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Five Steps to Create a Functional Behavior Assessment
Presented by Tara Warwick, MS, OTR/L
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Course: #30591Level: Advanced1 Hour
This course will walk participants through five steps for creating a functional behavior assessment. The steps described include: gathering background information, determining target behavior, collecting data, analyzing data, and creating a hypothesis.

Creating a Behavior Intervention Plan
Presented by Tara Warwick, MS, OTR/L
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Course: #30592Level: Advanced1 Hour
This course will walk participants through the steps of creating a behavior intervention plan. The plan will address the behaviors targeted in the functional behavior assessment.

Critical Skills to Teach First - Part 2
Presented by Liz Moore, MEd
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Course: #30564Level: Introductory1 Hour
Students who have challenging behavior are often times missing essential critical skills. Prior to students being ready to learn, they need to have important critical skills to be successful in the learning environment. This presentation is a two part series. Part II will focus on reviewing why students misbehave and how to teach the essential skills of waiting, giving up items and transitioning.

How to Grow a Young Child's Music Brain
Presented by Carol Flexer, PhD, CCC-A, LSLS Cert. AVT
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Course: #30450Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This course summarizes research about the impact of music on brain development and offers practical suggestions for encouraging families to incorporate music into everyday life for infants and young children. Information about early music milestones will be offered, and links will be provided to music resources readily available to professionals and families.

Autism Basics
Presented by Kimberly Norris, BS, MEd
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Course: #30562Level: Introductory1 Hour
This course will examine autism through the lens of child development. The diagnostic criteria from the DSM-5 will be defined for the learner.

A Fine Motor Review: The Early Years (birth to 5 years)
Presented by Marina Calarco, MS, MS, OTR/L
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Course: #30449Level: Introductory1 Hour
This is a beginner course to introduce the new teachers, or the teacher starting out in early intervention, to fine motor skills for the young child (0-5 years). This course will focus on research, milestones, and activities.

Critical Skills to Teach First - Part 1
Presented by Liz Moore, MEd
Video
Course: #30560Level: Introductory1 Hour
Students who have challenging behavior are often times missing essential critical skills. Prior to students being ready to learn, they need to have important critical skills to be successful in the learning environment. This presentation is a two part series. Part 1 will focus on identifying why students misbehave and the four critical skills (sitting, waiting, giving up items, and transitioning). Participants will also learn strategies for teaching the first critical skill, sitting.

Feeding Tips for Young Children
Presented by Tara Warwick, MS, OTR/L
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Course: #30587Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This course will provide participants with the developmental stages of feeding. Participants will also complete this course with practical tips for teaching young children how to eat.

Safety Tips for Young Children
Presented by Tara Warwick, MS, OTR/L
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Course: #30588Level: Introductory1 Hour
The following presentation guides the participant through tips on how to prevent accidents and injuries in the car, home, and at play for young children. A special section will also be presented specifically for wandering in children with autism.

Understanding Auditory Processing Disorders in Young Children
Presented by Jane Madell, PhD, CCC-A/SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
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Course: #30445Level: Advanced1 Hour
Children learn by listening to things around them. If children do not hear speech clearly because of hearing loss or auditory processing disorders, they will have difficulty learning. This workshop will help early childhood educators learn how to recognize auditory processing disorders in children in their classroom and offer management suggestions.