UH-Clear Lake Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities - CADD

08/12/2024

Hello! We are offering free language service to individuals with developmental disabilities and autism with language delays! Please share.

We are teaching children to answer different types of yes/no questions. Please reach out and share to your walls or with anyone you think may be interested.

Learning to answer these questions is important for self-advocacy, and social, educational, and vocational success.

Thanks!

07/26/2024

Today marks the end of the Applied Behavior Analysis Academy for Educators summer program. Over the course of June and July, graduate students in the behavior analysis program provided a 5-day intensive training for educators in the greater Houston area.

We welcomed four cohorts of teachers and paraprofessionals from Fort Bend, Yes Prep, Aldine, Goose Creek, Pasadena, Friendswood, Conroe, Danbury, and Dickinson ISDs.

During our program, educators learned how to evaluate student preferences to use effective reinforcement in the classroom, strategies for behavior management, and how to coach and collaborate with team members.

We are grateful for donations from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo to support our program each summer. We also would like to thank our program director, Dr. Dorothea Lerman, BCBA-D, program manager, Carson Whitford, MA, lead instructors Mojola Bamise and Morgan McCarville, and countless volunteers for assisting with our trainings.

Pictured are the educators from four weeks of training. It was a delight working together and learning more about the students our center serves. We hope to see more of you next summer!

07/18/2024

FREE language services to children and adolescents with autism. Please share! We really need participants. We are teaching children to learn to label the sights and sounds of their environment. Labelling is an important step toward conversations and communications. It is also important for safety, for example, learning how to recognize the sound of an alarm or an animal growl.

Please reach out and share this flier. Thanks!
Students can be older than 7 years.

07/10/2024

Free services for families with children with autism!

Hello!

Our Connecting the Dots Program is looking for families who are interested in learning to teach language and/or reduce problem behavior in their children between 3-18years with autism. Services are provided in-person or via Telehealth (Veronica Orduno) for families in Texas. Please see the flier below for more information and you can message me directly with any other questions.

Please share to your walls!

07/06/2024

Please consider donating to the BF Skinner Foundation. Thank you! Please share.

Greetings from the B.F. Skinner Foundation,

The B.F. Skinner Foundation would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for your continued support. We thank you for your recent and/or past contributions. As a small non-profit organization, we thrive on your generosity and engagement, and we would not exist without your invaluable contributions!

Our mission, "Better Behavioral Science for a More Humane World," drives us to disseminate knowledge that furthers this goal. Through our vibrant community, legacy website, quarterly magazine Operants, extensive archives, and publishing activities, we strive to promote behavioral science. Your support is the backbone of the infrastructure that enables these activities. In these trying times, your contributions are particularly appreciated.

As we reflect on our journey, we're excited to share some highlights from this year and introduce our Mid-Year Drive with the theme of "Reflections."

Recent Highlights:

Publications: We are proud of our recent publications. Recent Issues in the Analysis of Behavior, a collection of articles and talks on Skinner’s concerns in the late 1980s.We also published Reflections on Behaviorism and Society, a collection of miscellaneous articles and talks by B.F. Skinner from the 1970s.
Operants Magazine: Our quarterly magazine, Operants, continues to be a complimentary, ad-free resource for all subscribers. Written in an engaging and accessible manner, it is available electronically through our website.
Archival Project: We launched an ambitious archival project, working with professional archivists to categorize Skinner’s correspondences, manuscripts, gadgets, and multimedia. Our goal is to centralize these materials in a Digital Assets Management system for universal access. ● We need to raise another $50,000 to complete this project.
Skinner Session: Our Skinner session in May hosted speakers such as Drs. Julie Vargas, Carl Sundberg, Thom Ratkos, David Palmer, Joe Layng, and David Roth, discussing and reflecting on Skinner’s views on teaching, behavioralism, and society.

Mid-Year Drive - "Reflections":

As we reflect on our progress, we invite you to join us in our Mid-Year Drive. This year, we're offering several special opportunities to show our gratitude and enhance your experience with the Foundation:

Exclusive Auction: We are auctioning a rare, signed copy of Walden II by B.F. Skinner. This is a unique opportunity to own a piece of history.
Foundation Merchandise: Check out our store for new items, including a beautiful print of a portrait of B.F. Skinner. Our merchandise makes perfect gifts and supports the Foundation.
Collectible Pins: For donations over $50, we are giving away exclusive collectible Skinner pins as a token of our appreciation.

