ABACLive Webinar with Judah Axe, PhD, BCBA-D

Presented through the ABACLive Cambridge Center Series. Helping those who help others, one live webinar at a time.

Judah Axe, PhD, BCBA-D, presents “Teaching Problem Solving to Address Complex Repertoires with Students with Autism”

Friday, November 18, 2022
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm (Eastern/NY)

This event is FREE for the general public.* Or available for a discounted price with 2 BACB® Learning CEUs.

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Abstract

Once children with autism have basic verbal and academic repertoires, behavior analysts must teach more advanced skills, such as verbal categorizations, solving math story problems, answering questions about the past, and answering questions that require researching online content. The analysis and applications of problem solving can greatly help with teaching these complex skills. Skinner defined problem solving as manipulating stimuli to increase the probability of arriving at a solution to a problem. When faced with a problem, such as a math problem or a question about a past event, an individual arrives at a solution by engaging in a few behaviors, such as working out the problem on paper, asking themselves questions, or visualizing. The presenter will provide a conceptual analysis of problem solving and covert behavior and present research on using visual imagining, self-questioning, graphic organizers, and mobile apps to teach intraverbal categorization, recalling past events, equivalence relations, and answering social questions. Teaching problem solving is a useful way to produce less rote responding and promote more generalization.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this event, participants should be able to:

• Identify a “problem” and “problem solving” from a behavior analytic perspective.
• Select correct information on how to use visual imagining and self-questioning as problem-solving strategies to teach children with autism to answer intraverbal categorization questions and recall past events.
• Select correct information on how to teach children with autism to use mobile apps as a problem-solving strategy to answer geography questions.

Presenter Bio:

Dr. Judah Axe received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis and Special Education from The Ohio State University. He is currently a Professor of Behavior Analysis at Simmons University in Boston where he teaches in the on-ground and online master’s and Ph.D. programs. In addition to authoring the 10th edition of Applied Behavior Analysis for Teachers, he has published over 30 articles and book chapters, mostly on teaching verbal behavior and social skills to children with autism. Dr. Axe serves on the editorial boards of several behavior analytic journals, has served in leadership roles in ABA organizations, and received the 2021 Award for Excellence in Teaching Verbal Behavior from the Verbal Behavior Special Interest Group (VB SIG) of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI).

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The ABACLive Cambridge Center Series is the result of a collaboration between The Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies (CCBS) and The Applied Behavior Analysis Center, Inc (ABAC) designed to make behavioral health education accessible to the global community of professionals working to make a positive difference in the lives of others.

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