Individuals with an autism spectrum disorder often have difficulty developing friendships and intimate relationships. There are limited data describing optimal social skills to guide clinical practice. The purpose of this talk is to describe assessment and interventions for conversational skill deficits. Conversations are requisite to more advanced social skills. I will discuss how to identify conversation skills in need of intervention and how to design relevant teaching contexts. I will review findings from my lab’s recent research on teaching conversation skills.


Learning objectives: 

At the conclusion of the presentation, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe how to assess relevant conversation and social skills,
  2. Understand how multiple control applies to conversation and social skills,
  3. Describe how to program relevant stimulus conditions to teach conversation and social skills, 
  4. Describe how to program differential attention as a reinforcer. 

About the Presenter

Stephanie Hood
Stephanie A. Hood, PhD, BCBA, is an assistant professor and the academic director of the Masters of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis program at California State University-Northridge. She earned a Bachelor’s of Applied Science in Psychology and Special Education at the University of Minnesota- Duluth. She earned a Master’s of Science in Behavior Analysis and Therapy from Southern Illinois University- Carbondale. She received her Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis from the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute. Her current research interests are related to determining the extent to which efficacious teaching procedures produce socially important behavior change and promote maintenance and generalization. Her primary line of research is related to the development of efficacious and preferred treatment procedures to increase advanced conversation, social, and job skills.
Anonymous

Great! Loved the examples.

Anonymous

The information was great. Addressed a lot of areas of need.

Anonymous

Excelente! One of the best classes that I took!

Nicole

I was very excited about this topic as I have several clients who I provide services for that have clear deficits in social interactions and reciprocal conversations with others. I would love to have further information/ training on implementation this topic, especially across individuals to whom social interaction is not aversive but is not motivating and who are not punished by negative social interactions.

Anonymous

This is a great starting points for behavior analysts who are looking to provide better social skills training to their clients. The presentation will better help you define the specific conversational moves that your client will want to make to engage in meaningful, natural conversation. The detailed breakdown of what actually happens in a natural conversation will enliven your practice and help you program more to the individualized needs of the client.

Anonymous

it was informative and useful!

Anonymous

This was a very engaging and informative course. I enjoyed the videos and supporting data that was presented with the course.

Sharon M.

very informative presentation.

Joan

very informative - too fast for me in parts

Yvonne

Thank you very much for this Webinar. It was informative and will definitely review the material and to better be able to grasp the concepts. Hope to enroll in the upcoming webinar in June. Thanks.

Course information

  • Title: Social Skills for Adolescents and Young Adults
  • Presenter: Stephanie Hood Ph.D., BCBA-D
  • CEUs: 2 Learning
  • Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes
  • Customer Rating: (1253)
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