The Foundation operates on a lean budget, relying heavily on contributions. To sustain our ongoing projects and explore new initiatives, we need your support. Please consider donating to the B.F. Skinner Foundation by visiting bfskinner.org and clicking on the donate button. You can also mail in your contribution or support us by purchasing from our store.

Your generosity enables us to continue promoting better behavioral science for a more humane world. Thank you for your ongoing support and for being a part of the B.F. Skinner Foundation community.

With sincere gratitude,

Sarah Lechago
Advisory Board Member
B.F. Skinner Foundation

Better Behavioral Sciencefor a More Humane World Established in 1988, the B. F. Skinner Foundation promotes the science founded by B. F. Skinner and supports the practices derived from that science. The Foundation advances the understanding that a more humane world is achieved by replacing coercive....

06/28/2024

Hello! More free language services for children with autism. Please share to your walls.

"Hello, Families!

We are seeking participants for a study on teaching children with autism to listen carefully. We will work with your child in a fun and engaging environment and teach them how to listen carefully to instructions. Listening carefully is foundational for many important educational, professional, and life skills. Listening carefully is required for holding conversations, learning academics and new skills in school, developing strong social skills and relationships with others, and critical to safety behaviors, among many others. Please review the attached flier and reach out today. The services are free and we will do our best to work with your schedule.

We hope to hear from you, soon!

Dr. Sarah Lechago, BCBA-D, LBA
Amanda King, MA, BCBA, LBA
Matthew Dunnuck, MA

06/26/2024

Hello!

Our Connecting the Dots Program is looking for families who are interested in learning to teach language and/or reduce problem behavior in their children between 3-18years with autism. Services are provided in-person or via Telehealth for families in Texas. Please see the flier below for more information and you can message us directly with any other questions.

Please share to your walls!

04/16/2024

Attention: A student of Dr. Lechago is conducting research teaching labelling of items/animals and their sounds to individuals with autism and examining a spread of effect to answering questions. Please reach out and/or share to your walls.

03/27/2024

Research opportunity for caregivers of individuals with autism. Please share and participate!

03/22/2024

Research opportunity!

Dr. Lechago's graduate student is teaching children with autism to ask the location of items and what to do if someone cannot answer the question at first.

Please reach out and/or share to your walls. We really need participants and appreciate your support! See the flier below.

03/03/2024

Hello! A research opportunity for all of you. This is for people who struggle with creating and meeting goals AND/OR people who teach or support others with self-management.

Please reach out directly and share to your walls.

02/28/2024

We are BADIE, hear us roar! Reach out to me or Hannah with any questions you have. We have so many cool projects in the works.

Thank you to Claire Aragon, 3rd year in the BA master's program, for all these beautiful graphics.

Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram!
University of Houston Clear Lake BADIE!

02/22/2024

Dr. Lechago's student, Kelcy Coleman, is conducting a research study on teaching kids with autism to answer yes/no questions.

Please share to your walls and/or reach out to us. We'd love to hear from you.

Thank you!

02/22/2024

Dr. Lechago's student, Madison Hamby, is conducting a research study on teaching kids with autism who use a speech generating device to ask questions.

Please share to your walls and/or reach out to us. We'd love to hear from you.

Thank you!

02/22/2024

Dr. Lechago's student, Matt Von Holst, is conducting a research study on teaching kids with autism to label things they see and hear.

Please share to your walls and/or reach out to us. We'd love to hear from you.

Thank you!

02/21/2024

Hello! Here is corrected version of the flier for a study of one of Dr. Lechago's students, Matthew Dunnuck. Teaching children with autism to listen carefully.

Please share to your walls and/or reach out to us.

Thank you!

02/18/2024

Dr. Lechago's graduate student, Morgan McCarville, is conducting a study on teaching children with autism to request information and what to do when their question is left unanswered.

Please share and/or reach out if you are interested.

Thank you!

02/16/2024

Hi everyone! Another student of Dr. Lechago is conducting a study focusing on teaching children with autism to listen carefully to instructions. Please share to your walls and/or reach out if you are interested!

Thank you so much!

02/15/2024

Please share to your walls or if this fits you, please reach out!
Dr. Lechago's student is doing a great study about teaching "What happened?" to children with autism.

Thanks! :)

01/18/2024

Good afternoon, everyone. Please see a wonderful research opportunity for caregivers of individuals with autism. It is a survey study. Please share and participate if possible.

