Milestones Family Workshop Series

This series is for family members, caregivers, tutors or others interested in learning effective strategies for playing, communicating and interacting in a home with children who have communication and/or behavioral challenges. These effective strategies are for children of all ages with pervasive developmental disorders, autism spectrum disorders and asperger's syndrome. The workshop focus is on ages 1 years old through early elementary.  Participants will engage in hands-on learning of applied behavioral analysis (ABA) for use everyday in their homes. ABA is a system for teaching which breaks skills down into discrete steps. Skills are taught through motivation, errorless learning, and reinforcement. This workshop is for children of all functioning levels.

Dates:

Sunday, March 30th: ABA Everyday During Play
Behavioral strategies to use in the home during play
Learn how to encourage reciprocal play
Learn how to engage your child in fun, interactive activities
Learn how to use play to target specific social, communication or
academic skills

Sunday, April 27th: Be Prepared: Practical Behavior Plans
Learn how to develop a plan to deal with behaviors so that you are
not always responding in the moment but rather are being proactive.
Learn how to encourage positive behaviors and reduce inappropriate
behaviors.

Sunday, May 18th: Tools for Encouraging Communication
Learn how to use a variety of visual supports
Learn how to create social stories and schedules
Learn how to encourage communication in the natural environment

Time: 1:30-4:00 pm
Location: Westlake Recreation Center (http://www.wlrec.org/)
Westlake Recreation Department
28955 Hilliard Boulevard
Westlake, OH 44145
440.808.5700 (call for directions only)

Cost: Register for Individual Sessions or for Entire Series
Group Discounts
$30 per person per session -- $75 for series per person
$45 for two family members/caregivers per workshop -- $135 for
series for two people

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER
Visit www.milestones.org
call 216-371-4765
email milestonesorg@gmail.com

*request the monthly Newsletter * list an upcoming Autism Event
*Call for parent support and referral information