Parent Training Opportunities

MUJC Developmental Learning Centers
A Training Series for Parents in Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, And Applied Behavior Analysis

Introduction:
We are pleased to offer our Parent Training Series Workshops. These workshops are open to anyone involved with a child who has been diagnosed with a pervasive developmental disorder. When you initially receive the diagnosis of Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, PDD/NOS, or any of the disorders along the spectrum, there are many unanswered questions and concerns that arise. If your child is older, there may be new situations which occur that you may need assistance with or may have questions about. This series is an attempt to answer some of those questions, to give you some direction as to where to go for assistance, to provide you with the support of other parents who are in similar situations, and to give you an opportunity to interact with professionals who work with children with autism.

Topics:
The series will cover basic background information on autism, applied behavior analysis, various instructional methodologies and behavior management approaches. We have expanded the training series to cover the topics in more depth, and the series is now an eleven-week program. We are continuing the hands-on training for the teaching skills and behavior management sections of the training. During these sessions, we will assist parents and participants in targeting a skill they would like to teach their child and then help them develop and implement a program to teach that skill. We will also help parents and participants target and address a challenging behavior they may be experiencing in the home, assisting in designing and implementing a behavior management plan.

Participants:
In the past we have had parents, grandparents, siblings, baby sitters, child study team members, and therapists attend these sessions. We have found that when more people involved with your child attend these workshops, it helps to ensure consistency in your child’s programming and enhance his daily progress. You may attend any one or all of the workshops offered, but we strongly urge you to attend all of them because each session builds upon the week before.

Training Dates:
The fall 2010 sessions will be held on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. in the
Developmental Learning Center in Union, located at 1231 Burnet Avenue, Union, New Jersey.

September 28, 2010
October 5, 2010
October 12, 2010
October 19, 2010
October 26, 2010
November 2, 2010
November 16, 2010
November 30, 2010
December 14, 2010

The MUJC offers this course at no cost to participants. We do ask that you register in advance, so we are prepared for the number of participants. For further information, please call Ursula Nazar at 908-464-7625, ext. 1112 or e-mail unazar@mujc.org.

Parent Awareness Workshops
The MUJC sponsors 3 parent awareness workshops per year on issues related to the education of disabled students. Please join us.

All workshops are held at the MUJC Professional Development Center - West Wing 340 Central Avenue, New Providence, NJ 07974.

Rev. 10/2/09