Autism Distance Education Parent Training (ADEPT): Module Available on-line in English and Spanish

May 8, 2011

The Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the UC Davis MIND Institute announces the availability of the Autism Distance Education Parent Training (ADEPT) Program's web-based module on Strategies for Teaching Functional Skills. This is the first in a series of on-line training modules for parents of children with autism and other disabilities. The training, available in both English and Spanish, includes the following lessons:

Lesson 1: The ABC's of Skills Teaching
Lesson 2: Understanding Positive Reinforcement
Lesson 3: Using Reinforcement Effectively
Lesson 4: Planning and Preparation
Lesson 5: Creating a Task Analyses
Lesson 6: Prerequisite Skills
Lesson 7: Prompting and Fading Prompt for Independence
Lesson 8: Chaining Skills into Functional Routines
Lesson 9: Setting the Stage for Learning
Lesson 10: Dealing with and Correcting Errors