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Audio & Video Listen & View in New Window Presentation (PDF) Open in new window INARF DSP Series Webinar: Breaking it Down (Systematic Instruction, Simple Task Analysis) November 11, 2020 Brady Powers, Research Associate, Indiana Institute on Disability Center on Community Living & Careers Systematic instruction is an evidence-based method for teaching individuals with disabilities that spans more than 50 years. This method allows DSP’s to teach a wide range of skills and tasks from learning a new job to daily living skills by breaking the skill/task down into individual components and then identifying the appropriate teaching method or prompting strategy that allow for an individual to fully comprehend instruction about a new skill or task. Resources: Handout - Simple Task Analysis Blank Form Handout - Simple Task Analysis: Pineapple and Help Videos Referenced in PowerPoint: Slide 12 - Operant Conditioning Slide 17 - System of Least Prompts Slide 21 - Constant Time Delay Slide 31 - Point of View Video Modeling About the Presenter: Brady Powers is a Research Associate with the Center on Community Living and Careers (CCLC) at the Indiana Institute for Disability and Community, Indiana University, Bloomington. Brady has worked with both non-profits and for-profit organizations across the nation in executive leadership positions for over 16 years. He has extensive experience in creating and leading programs in employment services, residential living, day programing, therapeutic practices, sexual abuse, rape crisis and youth suicide prevention, and has led multiple trainings in these fields. Brady has also completed work with many non-profit agencies, developing policies and procedures to meet accreditation standards. Additionally, he is a certified Community Partner Work Incentives Counselor (CPWIC) and completed studies at the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Speech Communication and Theatre Arts from Eastern Kentucky University, and a Master’s in Administration, Counseling and Educational Studies – Student Personnel in Higher Education from Eastern Kentucky University. This webinar is part of the INARF DSP Series quarterly offering and is designed to provide additional professional development directly to DSPs. This webinar is brought to our members as part of INARF’s commitment to raising the bar of service delivery throughout Indiana for DSPs. INARF encourages our members to share these materials with other employees within your organization. If an INARF member employee needs an INARF login, please contact Kim Wasiak (kwasiak@inarf.org). You may also download the materials and share internally within your INARF member organization. Thank you to our generous 2020 INARF DSP Series Sponsors!
Thank you to our generous 2020 INARF DSP Series Sponsors!