Assessing and Teaching Functional Living Skills to Individuals of All Ages with a Diagnosis of ASD Using The AFLS.
Individuals of all ages must learn functional living skills to be able to participate in a range of activities. The Assessment of Functional Living Skills (The AFLS) reviews over 850 skills in 31 functional skill areas such as traveling in the community, making purchases, seeking assistance, preparing meals, participating in household chores, and in social and leisure activities. This presentation will help parents identify functional skills their children need and methods to teach those skills.
James Partington, PhD, BCBA-D
James W. Partington, PhD, BCBA-D is the director of Behavior Analysts, Inc., and provides services to children and their families. He is a licensed psychologist with more than 40 years of experience working with children with developmental disabilities. His expertise is in language-based intervention with children who have language delays as a result of autism and other related developmental disorders. He is the author of The Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills-Revised (ABLLS-R).
