PROGRAMME
MONDAY, 10th NOVEMBER 2014
08:00 Registration
09:00 Opening Prayer
09:05 Welcome, Opening Remarks
Prof. (Mrs) Gladys Amponsah: Dean, UCC Sch. of Medical Sciences
09:15 Guest Speaker
Dr. Eben Badoe: Dir. of Neurology and Dev. Clinic, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
10:00 Speech Communication: Ms. Nana Akua Owusu
10:30 Break
11:00 Early Identification and Diagnosis of ASD – Ms. Casey McFeely
12:15 Family Perspective: Araba Abakah Fordjor
1:30 Lunch
2:30 Centre for Child Dev. Referral & Research Unit: Dr. Irene Vanderpuye
3:00 Early Identification and Diagnosis of ASD – Ms. Casey McFeely
3:30 Introduction to ABA Training - Mr. Stamatios Gianoumis/ Ms. Casey McFeely
4:30 End of first session
TUESDAY, 11th NOVEMBER 2014
09:00 Introduction to ABA Training - Mr. Stamatios Gianoumis/ Ms. Casey McFeely
10:30 Break
10:45 Hands-on ABA Training on Reinforcement - Mr. Stamatios Gianoumis/ Ms. Casey McFeely
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Hands-on ABA Training on Verbal Behaviour - Mr. Stamatios Gianoumis/ Ms. Casey McFeely
3:30 Break
3:45 Hands-on ABA Training on Learning Theory - Mr. Stamatios Gianoumis/ Ms. Casey McFeely
5:15 Closing remarks
5:30 End of second session
WEDNESDAY, 12th NOVEMBER 2014
09:00 Language and other Systems of Communication
10:30 Break
10:45 Hands-on Discrete Trial Training - Mr. Stamatios Gianoumis/ Ms. Casey McFeely
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Hands-on ABA Training on “Prompting” - Mr. Stamatios Gianoumis/ Ms. Casey McFeely
3:30 Break
3:45 Hands-on ABA Training on Strategies of Learning - Mr. Stamatios Gianoumis/ Ms. Casey McFeely
5:15 Closing Remarks
5:30 End of third session
THURSDAY, 13th NOVEMBER 2014
9:00 Hands-on ABA Training on Collection of Baseline Data - Mr. Stamatios Gianoumis/ Ms. Casey McFeely
10:30 Break
10:45 Hands-on ABA Training on Collection of Baseline Data - Mr. Stamatios Gianoumis/ Ms. Casey McFeely
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Summary, Presentation of Certificates
2:00 Resource Center Directors/ Representatives
2:30 Closing Remarks
Mary Diop, CHIP International
3:30 Break
3:45 Stakeholders’ Forum
4:00 Closing remarks
Prof. (Mrs) Gladys Amponsah: Dean, UCC School of Medical Sciences
5:00 End of Workshop