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Course Description:
This intensive, competency based course provides practical training
in precision teaching and programme writing. Participants are
supervised in the implementation of skills teaching programmes
with children or adults who have learning and communication difficulties,
and particular emphasis is given to learners who have severe
or profound learning disabilities. On completion of the course,
participants will be equipped to devise and implement effective
skills teaching programmes, and to ensure a greater intensity
of relevant skills teaching in the service within which they
work.
Course Outline
The course involves 4 x one-day modules of lectures and supervision
along with practical assignments (16 hours) over a ten-week period.
Each participant will implement a minimum of three skills teaching
programmes with three different people. Supervision is based
on a review of written documentation and video recording of actual
skills teaching procedures.
Module one:
Participants will learn how to
- Select a skill for teaching
- Conduct a task analysis
- Access prior to teaching
- Implement techniques
for precision teaching
Module two
Participants will learn how to
- Techniques for maximising client
participation
- Techniques for maximising prompt effectiveness
- Interactional
style for skills teaching
- Reinforcement selection and delivery
- Efficient
methods for documenting progress
- To write a skills teaching
programme
Module three:
Participants will learn
- A proven, three level system of staff
training
- To implement an organisational system for ensuring
intensive skills development within the service.
Module four:
This involves a review and feedback on the skills teaching
procedures implemented as course assignments. Who Should Attend:
This course is suitable for frontline and resource staff who
work with people with learning disabilities. Supervision and
feedback is provided throughout training.
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