Time for an update

I've decided to move away from the OT side of me, swaying towards ABA and autism. In particular the undiagnosed adult with Aspergers. It's most likely going to be a mash of things I am looking up, researching, analysing, contemplating, etc. There will be events that I am planning on attending, people that I have questioned, and published articles that I have read. 

In the hub, when I should be sleeping!

Heya, I'm not very with it, but I thought I would share a little piece of excellent news.... I'm in the hub with two of my school friends, and I was attempting to create a poster for one of my classes... (what does Italian cooking, Vietanamese cooking, Sign Language (NZ) and Chinese Calligraphy has to do with each other?) Ok, so after writing them down like that, I guess I could incorporate a map highlighting the different countries?
Back to my good news, I spent all afternoon practicing my Calligraphy, and was having a hard time sticking to the rules... so when I began this poster, I thought about rules and procedure... each has the basic, or the building blocks, so I went looking for a picture showing the process (or stroke order for those who follow my blog).... and voila!!!!



I'm excited to keep going now....

http://www.archchinese.com/



http://blog.roodo.com/betterchinese/archives/3013301.html

On my way to finding Chinese Calligraphy paper...

http://www.art-virtue.com/principles/p7-paper-ink-stone.htm

I found this very helpful website, and it had the same orange ink calligraphy in my previous post!



Then I found this very inspired cheat sheet!

The whole website is informative, from chosing your ink, ink stone, paper, the list goes on and on, with youtube videos to help support your choices. I love this quote too: "never let a brat handle an inkstone"

I LIKE these clips!!

 

What caught my attention first was the orange ink! Then I started thinking, I should really get some of this paper... I'm unsure where to purchase some??

LESSON 2 - sharp horizontal

Again, turn the volume down... the videographer is quite comical, and the calligrapher goes out of shot, but the information is poignant.

LESSON 1 - HORIZONTAL STROKES

WARNING!!!!
turn the sound down!!! and watch the way that she is holding the brush.

RULES

RULE 1:
Horizontal stroke preceds a vertical stroke or a downward stroke either to the left or to the right.

RULE 2:
A downward stroke to the left precedes one to the right.

RULE 3:
The strokes are usually written from the top down.

RULE 4:
The strokes are usually written from left to right.

RULE 5:
When strokes are enclosed by another stroke or strokes on the top-right, top-left, or left-top-right sides (that is, with an open bottom), the enclosing strokes usually precede the enclosed strokes.

RULE 6:
When strokes are enclosed by another stoke or strokes on the bottom-left, or leftbottom-right sides (that is, with an open top), the enclosed strokes usually precede the enclosing strokes.

RULE 7:
When strokes are enclosed by other strokes on all four sides, the strokes on the left, top and right sides are written first, then the enclosed strokes, and finally the stroke at the bottom. This is commonly described as "putting everything inside before the door is closed".

RULE 8:
A vertical stroke in the middle usually preceds strokes on either side.

RULE 9:
If a vertical stroke in the middle crosses other strokes, it is usually written last.

I know it seems a lot, but they are all common sense... wet ink smudges!!!

CLARITY

This word means clarity or clear in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja. Looking at the parts of this character, you have three splashes of water on the left, "life" on the top right, and the moon on the lower right.

Because of something Confucius said about 2500 years ago, you can imagine that this character means "live life with clarity like bright moon light piercing pure water". The Confucian idea is something like "Keep clear what is pure in yourself, and let your pure nature show through". Kind of like saying, "Don't pollute your mind or body, so that they remain clear".

This might be stretching the definition of this single Chinese character, but the elements are there, and "clarity" is a powerful idea.

 

EXAMPLES:

I was practicing last night!

I sat down and had a good go last night, a couple of my examples were too inky, but I'm getting the hang of it slowly. I downloaded a program called "Chinese Primer" on my touchpad, which is fantastic if you are learning the language, however, it's not operating like a pressure pad which means that the strokes are all lines and not brush like. I did make too much ink as well, and tried to waste it on some art work.... Hope you enjoy, I definately did, apart from my leg falling asleep.

