2-Day Virtual POPARD SuperWorkshop
May 4 & 5, 2020 9am-3pm
Understanding Challenging Behaviour
The characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often manifest in challenging behaviour, causing school support personnel much distress as they struggle to understand and address the behaviors. Thankfully, there is a large evidence-base of effective instructional strategies to support positive behaviour in children and teens with ASD. This 2-day introductory super-workshop will prepare you to answer questions such as: For what reasons does challenging behaviour occur? How can I find out why my student is engaging in such behaviour? How can I limit the likelihood of challenging behaviour, both before it has occurred and after? Participants will walk away having learned how to begin planning to make improvements in the challenging behaviour displayed by students.
Objectives Participants will:
Understand the terms behaviour and challenging behaviour
Identify examples and non-examples of behaviours
Develop operational definitions of target behaviours
Understand how the environment influences challenging behaviour
Identify examples of antecedents, behaviours, and consequences from descriptions of challenging behaviour
Differentiate between setting events and antecedents
List the four main functions that behaviours serve and understand why it is important to determine the function prior to intervention
Discuss how to use ABC data collection to determine the function of behaviour
Give examples of class-wide and individual antecedent and reinforcement strategies
Practice adapting a task for an individual student
Use an intervention plan template to create an antecedent intervention for a student they know
Create a plan for a token economy for an individual student or classroom
Define replacement behaviours and identify appropriate skills to teach using case studies
Discriminate between punishment and extinction
Discuss the pitfalls of using punishment procedures
Develop datasheets using a case study
Identify the components of a competing pathway diagram
Develop a competing pathway diagram, identify appropriate interventions, and detail the components of the interventions
Audience: Parents and Teachers supporting Learning at home
When May 4 - 5, 2020
This Event is closed at this time.
Site close date: 4/22/2021 4:29 PM
If you have any questions contact Denise Reid by email at
