Professional Development
Clarity Service Group is an Act 48 CEU Approved Provider!
Workshops, In-Service Training, and Professional Development
for staff, school districts, and community based agencies:
- Staff and Teacher training
- Ongoing technical support
- Case support
- Workshops
- Classroom Data Collection Systems
- Mentorship and Supervision of Board Certification Candidates
- Parent Training
We conduct trainings and workshops that focus on a variety of topics. We customize content and exercises to the needs of clients as well to the experience of the target audience.
Effective training reduces the need for intense individualized supports and empowers both staff persons and organizations. Workshop trainings are a cost-effective means by which agencies can build capacity to increase knowledge and skills. Our training capacity allows us to offer multiple hour or multiple day workshops, and we have several teams of training experts.
Short workshops are effective starting points for training and building capacity. However, ongoing support and practice in natural settings provides a deeper and long-lasting change in staff behavior. We offer classroom consultation services to bridge the gap between theory and practice.
Team training is essential for best practice. By working directly with teachers and paraprofessionals in the field, we help transform ideas into usable techniques.
Workshop formats are a natural complement to consultation and establish an agency as proactive in training and implementation of best practices. The training curricula are engaging, well-researched, and clearly presented. However, our excellent reputation stems more directly from the experienced and caring Behavior Analysts on staff. Our trainers each have a Master's degree, EdD or PhD in a field directly related to Applied Behavior Analysis. Many are Board Certified Behavior Analysts and all have more than five years experience working with children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder - as well as experience in specialized areas such as medication selection, feeding, toilet training, treatment of self-injury, and verbal behavior. We possess excellent knowledge of cutting edge behavior analysis applications such as functional behavior assessment, development of treatment plans, and specialized communication intervention, yet each training module training module is designed to be easily understood by direct care staff. It is not an understatement to say that world-renowned behavior analysts create each module, and we are fully prepared to develop more intensive and in-depth trainings. Our training development team consists of contributing educators and professors from universities such as Rutgers, Temple, and Johns Hopkins and all members have extensive experience with recognized autism therapy techniques and interventions.
Although we are experts in the field of autism, we also serve persons with many other behavioral and educational concerns. Our curriculum series reflects a multiple disability focus with varied approaches in ABA. Each training module, whether lasting a few hours or several days, prepares participants with the skills necessary to begin working effectively with consumers facing the challenges common to the ASD spectrum.
Our most popular Workshops:
- Differentiated Instruction (7 hours)
- Autism Spectrum Disorders (8 hours)
- Basic Assessment, Analysis, and Treatment (8 hours)
- Advanced Assessment, Analysis, and Treatment (8 hours)
- Managing Disruptive Childhood Behaviors (4 hour)
- Data Collection and Accountability for Improved Teaching (3 hour)
- Early Language Intervention (8 hour)
- Tantrums and Defiance (3 hour)
- Timeout and Planned Ignoring Implementation (3 hour)
- Potty Training in the Classroom (3 hour)
Additional Topics
We can provide technical training to teachers, parents, behavioral support staff and behavioral specialists on topics such as:
- Applied behavior analysis
- Behavioral assessment
- Behavioral treatment
- Basic principles such as prompting, reinforcement, fading, generalization
- Writing measurable goals and objectives
- Classroom behavior management, visual supports, and classroom design
- Parent training
- Antecedent interventions
- Development across the life span
- Specific syndromes such as Asperger's, Rett's, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, and Mental Retardation
- Data collection, measuring performance, and documentation
- Working with families in a collaborative, supportive, and positive manner
- The function of behavior
- Reinforcement
We can provide training on addressing problems such as:
- Severe problem behaviors displayed by children and adolescents with autism and developmental disabilities including self-injury, aggression, and property destruction
- Noncompliance with educational programming
- Noncompliance with medical procedures
- Feeding problems including food refusal and food selectivity
- Anxiety
- Communication deficits (PECS , sign language, augmentative devices, verbal behavior)
- Tantrums
- Social skills deficits
We can provide technical training to professionals including physicians, psychologists, nurses, and teachers on topics such as:
- Applied behavior analysis
- Integrating behavioral and pharmacological interventions
We can provide guidance to administrators on issues related to:
- Developing and implementing behavior management procedures for students
- Developing and implementing policies to minimize the use of restrictive procedures
- Enhancing the practice of applied behavior analysis in schools