11/02/2023

Please join 3rd-year master's student, Carson Whitford, for a two-part presentation all about automatically maintained self-injurious behavior. The presentations will take place on Nov 7 from 3-4pm (central) and Nov 14 from 3-4pm (central) over Zoom: zoom.us/j/7862979522

10/12/2023

The Applied Behavior Analysis Student Organization (ABASO) is hosting our annual Trunk or Treat event at the University of Houston, Clear Lake campus. People of all abilities and ages are welcome and costumes are encouraged (though not required). We will have spooky decorated trunks with candies and prizes, face-painting, games, and a science station.

Saturday, October 28th from 11-1pm.
Please join us and share these fliers to your walls and with friends.
Thanks!

08/04/2023

During the last two weeks of July we hosted two additional cohorts of educators to round out our summer training, the Applied Behavior Analysis Academy. This brings our total number of educators that completed the training to 40!

The teachers and paraprofessionals joined us from Alvin, Conroe, Clear Creek, Humble, Pasadena, Spring, Santa Fe, La Porte, Houston, and Friendswood ISDs.

The educators joined us for 5 days to learn a variety of evidence-based strategies to incorporate in their teaching, including behavior management and providing effective coaching and collaboration to classroom team members.

We are grateful to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo for providing generous grants to support this program! We also thank our director and creator of the program, Dr. Dorothea Lerman, BCBA-D and our training manager, Danika Bosch-Greer, BCBA for all of their inspiration, support, planning, and supervision that went into the training! Additional thanks to the many graduate students that assisted!

Pictured are educators from weeks 3 and 4 of the training. It was wonderful, and so much fun, working with each educator that joined us!

06/21/2023

We were delighted to host two wonderful groups of educators that each participated in our 5-day training, Applied Behavior Analysis Academy.

During training, teachers and paraprofessionals received instruction and practice on effective teaching methods, data collection, reinforcement systems, functions of challenging behavior, implementing and creating behavior plans, and training other staff members.

The educators joined us from school districts around the Houston area, including Pasadena, Alvin, Houston, Galveston, Clear Creek, La Porte, Katy, Spring, Fort Bend, and Spring ISDs. We are able to conduct this training through generous grants provided by the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

Pictured are educators from training week 1 and training week 2 along with training staff. We are looking forward to working with two more cohorts of educators in July!

05/11/2023

May 6, 2023 Speakers Series Presentation: “Using Applied Behavior Analysis to Achieve Your Personal and Professional Goals"
by Alana Merritt

04/29/2023

Join us for the final presentation of the series!
“Using Applied Behavior Analysis to Achieve Your Personal and Professional Goals"
by Alana Merritt
Saturday, May 6, 2023
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: University of Houston-Clear Lake, Bayou Building, Room 1430
RSVP for in-person attendance by first setting up an account (create user name and password by clicking on the following link) and then logging in:
https://apps.uhcl.edu/ECommerce/Schedule/CADD/7dc61078-f81f-ed11-8137-0050561ddc0a
Join Live Via Zoom Webinar! https://uhcl.zoom.us/j/91810200520

Cost: Free
CEUs for Educators!

University of Houston-Clear Lake Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities is able to offer the
Community Speaker Series to the public at no charge, thanks to the generous support of area businesses and organizations

Thanks to our Sponsors!
Logical Innovations, Gulf Coast Educators Federal Credit Union, and Endeavor Behavioral
For more information or questions, contact CADD:
[email protected]

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04/21/2023

April 15, 2023 Autism Speakers Series Presentation, "One Step Closer to Employment!" By UHCL Graduate Student Clarissa Ruiz

04/15/2023

UHCL Behavior Analysis Graduate Students Carson Whitford and Abbey Konecki at the Texas Children's Hospital Resource Fair!

04/05/2023

Research opportunities for families with children diagnosed with ASD in Houston and surrounding areas. Please share.

04/05/2023

You are Invited to the April 15 Hybrid Presentation!
“One Step Closer to Employment"
by Clarissa Ruiz
Saturday, April 15, 2023
10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Location: University of Houston-Clear Lake, Bayou Building, Room 1430
RSVP for in-person attendance by first setting up an account (create user name and password by clicking on the following link) and then logging in:
https://apps.uhcl.edu/ECommerce/Schedule/CADD/7dc61078-f81f-ed11-8137-0050561ddc0a

OR Join Live Via Zoom Webinar! https://uhcl.zoom.us/j/91810200520

Cost: Free
CEUs for Educators!

University of Houston-Clear Lake Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities is able to offer the
Community Speaker Series to the public at no charge, thanks to the generous support of area businesses and organizations

Thanks to our Sponsors!



For more information or questions, contact CADD:
[email protected]

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, confer...