频谱教育中心

自闭症服务

The 频谱教育中心 currently offers group social skill intervention, 同行®, 给我们的自闭症社区成员. Kristine Turko, Director of the 频谱教育中心 is a certified PEERS provider. 同行® for Adolescents is a 14-week evidence-based social skills intervention for motivated students with autism in middle school or high school who are interested in learning ways to help them make and keep friends.

PEERS - 同行® for Adolescents is a 14-week evidence-based social skills intervention for motivated students with autism in middle school or high school who are interested in learning ways to help them make and keep friends. The intervention occurs via group therapy sessions that are held weekly for 90 minutes. The first 30 minutes consists of a didactic lesson that includes role-play demonstrations, 行为演练, 以及绩效反馈. The next 45 minutes consists of peer mentoring with UMU students who help group members practice the goal behaviors that were introduced in the lesson. The final 15 minutes is spent reviewing the lesson as a group and talking about ways that the students can practice utilizing the new skills.  The following is an outline of the social skill topics covered during the 14-week session:

1. 会话技巧，交易信息
2. 对话技巧，双向对话
3. 会话技巧，电子沟通
4. 选择合适的朋友
5. 适当使用幽默
6. 同伴进入，进入对话
7. 同伴进入，退出对话
8. 集体社交活动
9. 良好的体育精神
10. 拒绝、戏弄和令人尴尬的反馈
11. 拒绝、欺凌和坏名声
12. 处理分歧
13. 谣言和八卦
14. 结语与毕业 

Two PEERS groups are held yearly, 14-week sessions each Fall and Spring semester. To apply to the PEERS program or to learn more contact spectrum@erlebniswohnen.net.

注册行为技术员培训

Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) certification allows credentialed individuals to provide behavior analytic services, 同时在BCBA的指导下工作. RBT证书是一种备受追捧的商品. The RBT is primarily responsible for the direct implementation of behavior-analytic services.  Legislation in some states mandates that all paraprofessionals who work with students with autism have the RBT credential.       

The 频谱教育中心 offers RBT training to those interested in earning the credential. 申请人必须年满18岁, 具有高中以上学历或同等学历, 完成40小时的培训, 完成犯罪背景调查, 通过RBT能力评估, 并通过RBT考试. Spectrum的项目包括所需的40小时培训, 能力评估, 以及考试准备. To apply to for training or to learn more about the program contact spectrum@erlebniswohnen.net.

专业发展

Educators in NorthEast Ohio benefit from access to professional development services at the 频谱教育中心. Professional development sessions can be tailored to the needs of the organization, and state-of-the-art classroom and meeting space is available on Mount Union’s campus to host your staff training.

培训:Spectrum的主管, Kristine Turko, is a certified instructor for the Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association. 联系Spectrum安排你学校的专业发展. 定期提供的教学主题包括:

• 同伴中介指导与干预(PMII)
• 社会叙事(SN)
• 视觉支持(VS)
• 早期识别
• 认知差异
• 家长实施干预
• 钢筋(R +)
• 任务分析(TA)

频谱教育中心新闻和活动

社区残疾法开放日- 11月15日

同伴指导

The 频谱教育中心 is hosts PEERS (Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills) every semester. PEERS is an intervention for adolescents in the community with autism who would like help making and keeping friends. 该计划的成功取决于同龄人导师的辛勤工作. PEERS mentors are UMU students who are trained to help adolescents with autism develop their social skills. PEERS导师参加了SPE 210，这是一门2学分的课程. 报名参加这个班的学生每周以小组形式见面一次.

Mentors will learn about ways to successfully interact with people who have autism and encourage their development of appropriate social skills. 每位导师将与一名PEERS小组成员配对.  SPE 210的学生每周与PEERS小组见面90分钟, 除了参加每周的班会.

实习项目

专为本科生设计, the Spectrum 实习项目 provides professional training and education related to autism intervention and advocacy in the form of a semester-long immersive experience. The program provides unique experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate students and is unlike any other program in the country.

Students accepted into the Spectrum 实习项目 gain applied experience through 放置 in internships, while taking complementary coursework and earning credits towards graduation. 除了, students earn the credential of Registered Behavior Technician while enrolled in the program.

频谱实习计划的特点是整合:

• 体验式学习在自闭症和残疾服务领域
• 注册行为技术员培训和认证
• 每周在临床现场进行研讨会和专业培训
• Exclusively designed undergraduate coursework on developmental disabilities
• 在项目中与同行合作的经验

Students work approximately 24 hours per week in their internship positions at highly respected clinical sites and receive valuable onsite training from clinical staff. 另外, interns complete rigorous coursework focusing on theoretical content related to developmental disorders.

Students are awarded credits for the completion of the program’s academic coursework and internship experience. Spectrum facilitates and monitors the internship process: student selection, 放置, 评价与指导.

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