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Moondog is hoping that all you MNers with an interest in evidence based practice and all things ABA will come to this event in London very soon

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moondog · 14/03/2013 18:48

Here

There will be some fantastic people speaking-day to day practioners from the field of health and education as well as the big names.
Janet Twyman!!! Developer of Headsprout
Sandy Toogood!!! One of the principle architects of Active Support
Richard Hastings One of the UKs foremost experts on early intervention for children with autism
Carl Hughes, Mike Beverley and Claire Mc Dowell Precision teachers extraordinaire. These two blokes have taught me most of what I know

So many more too.
I'll be there as will a lot of the people I work with.

All MNers most welcome and all parents most welcome

Central London (UCL)
March 25th-27th

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moondog · 15/03/2013 16:50

Thought that may be the case. Grin
(I went to Cornwall a few years ago. As well as it being lovely I was struck by how damned far it is!)

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ouryve · 15/03/2013 20:28

DisAstrophe iPads don't run flash, unfortunately and Android devices have stopped supporting it, too.

If you have a desktop computer, you ca buy a touchscreen monitor for less than the price of an iPad mini, though.

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moondog · 16/03/2013 08:40

You would be mad to miss this....

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signandsmile · 16/03/2013 10:10

So tempted after the fab moondog ABA day recently but funds and childcare will not stretch.... ah well maybe next yr.

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moondog · 16/03/2013 18:18

Every years Sign.
I hope we'll see you next time eh? Smile

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moondog · 16/03/2013 18:18

Sorry-every two years

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DisAstrophe · 16/03/2013 22:19

ouyre oh bugger that is a shame about the ipad and flashplayer. I have a laptop and guess I could connect a touch screen to that.

DisAstrophe · 16/03/2013 22:19

ouyre oh bugger that is a shame about the ipad and flashplayer. I have a laptop and guess I could connect a touch screen to that.

ouryve · 16/03/2013 22:27

It's easy enough to do if it has an HDMI output.

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moondog · 17/03/2013 09:42
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tryingtokeepintune · 18/03/2013 00:00

I am trying to sort things out in order to attend.

moondog can we discuss starlight's pencil grip and clicker on the other thread? (to keep the strategies etc. on one thread)

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moondog · 18/03/2013 17:32

Hope you can come Trying.
Have you looked at the draft programme?
What grabs you?
Yes, by all means. Can you bump that thread up as I have lost track of where it is?

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MareeyaDolores · 18/03/2013 22:45

Annual leave diary has vanished from office Angry. Really want to come to the PT workshop on the weds, though hopefully can do the tues anyway...

And quick hijack, is this ABA based do you think? Wink

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moondog · 18/03/2013 23:24

Oh excellent Mareeya. Really look forward to chatting with you again! You'll love the PT workshop and the lovely people running it. Is what ABA based? The PT workshop or all of it? Yes on both counts!

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moondog · 18/03/2013 23:28

Sorry I see what you mean now. On phone so difficult to see the link. Will read properly tomorrow but could well be. Janet Twyman who is speaking is an expert in this stuff. Do you remember Theresa talking about the upcoming chicken camp in California? Janet was at that. I know because I saw her in the States straight after she came from there.

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StarlightMcKenzie · 18/03/2013 23:32

What on earth is that Mareeya? Confused

MareeyaDolores · 19/03/2013 13:45

Well, what I think it seems to be is an academic course about how to use ABA principles on NT adults, for a range of purposes. Sort of like airmiles, but taken to a slightly extreme level Hmm

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moondog · 19/03/2013 15:06

He seems to be a legal boffin on closer inspection. It may be ABA by stealth but not apparent.
That sort of stuff done by ABAers is OBM (Organisational Behaviour Management) which I am very interested in.

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moondog · 19/03/2013 19:13

I've seen where you got that from Mareeya. They do look interesting don't they, those courses?!

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MareeyaDolores · 19/03/2013 19:16

Just googled one of the journals. Schramm talking about children with ASD seems to have more interest in selecting, generalising and developing reinforcers... the (rather lame) ones used in the various studies might 'work' initially but I bet they'll fade, I wonder about more meaningful rewards Hmm

Surely anyone working with NT adults needs a really, really good understanding of how-to-choose reinforcement principles Grin

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moondog · 19/03/2013 20:11

Gosh yes.
The wonderful http://cfs.cbcs.usf.edu/faculty-staff/detail.cfm?id=784 |Miltenberger does a lot of very interesting stuff on motivationg hospital staff to wash hands and clean and so on.
Also lots on exercise.
When you go to a conference and everyone staggers out bleary eyed after wild night in the bar, he usually jogs past you having seen off 10k before breakfast.

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moondog · 19/03/2013 20:11

and again

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working9while5 · 24/03/2013 18:28

Moondog or any of you peeps who are there this weekend, do any of you know what day of the week the ABA MSc in Bangor runs on? I think I am finally going to take the leap....

StarlightMcKenzie · 24/03/2013 19:00

Working I will absolutely find out for you.

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