ADOS-2 and Intentional Goal Development Training

ADOS-2 and Intentional Goal Development Training

This exciting event is your chance to enhance your knowledge on the ADOS-2 assessment and ASD team evaluations! Join us for our fall training at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, SD. This training has the addition of important content to better support education teams! This in-person training will provide valuable insights and practical skills for professionals working with individuals on the autism spectrum. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to expand your expertise on the ADOS-2 assessment and ASD evaluations. Register now!

This 3-day training will include comprehensive training on the Autism and Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2) with instructional methods including lectures, videos, demonstrations of administration, and scoring, in addition to a third day designed to support education teams, and professionals, related to creating meaningful educational goals from assessment results.

This unique training opportunity will provide support, clarification, and practice for ASD evaluation teams. We are encouraging teams to send 1-3 staff to the ADOS-2 training (Day 1 & 2), who are likely to administer the assessment, and then have all members of their ASD diagnostic and/or IEP teams attend Day 3 to learn how to better support their learners with ASD following an evaluation.

Day 1 & 2 ADOS-2 Assessment

(Wednesday, October 9 & Thursday, October 10, 2024, 8:30a-4:30p lunch will be provided):

The ADOS-2 is viewed as the “gold standard” for observational assessment of ASD. Participants will look in-depth into the scoring and coding of the ADOS-2, Modules 1-4, analyze ASD diagnostic criteria and discuss how the ADOS-2 is used to assess for an autism diagnosis. Participants will have the opportunity to practice scoring while observing the administration of the ADOS-2 by national trainers, followed by an in-depth discussion. The goal of Day 1 & 2 is to provide a detailed overview of the ADOS-2, its development, its psychometric properties, and appropriate use and interpretation. Cost: $300

Optional Learning Lab (Wednesday, October 9 & Thursday, October 10, 2024, 4:30p-5:30p): Center for Disabilities’ staff will be available for participants to stay and practice with assessment materials and receive support and feedback. No additional registration required.

*Participants need to bring their own ADOS-2 Manual to the training to reference throughout (a limited number of manuals will be available for check-out during the training).

**Participants are strongly encouraged to read through and become familiar with the manual prior to Day 1 & 2 to gain the most from the training. Participants should have some working knowledge of the ADOS-2 assessment, otherwise they may be overwhelmed with the pace of this training.

***A Level C qualification is required to administer the ADOS-2, please refer to the WPS website for more information https://ecom-cdn.wpspublish.com/prod/media/content-wps/QualificationGuidelines.pdf

Day 3 Intentional Goal Development

(Friday, October 11, 2024, 8:30a-4:30p lunch will be provided):

This training will focus on the importance of developing IEP goals that are focused on the individual student and the connection of the IEP to instruction and services to ensure accountability and compliance. Attendees will be given opportunities to discuss the practice of utilizing data and information from the comprehensive evaluation during the process of drafting the student’s IEP. There will be collaborative discussions, case studies, and intentional training on how to write integrative IEPs for students that are needs-based, focus on the student’s individualized skills, and meet the required IEP components identified in the IDEA. Cost: $150

Training Location: Black Hills State University, Jacket Legacy Room located in the Student Union Building, Spearfish, SD

Trainers: Stephen Kanne, PhD; Kourtney Christopher, PhD; Heidi Aderhold, EdS; Aimee Deliramich, PhD; Brittany Schmidt, MA-CCC/SLP

Continuing Education: A certificate of completion/attendance will be provided for each training completed. If additional information is needed for your credentialing/licensing board, please contact us.

**If you are interested in attending this training and it is sold out or registration is closed, please sign up for the waitlist in case of cancellations. Walk-ins will not be allowed.

The development of this course was supported in part by IDEA Part B Grant # H027A130166 and IDEA Part B Section 619 Grant # H173A130091 from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs through the South Dakota Department of Education, Special Education Programs. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Education and should not be regarded as such.

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