore different methods in expanding child’s food selection, selecting teaching time, and introducing new food. Our speaker will also teach the step-by-step methods in schedule toilet training and nighttime toileting.

Participants will learn:
1. How to expand child’s food selection
2. How to select teaching time
3. What are the techniques for introducing new food?
4. How to successfully toilet train your child

Play is a very important element in children’s development. Every child learns through different kinds of play and playing with peers. In this workshop, we will teach parents different effective techniques to maximize the fun and learning opportunities in different play situations. 

Participants will learn:
1. How to teach play skills in different contexts
2. How to set up play situations
3. How to develop a wider range of play interest

Children with autism can often have difficulties communicating with others. This becomes especially apparent when looking at spontaneous speech. In this workshop, we will examine a range of ideas and interventions designed to increase a student’s spontaneous speech and interaction in different social and play settings.

Participants will learn:
1. How to set up learning opportunities
2. How to encourage and motivate your child to speak
3. What are the techniques for expanding their speech?

DTT is the most effective teaching methodology for children with autism, especially for those who just begin treatment because its clear structure helps clarify instruction and learning input. But if DTT is done too rigidly or too loosely, it will affect learning outcome, so how do you apply the best practice of DTT? In this workshop, we will focus on training parents/ professionals in how to deliver the basic skills of a discrete trial. 

Participants will learn:

1. What is a discrete trial?
2. What is a prompt?
3. The different kinds of prompts that can be used
4. How to apply the method in role playing sessions