TAP Training Offered
TAP 1 - Basic Elements of Structured Teaching
A two-day interactive workshop providing an overview of Structured Teaching and its application for moderately to severely challenged children with autism spectrum disorder. Video presentations of three students (beginning level, mid and higher-functioning) enhance the lectures and provide information for the hands-on activities.
TAP 1.2 - High Functioning Autism/Asperger’s
A two-day interactive workshop providing an overview of Structured Teaching and its application for high functioning children with autism spectrum disorder in inclusion-type school settings. Video presentations enhance the lectures and provide information for the hands-on activities.
TAP 1.3 - Parents of Children with Autism
A one-day interactive workshop providing an overview of Structured Teaching and its application in home, school and community settings. Video presentations enhance the lectures and provide information for the discussions.
TAP 2 - Setting Up Structured Teaching Classrooms
A week-long interactive autism training, providing an opportunity to work in collaborative teams and prepare for the arrival of a new student. Through lectures, hands-on construction of visual supports and materials, and team work, participants create a classroom based on the pyramid model of physical structure, individual schedules, independent work systems, routines and strategies and visual organization.
TAP 3 - Consultation in Autism and Structured Teaching
Two days of presentations by TAP trainers and specialists in various aspects of autism including: diagnosis, medical, psychopharmacology, treatments, home and family support, assessment/portfolios/IEPs, technology, communications, social skills and behavior. Day 3 is a follow-up which will include a case study presentation and a problem-solving session.