We are pleased to present a new Preschool Life Skills Workshop Bundle! PLS is a problem behavior prevention curriculum. It is intended for students who are at risk for the development of severe problem behavior. It is not intended for students who already exhibit severe problem behavior. Objectives: Attendees will be able to… Describe and…
FTF is proud to announce the release of its latest course “Prompting, Shaping, & Differential Reinforcement: Foundational Teaching Tools in SBT” by Dr. Kelsey Ruppel. Abstract: Skill-Based Treatment (SBT) involves teaching learners the skills they need to make problem behavior unnecessary. Effective prompting, shaping, and differential reinforcement are required to teach every step in the…
FTF is proud to announce the release of its latest 2.5 CEU training on Recording, Graphing, and Interpreting PFA/SBT Data—Presented by Dr. Cammilleri. Link: https://ftfbc.com/course-list/ Objectives: Participants will be able to identify key elements of a performance-based IISCA. Participants will learn how use a paper and pencil data collection system for a performance-based IISCA. Participants…
FTF would like to recognize the accomplishments of the SEARCH Day Program. Please check out this recent article Generalization and Extension of the Skill-Based Treatment in a School Setting – Autism Spectrum News
Please click here for an Icelandic translation of the Sleep Assessment and Treatment Tool. Special thanks are extended to Berglind Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Hulda Jónsdóttir Tölgyes, and Herdís I. Auðar Svandsdóttir for translating the document.
Here’s another recently published article on Preschool Life Skills. The authors examined the effectiveness and generality of an abbreviated PLS program with typically developing Icelandic preschoolers. Click here for a copy of the article. And a big congratulations to Bára Fanney Hálfdanardóttir, Eina Ingvarsson, and Berglind Sveinbjörnsdóttir on this achievement!
Joseph Dutkowsky, M.D. Clinician of the Year Award for 2021 This award exists to honor a clinician who has worked to positively change the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through their work within an CP Affiliate or related program. Honorees will be recognized based on their advocacy for health equity, commitment to…
Evaluación Funcional Práctica y Tratamiento Basado en Habilidades (10 CEUs) FTF agradece al Dr. Javier Virués Ortega, a Aida Tarifa Rodríguez y a Agustín Gonzalo Pérez-Bustamante Pereira por su extraordinario trabajo de traducción de los materiales de formación de este curso. Con ello, el FTF se acerca a su objetivo de difusión internacional de los…
Please enjoy this infographic that illustrates the Skill-based Treatment and the branching of Contextually Appropriate Behaviors (CAB). FTF Behavioral Consulting recently developed the infographic with Trade Winds Educational Center in Utica, NY. All teaching trials, in which CAB is targeted, involve the client first communicating, tolerating, relinquishing reinforcers, and transitioning to a context in which…
Please enjoy a conversation between Dr. Javier Virues-Ortega and Dr. Hanley on the relative merits of a practical functional assessment, recorded in 2017 in New Zealand provided by ABA España. This interview includes Spanish subtitles. Find it via ABA España’s YouTube channel here.
Practical Functional Assessment 