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| The Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project: Infusing ABA within Public School Autism Classrooms |
| Sunday, May 27, 2007 |
| 4:00 PM–5:20 PM |
| Elizabeth C |
| Area: VBC; Domain: Service Delivery |
| Chair: Mary Lynch Barbera (Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project) |
| Discussant: Michael Miklos (Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Net) |
| CE Instructor: Mary Lynch Barbera, Other |
| Abstract: This presentation will give participants an overview of the Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project and will highlight research initiatives completed and in progress. During the first presentation, an overview of the PA Verbal Behavior Project will be given and a summary of outcomes over the past 4 years will be presented. Following the overview, Behavior Analysts will share two controlled studies done through the Project which evaluated different transfer procedures to teach tacts to children with autism. The final presentation within this symposium will highlight selected case studies completed through the PA Verbal Behavior Project. |
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| The Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project: An Overview and Summary of Outcomes. |
| DEBRA NAMEY (Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project), Kelly R. Gansarski (Tuscara Intermediate Unit 11) |
| Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of the PA Verbal Behavior Project, a unique program funded by the PA Department of Education which provides training, materials, and on-site consultation to 65 public school autism classrooms across the State. A summary of outcomes for the past four years will be presented. |
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| Transfer Procedure Research Done through the PA Verbal Behavior Project. |
| MARY LYNCH BARBERA (Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project), Amiris Dipuglia (Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project) |
| Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of a single subject design published study entitled: Using Transfer Procedures to Teach Tacts to a Child with Autism (Barbera, & Kubina, Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2005) and an unpublished replication/expansion of that study entitled A Comparison of Transfer Procedures to Teach Tacts to Four Children with Autism. |
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| PA Verbal Behavior Project Selected Case Studies. |
| AMIRIS DIPUGLIA (Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project), Mary Lynch Barbera (Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project) |
| Abstract: This presentation will highlight selected case studies from the PA Verbal Behavior Project. |
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