Teacher Training

FATE’s primary purpose is to help school districts develop and maintain quality special education programs in public schools. Well-trained special education teachers have an "exponential affect" on families in the general community. Each teacher who is trained benefits not only the students they currently serve, but those they will come in contact with over an entire career.  For this reason, FATE passionately believes that the best way to help the growing number of children with autism is by strengthening their most valuable resource - special education teachers in their neighborhood schools.

The training offered through FATE is based upon the principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA), the only scientifically-based treatment recognized by the U.S. Surgeon General.  Training is also provided in Direct Instruction (DI), a research-based curriculum proven to be effective in teaching academic skills such as reading, language comprehension, and mathematics.  These workshops were designed by special education teachers who are also board certified behavior analysts (BCBAs) for teachers to help them effectively implement the principles of ABA throughout the day in their public school classrooms.

FATE provides “seed funding” to school districts through an initiative named Project Pipeline.  Teachers accepted into Project Pipeline are eligible to attend any of the workshops offered through FATE without cost to them or their school districts.  If you are a professional in the field of special education and work directly with children with autism in public schools, you may apply for a grant by completing the online application.  

Course Description Date Location Teaching Functional Communication Skills to Children with Autism in Early Intervention 3/6/2010 FREE WORKSHOP - Co-Sponsored by FATE and - Englewood Hospital Medical Center - 8:00 am - 4:00 pm - Part One Prerequisite - Englewood Hospital - Medical Center Auditorium - 350 Engle Street - Englewood, NJ - Light breakfast provided - Lunch is own your - Hospital cafeteria will be open - Free parking tokens will - be issued upon registration - at the workshops - Please park in the employee lot - Establishing and Maintaining a Behaviorally Sound Home Environment for Children with Autism in Early Intervention 3/13/2010 FREE Workshop - Co-Sponsored by FATE and - Englewood Hospital Medical Center Auditorium - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm - Part Two - Englewood Hospital - Medical Center Auditorium 350 Engle Street - Englewood, NJ - Light breakfast will be provided - Lunch is on your own - Hospital cafeteria is open - Free parking tokens will be issued - upon registration at the workshops - Please park in the employee lot - Teaching Functional Communication Skills to Children with Autism in Early Intervention 4/17/2010 FREE Workshop - Co-Sponsored by FATE - and Childrens Specialized Hospital - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm - Hamilton Township Public Library - 1 Judge S.A. Alito, Jr. Way - Hamilton, NJ - A light breakfast will be provided - Lunch is on your own - #1 Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis and Teaching Verbal Behavior in the Classroom 4/23/2010 - 4/24/2010 FREE WORKSHOP - 8:30 am - 4:30 pm - Rider University - Sweigart Hall - 2083 Lawrenceville Road - Lawrenceville, NJ - A light breakfast will be provided and - lunch is on your own both days TBA Developing Component Skills for Conversational Language: Identification by Function, Feature, and Class 4/28/2010 FREE Workshop - Co-sponsored by FATE and - South Bergen Jointure - 404 Maywood Avenue - Maywood, NJ - 8:30 am - 4:30 pm - Breakfast and lunch is - on your own - TBA Establishing and Maintaining a Behaviorally Sound Home Environment for Children with Autism in Early Intervention 5/15/2010 FREE Workshop - Co-Sponsored by FATE - and Childrens Specialized Hospital - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm - Hamilton Township Public Library - 1 Judge S.A. Alito, Jr. Way - Hamilton, NJ - A light breakfast will be provided - Lunch is on your own - #2 Establishing Instructional Control by Building Rapport and Teaching Functional Communication 5/17/2010 - 5/18/2010 Rider University - Lawrenceville, NJ - Registration fee - $195.00 More information to follow