OUR NEXT GUEST:
A conversation with
Liz Maher
Join us Tuesday, December 12th at 1 pm EST as Liz Maher answers your questions about best practices in using the VB-MAPP assessment.
This webinar is eligible for 1 Learning CE
About this Webinar
Unlocking the VB-MAPP
The VB-MAPP assessment is widely used to assess language and social skills for children on the autism spectrum and other developmental disabilities. While it can be easy to use there are common errors that can occur when clinicians administer the assessment. Liz Maher, co-founder of DataMTD, the creator of the VB-Mapp app, joins Our Next Guest to break down the VB-MAPP and its individual assessments for clinicians. She will discuss research supporting the use of skills-based assessments, common mistakes when administering the VB-MAPP assessment, and best practices when implementing. She will also answer your questions regarding the assessment tool, its use, and other considerations, so when signing up, submit your questions early in BehaviorLive to ensure they will be answered!
Learning Objectives
- Participants will identify research to support the use of skills assessments with children on the autism spectrum
- Participants will identify common mistakes when administering the VB-MAPP and how to avoid these mistakes
- Participants will describe best practices when implementing the VB-MAPP assessment
About the Speaker
Liz Maher, MEd, BCBA
has been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst since 2008. She is also a mother of two young adults. Her oldest child, Sarah, is now 26 years old and was diagnosed with autism in 1998. Liz has not only had experience being a mother to a child with autism, but has spent close to 15 years providing consultation to teachers in Pennsylvania on Applied Behavior Analysis and Skinner’s Analysis of Verbal Behavior.
Liz, along with her husband Steve, created the company DataMTD which produces the VB-MAPP app for Dr Mark Sundberg, as well as the EFL app for Dr Patrick McGreevy. Together, Steve and Liz have created a company that not only provides electronic apps but also provides online and onsite training on these amazing assessments as well as training on basic Applied Behavior Analysis principles and procedures.
Liz is passionate about training people on the science of Applied Behavior Analysis in a non intimidating way, and helping people who work and live with children and adults with autism understand how the science can not only make their children's lives better but also their own.