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 #2 Establishing Instructional Control by Building Rapport and Teaching Functional Communication 7/15/2008 - 7/16/2008 Union County College - Cranford, NJ - Registration fee $195.00 - Credit cards accepted - #2 Establishing Instructional Control by Building Rapport and Teaching Functional Communication 7/31/2008 - 8/1/2008 PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE - Holiday Inn-Dayton Mall - 31 Prestige Plaza Drive Miamisburg, OH Credit cards accepted - Limited attendance of 40 - #3 DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE ABA CLASSROOM: Assessment, Teaching, and Organizational Strategies 8/12/2008 - 8/13/2008 Union County College - Cranford, NJ - Registration fee $195.00 - Credit cards accepted Establishing and Maintaining Instructional Control with Children with Autism in Early Intervention 9/3/2008 - 09/04/2008 Registration fee $95.00 - Hosted by the- Paterson School District - location - Temple Shalom - 586 Main Street - Paterson, NJ 07503 Designing a Language Curriculum and Intervention Program for Children with Autism Using the VB-MAPP - The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assesment and Placement Program 9/18/2008 - 09/19/2008 Presented by Dr. Mark Sundberg, BCBA - GOSHEN, NY - Exact workshop location - in Goshen will be announced - #3 DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE ABA CLASSROOM: Assessment, Teaching, and Organizational Strategies 10/2/2008 - 10/3/2008 DCW Education Center- Warwick, NY TBA #1 Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis and Teaching Verbal Behavior in the Classroom 10/4/2008 FREE WORKSHOP - Co-Sponsored by - Camden Community - College, Blackwood, NJ- TBA #1 Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis and Teaching Verbal Behavior in the Classroom 10/10/2008 FREE WORKSHOP South Bergen Jointure - Maywood Campus - 400 Maywood Avenue - Maywood, NJ 8:30 am - 4:30 pm - Lunch not included TBA #2 Establishing Instructional Control by Building Rapport and Teaching Functional Communication 10/14/2008 - 10/15/2008 Co-sponsored by Camden Community College - Blackwood, NJ - Registration fee $195.00 - Limited space available TBA #3 DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE ABA CLASSROOM: Assessment, Teaching, and Organizational Strategies 11/3/2008 - 11/4/2008 Co-sponsored by the- Grand Rapids Public Schools- Limited space available - Registration fee $195.00 - TBA #2 Establishing Instructional Control by Building Rapport and Teaching Functional Communication 11/18/2008 - 11/19/2008 Maywood, NJ $195.00 registration fee- Credit Cards Accepted - Limited Space Available - TBA #3 DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE ABA CLASSROOM: Assessment, Teaching, and Organizational Strategies 12/3/2008 - 12/4/2008 Co-sponsored by - Camden Community College - Blackwood, NJ - Registration fee $195.00 - Limited space available TBA #4 Teaching Children with Autism in the Natural Environment: Practical Strategies for Public School Classrooms 12/9/2008 Co-sponsored by - Camden Community College - Blackwood, NJ - Registration fee $95.00 TBA #3 DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE ABA CLASSROOM: Assessment, Teaching, and Organizational Strategies 1/15/2009 - 1/16/2009 Maywood, NJ - Registration fee $195.00 - Credit Cards Accepted - Limited Space Available - TBA #4 Teaching Children with Autism in the Natural Environment: Practical Strategies for Public School Classrooms 2/26/2009 Maywood, NJ - Registration fee $95.00 - Credit Cards Accepted - TBA #5 Managing Problem Behaviors in School and Home Settings 3/19/2009 - 3/20/2009 Maywood, NJ - Registration fee $195.00 - Credit Cards Accepted - TBA #6 Developing Component Skills for Conversational Language: Identification by Function, Feature, and Class 4/9/2009 Maywood, NJ - Registration fee $95.00 - Credit Cards Accepted TBA #7 Advanced ABA Programming for Children with Autism 5/7/2009 - 5/8/2009 Maywood, NJ- Registration fee $195.00 - Credit Cards Accepted - Limited Space Available - TBA #8 Direct Instruction: Teaching Children with Autism to Read 5/7/2009 - 5/9/2009 3-day Workshop - DCW Education Center - Warwick, NY TBA #8 Direct Instruction: Teaching Children with Autism to Read 6/10/2009 - 6/11/2009 Maywood, NJ - Registration fee $195.00 - Credit Cards Accepted - Limited Space Available TBA