Training

Professional Development

Each training program is 6 hours in length. Please find a list of our common training sessions below.

We customize each program to your needs. Contact us to learn more.

Program 4

Assessment of Basic Learning & Language Skills

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The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills- Revised (The ABLLS ®-R) is an assessment, curriculum guide, and skills tracking system for children with language delays. It is based on the science of Applied Behavioral Analysis with Skinner's theory of Verbal Behavior along with research by Dr. Partington and includes 25 repertoire areas covering 544 skills. Staff will be trained on how to conduct this assessment, create individualized programs for students, collect ongoing data on student’s progress, and master goals/add new goals to program. The goals identified in the VBAMPP often match state standards/IEP Goals.

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• Participants will to the principles of Verbal Behavior

• Participants will learn how to conduct an ABLLS-R Assessment

• Participants will learn to create an ABLLS-R curriculum for their students

Program 6

Developing Skill Acquisition Programs using the Assessment of Functional Livings Skills in Home, School & Community (AFLS)

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Developed by Partington & Mueller, The Assessment of Functional Living Skills is comprised of The AFLS Guide and six individual assessment protocols including Basic Living Skills, Home Skills and Community Participation Skills School Skills, Independent Living Skills and Vocational Skills assessment, These protocols assess functional, practical, and essential skills of everyday life across all ages. The AFLS can be conducted in the home, school, and community settings with the help of parents, caregivers, teachers and employers. Many of the skill areas match the Alabama State Standards which are used in IEP goal development. The AFLS can accompany or follow a skill acquisition program based on the ABLLS-R. Each module is different yet each is connected by unifying themes and overarching goals for maximizing a learner’s freedom, independence, and opportunities.

Participants will become familiarized with different AFLS protocols and identify at least 32 specific skill repertoire areas of functional skills Participants will learn to score the AFLS Participants will learn to select and prioritize targets to include in a client’s skill acquisition program

Program 7: ABA Model Classroom

ABA Model Classroom NEW!!!

What are the goals of Milestones’ ABA Classroom Program?

• Increase skills in academics, language and communication, social skills, and independent living skills for all students.

• Increase the internal capacity within school systems across the state of Alabama to work with and educate children with Autism and other similar disabilities.

What’s different about the Milestones ABA Classroom Program?

• Housed in the school system and staffed with existing school system personnel with a more typical and feasible student-to-staff ratio.

• Support and collaboration from a BCBA creates a sustainability

• Intensive Staff Training for increased capacity within the school system - We create internal experts.

• All classroom staff trained to implement ABA procedures, to collect and use data to make teaching decisions, to assess skills, and to develop appropriate educational programs focused on the student’s core deficits.

• Teachers are trained to implement procedures, develop programs, and problem solve allowing increasingly better educational services to the children they will teach for years to come.

• 3 year "train the trainer" model designed to increase the capacity of the classroom teachers and other staff so that they will be able to provide training and consultative services from within the school district

Services provided by Milestones Behavior Group School Staff Training Team:

• Extensive, competency-based Teacher and Staff Training – both didactic and in-vivo throughout the school year

• Academic and Behavior Assessment of students

• Program Development of both skill acquisition programs (ex: DTT/ABA) and BIP

• Support and Consultation in-vivo for the school year by BCBA

How long is the program?

300 hours of services in year one; 150 in year 2; 75 or as needed in year three
 

Services to be provided by the school system:

• The school system will be responsible for providing the students (approx. 8 students), classroom staff (1 teacher and 2 paraprofessionals), and typical classroom materials

• This program must be met with administrative support at school and district level.