Shamoun Early Learning Center LLC

Curriculum Development

With the use of assessment tools, such as The Assessment of Basic Language and Leaner Skills (ABLLS), a curriculum is developed that is tailored to the needs of each child.

-An individualized program will be written for each learner, which will be a collaborative effort with each child’s parents.

-A comprehensive list of goals and objectives, in a variety of all skill areas, will be provided to each child’s parents.

Home Based Direct-Care Services

Trained instructors, who are supervised by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst™, implement the programs that have been written for each child. The instructors are well-trained in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis and are either certified as an Associate Behavior Analyst or working towards their certification. All materials required for implementation of the targeted programs are provided by the center.

Generalization of all targeted skills to a range of applicable environments is essential to each child’s success. The Instructors are responsible for implementation of all of the home-based programs, as well as data collection. Each child’s progress is monitored by the child’s Program Specialist.

To ensure that learned skills generalize across people, family training is conducted by the Program Specialist and/or consultant. Recommendations are made as to how the family can aid in the generalization of learned skills and improvement of family-child interactions.

Home-Based Supervision

Each child’s home-based program is supervised by a program specialist, who has a master’s degree in Psychology or Special Education. The supervision involves observation, on-going staff training, conducting team meetings, and writing supervision notes, progress reports, and preparing IEP objectives. Functional Behavioral Assessments and/or Functional Analyses are conducted by the Program Specialist with assistance as needed by a consultant. Behavior Intervention Plans are prepared by the Program Specialist, with assistance from a consultant.

Home-Based Consultation

Dr. Mari Watanabe-Rose (assistant director) and Dr. Kim Shamoun (executive director) provide home-based consultation services as needed. Program Specialists or parents may request consultation services. These services involve observation, writing recommendations, and attending a team meeting to discuss recommendations. Consultation services are also utilized to assist on the completion of a Functional Behavioral Assessment or Functional Analysis and development of a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP).

School-Based Consultation

Dr. Kim Shamoun oversees the school-based consultation provided by the SELC. The school-based consultation services involve classroom observations, supporting teachers by assisting with staff training, making recommendations to improve the quality of services provided to the students, and assistance with the completion of Functional Behavioral Assessments and development of Behavior Intervention Plans, and monitoring the effectiveness of behavior plans.

Continuing Education

Dr. Mari Watanabe-Rose coordinates the planning of continuing education events provided by the SELC. The SELC is an approved provider of BACB^® Type-2 Continuing Education credits. Topics that have been offered or will be offered in 2009 include: “Ethics in Applied Behavior Analysis” “FBA and Functional Analysis: in Research and Practice” “Training Parents In The Use Of Effective Interventions.”

Staff Training

The SELC has provided several Staff Development Workshops in school districts on topics such as: Prompting; FBA/Functional Analysis Methodology; Basic in ABA Methodology; Improving the Effectiveness of Inclusion.

BCBA® Supervision

Dr. Kim Shamoun oversees the supervision of BCBA^® and BCABA^®candidates at the center. There are several staff members who are Board Certified Behavior Analysts™. We provide quality supervision to candidates seeking certification in Applied Behavior Analysis. The supervision includes: on-site supervision and office supervision (individual and group).