AAPC Sponsored Conferences

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Shawnee Mission, KS 66283-0173
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AAPC Sponsored Conferences:

Grand Forks

August 4-5 , 2008

Learn How to Document and Incorporate Research-Based Interventions into Your Students' Daily Schedules!

The Autism Asperger Publishing Company invites you to attend …

RTI That Makes Sense! Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders Using the Comprehensive Autism Planning System (CAPS)
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Grand Forks
August 4-5, 2008

Two-Day Conference
Featured Speaker: Brenda Smith Myles, Ph.D.

CONFERENCE LOCATION
Alerus Center
1200 S. 42nd St.
Grand Forks, ND 58201
(701) 792-1200 - General Office

Win a free set of all Brenda Smith Myles' books! To be eligible for this drawing, you must register by July 14.

RTI That Makes Sense!
Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders Using the Comprehensive Autism Planning System (CAPS)

Presenter: Brenda Smith Myles, Ph.D.

This two-day workshop will present practical techniques for teaching students with ASD that can be used in both general and special education settings.A format for ensuring that strategies are in place to meet the complex needs of students with ASD will also be presented. This model, the Comprehensive Autism Planning System (CAPS), meets the requirements of No Child Left Behind, Response to Intervention, and evidence-based practices and can be used with individuals ages preschool throughout adulthood. Video case studies will be provided, and attendees will be given opportunities to apply CAPS with students with ASD.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Participants will be able to match evidence-based practices to the needs of students with ASD.
• Participants will be able to develop a Comprehensive Autism Planning System for individuals with ASD.
• Participants will be able to identify evidence-based structural supports for individuals with ASD.
• Participants will be able to describe communication interventions.
• Participants will be able to name sensory interventions for students with ASD that can be used across school and community settings.
• Participants will be able to name academic modifications for students with ASD across settings.
• Participants will be able to identify CAPS for elementary, middle/high, and vocational settings.
• Participants will be able to identify the components of a comprehensive plan for individuals with ASD that can be used in a vocational setting.

Brenda Smith Myles, Ph.D.
Brenda Smith Myles, Ph.D., is the recipient of the 2004 Autism Society of America's Outstanding Professional Award, ASA's 2002 Outstanding Literary Work Award, and the 2006 Princeton Fellowship Award. She has made over 500 presentations nationally and internationally and written more than 150 articles and books on ASD. Myles is also on the executive boards of several organizations, including the Organization for Autism Research. In addition, she was acknowledged as the second most productive applied researcher in ASD in the world from 1997 to 2004.

LEARN AND EARN
Earn one college credit from the University of North Dakota (additional $50 fee).Find out how to enroll for credit when you register for the conference and receive your confirmation letter. Autism Asperger Publishing Company is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. This program is offered for 1.2 CEUs (intermediate level; professional area).ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.

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