Tri-State Webinar: Using Practical Strategies to Obtain Critical Mass in Emotional Understanding, Conversation, & Problem Solving

Webinar Description: 

Critical mass, a term discussed in Excelling with Autism: Obtaining Critical Mass Using Deliberate Practice, explains the formula needed to achieve spontaneous generalization. This webinar will provide a variety of ways and strategies to achieve spontaneous generalization in the areas of conversation, problem solving, and emotional understanding.

Learner Objectives:

After attending this webinar participants will:

1. Be able to define the educational meaning of critical mass.
2. Learn the steps necessary to obtain critical mass.
3. Identify the three-part system for improving emotional understanding.
4. Verbalize the three parts of the Conversation Framework needed for a balanced conversation.
5. Utilize the components of the Problem Solving Chart and Advanced Problem Solving Chart to explain how to work a student through a problem situation. 

Presenter Information:

Kerry Mataya, MSEd, is the Executive Director of Bridgeway Services in Birmingham, Alabama, providing individual and group intervention-based services in the areas of social development, problem-solving, perspective taking, academics, self-awareness, behavior regulation, and executive function. She received a Master’s in Education with an emphasis in Autism and Asperger Syndrome from the University of Kansas. Mataya holds many contracts with school systems for individual, group, and training services. Most recently, Mataya co-authored Excelling with Autism: Obtaining Critical Mass Using Deliberate Practice, Talk With Me: A Step-by-Step Conversation Framework for Teaching Conversational Balance and Fluency, and Successful Problem-Solving for High Functioning Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and is currently working on additional projects that systematize learning for students with ASD. Mataya has presented at numerous conferences and workshops in the US and internationally.

Certificate of Completion:

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1. View the archived webinar on our Moodle site
2. Submit responses to the Study Questions (on Moodle)
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The webinars are listed by category and alphabetical order. The category for this webinar is Social Emotional.