Behavior Workshop presented by the Eva Marie House Grant (September 19, 2026)

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Behavior Workshop presented by the Eva Marie House Grant

Saturday September 19th from 10am-1pm

The Gilruth Center at Nasa
18600 Space Center Blvd
Meeting will be held in the Inspiration Room

This workshop is for parents only, no childcare available.

Serving Jason's Deli for lunch.

*Annual Membership Required

Joanie Garro, MA, BCBA, LBA with Garro Behavior Consulting will be presenting

Helping or Hovering? Does Distance Make A Difference When Launching Independence?

One of the most important goals for any parent or educator is to promote independence of a child and to help launch them into a world that accepts them and promotes their abilities and interests. During times of teaching and training of skills at home, school, or in the community, the adult 'teacher' usually maintains a proximal distance (within an arm's length) of the learner. Without realizing it, this close distance could delay independence by decreasing the interaction of the young adult with his/her peers, co-workers, and community helpers. It is vital to learn how to fade proximity or distance while teaching independence. This not only will increase the rate of social interaction for the young adult, it will increase the rate of learning, improve confidence in skills, and improve relations with the community and the young adult. Applications of evidenced based research and hands on experience will be discussed and demonstrated.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• To discuss and demonstrate the effects of proximity of a parent, job coach, instructor, or paraprofessional on a person with disabilities during teaching at home, school, job site, or other community settings.

• To discuss the effects of proximity on social interaction with others: peers, co-workers, community workers.

• To demonstrate use of technology (bug-in-ear, video chat) during proximity fading to promote independence when teaching a new skill.

• To discuss and demonstrate proximity fading techniques, the use of video-modeling, behavior skills training, scripts (script fading).

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Behavior Workshop presented by the Eva Marie House Grant (September 19, 2026)