I am a geek!

Just a little diddy, about sword play and calligraphy... has got me hooked on the idea of a sand box. Wish I was back home where I could go to the beach and pick some up. :(

Parts of my presentation

Learning Chinese calligraphy can be started at any age if we know the right methods. Adults and kids can both make astonishing progress if we can apply the correct methods - it does not matter when we actually started. What matters more is how well we understand the basic principles and apply them carefully. Besides, we have lots of time in our life to learn over and over again. In fact, some masters of Chinese calligraphy and brush painting actually started later in their life.

http://www.art-virtue.com/tutorial/

 

These are the fifteen that I am going to attempt. Each has unique meanings, and unique strokes, which I will break down and practice and learn!

http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://madmikesamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/chinese-

calligraphy.jpg&imgrefurl=http://madmikesamerica.com/2011/08/chinas-internet-generation-forgetting-calligraphy/&h=293&w=366&sz=49&tbnid=WRgfAu0kF8K9_M:&tbnh=90&tbnw=112&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dchinese%2Bcalligraphy%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=chinese+calligraphy&usg=__Hj3xpc3Z8j1ZBCJ15mNZod-c4ao=&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8pI6ULv3HK2ciAfBnoCgCw&sqi=2&ved=0CDsQ9QEwBw&dur=1

Here's the examples I promised

 This is the box I was gifted. It includes: brushes, stone, instructions, ink and papers.
This has got to be the worst(!!!!) first attempt!

 

I made the worst mistake in attempting something new, but I was so excited..... I jumped straight into the activity. I'm am going to go away now and learn the individual strokes and practice practice PRACTICE!!!!

Behaviour Modification

I've been looking for some simple examples of Behaviour Mod for a couple of my class mates, and stumbled on this website!!!! http://www.kiwifamilies.co.nz/articles/11-12-year-old-child-behaviour/

It is for families, but it was worth a mention.

Hi there everyone!

I'm going to switch it up a little and start blogging about Chinese Calligraphy and Behaviour Modification. Not together of course.

First up Calligraphy!

www.chinese-tools.com/learn/calligraphy

I have a few examples but I'm having trouble uploading my first attempts. I bought a fab little box with brushes, stone and ink.

Stay tuned!

She soo sweet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri0owHvCDAk

For locals

For Students Seeking Experience in Early Intensive Behaviour Intervention (EIBI) Services Programme Staff of The University of Auckland Applied Behaviour Analysis Programme July 2011
Early Intensive Behaviour Intervention (EIBI) has developed from Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) research over the last five decades and has been rated as an empirically-supported efficacious comprehensive behavioural treatment for young children with autism (e.g., National Autism Center, 20091; New Zealand Ministries of Education and Health, 20102). Therefore we support and encourage its use provided that the treatment is conducted with sufficient expertise, fidelity, and with adherence to the relevant codes of conduct and ethics. EIBI is definitely not a cook-book approach, but requires extensive education, training and supervision for effective application for children and their families. Appropriate standards for EIBI programmes have been defined by the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) Autism Special Interest Group (2007)3 . We agree with these recommendations. 1 Available from http://www.nationalautismcenter.org/affiliates/reports.php 2 "Early intensive behavioural intervention (EIBI) should be considered as a treatment of value for young children with ASD to improve outcomes such as cognitive ability, language skills, and adaptive behaviour" (May 2010, p.12, http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pagesmh/7561/$File/asd-guideline-supplementary-paper.pdf ). 3 http://www.abainternational.org/Special_Interests/AutGuidelines.pdf. 4 www.BACB.com 5 http://www.psychologistsboard.org.nz/ With respect to services offering support and intervention programmes for families with young children with autism,
Commissioner’s Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rightswe consider that directors of EIBI programmes should have obtained a master’s degree specializing in ABA, followed by achievement of the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) credential4, and a significant period of experience supervised by behaviour analysts who are expert in EIBI. Furthermore, we consider that directors of EIBI programmes should be registered with the New Zealand Psychologists Board. This offers protection to consumers (e.g., children, families, employers, employees) in that Psychologists, as healthcare providers, are bound by the provisions of the Health Practitioner Competence Assurance Act 2003, which requires that psychologists adhere to the Code of Ethics for Psychologists Working in Aotearoa New Zealand5 and to the Health and Disabilities 6. Registration requires Psychologists to provide ongoing evidence of competence and there is a robust mechanism for dealing with any complaints about competence or conduct. 6 http://www.hdc.org.nz/the-act--code/the-code-of-rights With respect to students seeking experience in working with children and their families in a behaviour analytic way, we agree that working in well-run (professionally directed and closely supervised) EIBI programmes provides an excellent introduction. However, we cannot recommend our students or graduates work in EIBI programmes that do not adhere to the standards outlined above. If interested in pursuing such work, we suggest that students who are interested in obtaining such experience first talk with our ABA staff members. Oliver Mudford, PhD, BCBA-D, Registered Psychologist
Angela Arnold-Saritepe, PhD, BCBA-D, MNZPsS, Registered Psychologist
Katrina Phillips, MSc, PGDipAppPsych, BCBA, Registered Psychologist
Rebecca Sharp, MSc, PGDipAppPsych, BCBA, Registered Psychologist Doc is "aba & eibi. docx

I'M OBSESSED WITH EIBI

Martin, G. & Pear, J. (20XX). Behaviour Modification: What It Is And How To Do It (9^th ed.). Pearson Education Inc, Boston, MA.

Autistic Disorder, often referred to as autism, is characterised as a Pervasive Developmental Disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Test Revision (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is not officially defined in the DSM-IV-TR or in any other international classification code. According to Fombonne (2007), the prevalence of ASDs is now approximately 1 in 150 children.

Children diagnosed with autism are likely to show somecombination of impaired social behaviour, impaired communication, abnormal play behaviours, and repetitive self-stimulatory behaviours. They are also likely to show some behavours similar to those of children diagnosed with intellectual disabilities by scoring much below average on variety of self-care tasks, such as dressing, grooming, and feeding.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Ivar Lovaas developed behavioural tratments for children with autism. Using an approach he called early intensive behavioural internetion (EIBI), Lovaas (1966, 1977) focused on strategies to teach social behaviours,elimiate self-stimulatory behaviours, and develop language skills.

http://www.iwk.nshealth.ca/index.cfm?objectID=32CB0FD2-E642-80BA-A3D242115B4F9129

And another bIow to the bank
http://www.amazon.com/Practice-Assessment-Intervention-Asperger-Syndrome/dp/1849058113

Hmmmmm..

http://www.otrs.co.nz/fundamentals.php
It is strange to see a lecturer working in an organisation. I may include this place as part of my walk tomorrow? IDEA first...

ps. I'm picking up my new computer tomorrow. This means no more lower case letters or missing spaces.
pps. My ma is getting me the Early Dectection ASD Kit from USA - Hooray!!!!!!

exploring my new books webpages

www.moh.govt.nz/autismspectrumdisorder

The Ministries of Health and Education wish to advise that from 1 May 2012, IDEA Services will be the government funded provider of the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) parent education programme.

this is interesting - they are just down the road from me. I'm going for a walk tomorrow to find out more.

here we go - http://www.ihc.org.nz/our-services/autism-programmes/register-for-the-asp-plus-programme/

ASD Plus: Expression of interest form

Please note that the completion of this form signals your interest in the programme. A member of the ASD Plus team will contact you to discuss the programme and your participation. You can also download the ASD Plus - Expression of interest form in PDF format.

Dang I need a asd child!!!! oh pooh.


http://www.nzgg.org.nz/

I am now registered... with NZGG

It's here!!!

Hooray!!! It has arrived. A free book written in New Zealand about ASD!!!! Admittedly, I have only read 12 of the massive 305 pages. What I have read is inspiring. The disclaimer and caveat speak of ABA and highlight GUIDELINE. On close inspection the book was publised in March 2008 and the $18.16 million that the NZ Government allocated has expired. Which means that there really should be a renewed version with results from the research. I shall keep reading however and update as I go.