Training
How to Save from iPad to Dropbox - A Task Analysis
08/15/10 10:33
As regular readers will already be aware, Forest City Behavior is primarily an Apple Shop. We run Macintosh computers and Apple software for nearly all of our computing needs. This was a decision born in large part out of the discovery, once I had a Mac, that we were spending far, far less time on network and other maintenance issues than we were in our Windows PC days.
Given this, it will likely be no surprise that your humble author found himself in line for an iPad on the day of its release. As much of our work is done on-site, we travel extensively. The iPad presents the opportunity to leave behind the laptop, and as such it considerably lightens the load both in terms of weight and bulk. I rarely need to take my MacBook with me any more.
I absolutely love my iPad, but it is not without it's shortcomings. One of the more glaring deficits is that there is no simple way to save something from one application to a separate location, e.g. the way you would save a document to a hard drive, flash drive, network drive, etc. The iPad's operating system (and, by extension, the iPhone and iPod Touch) only allows applications to save within themselves. There is a Dropbox app for the iPad, but there is no direct way to save from your word processor to that application.
This was a problem for us as we make extensive use of Dropbox for sharing files and ensuring that we have access to what we need from anywhere we may be. As is often the case, there is a workaround, but it's a little geeky and it takes multiple steps. I've explained it to several people, and I'm often surprised at how complicated it is (this is a very non-Apple sort of problem).
However, we are behavior analysts around here, and teaching complicated tasks in a step-by-step fashion is part of our stock in trade, so I thought it would be helpful for folks to have a task analysis on how to accomplish it. That task analysis can be found here, or by clicking the tab for it in our header.
Given this, it will likely be no surprise that your humble author found himself in line for an iPad on the day of its release. As much of our work is done on-site, we travel extensively. The iPad presents the opportunity to leave behind the laptop, and as such it considerably lightens the load both in terms of weight and bulk. I rarely need to take my MacBook with me any more.
I absolutely love my iPad, but it is not without it's shortcomings. One of the more glaring deficits is that there is no simple way to save something from one application to a separate location, e.g. the way you would save a document to a hard drive, flash drive, network drive, etc. The iPad's operating system (and, by extension, the iPhone and iPod Touch) only allows applications to save within themselves. There is a Dropbox app for the iPad, but there is no direct way to save from your word processor to that application.
This was a problem for us as we make extensive use of Dropbox for sharing files and ensuring that we have access to what we need from anywhere we may be. As is often the case, there is a workaround, but it's a little geeky and it takes multiple steps. I've explained it to several people, and I'm often surprised at how complicated it is (this is a very non-Apple sort of problem).
However, we are behavior analysts around here, and teaching complicated tasks in a step-by-step fashion is part of our stock in trade, so I thought it would be helpful for folks to have a task analysis on how to accomplish it. That task analysis can be found here, or by clicking the tab for it in our header.
Training Ahead!
06/03/10 06:25
It's been busy times for training in the Forest City of late.
Our Why Do They Do That? series providing an overview of basic behavioral theory and how it is used in conducting a functional behavioral was offered in two sessions - one for professionals, and the other for parents - in cooperation with The Autism Program (TAP) at Easter Seals in Rockford last month. We'll be doing an additional session for the staff at the Ryan Jury Child Development Learning Center coming up June 22nd, 2010.
Coming up this weekend I will be presenting at the College of Pharmacy and College of Medicine CE/CME Program and Open House at Rockford. The topic for Saturday's talk is Identifying Clinical Treatments in Autism, geared towards helping medical and other professionals understand the different types of Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnoses and providing an overview of recent research evaluating different treatments for the disorder.
The program starts at 8:00 AM at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, found at 1601 Parkview Avenue in Rockford, IL. Yours truly will be talking at 10:15 AM. The full flier can be found at the University's website.
Functional Assessment in Sycamore
07/01/09 07:04
The nice folks at Opportunity House in Sycamore, Illinois graciously hosted me for a training in functional assessment yesterday. There were lots of good questions asked during the question and answer session, which always makes a training more fun and interesting to present.
As with our other recent training sessions, I'm posting the slides here and in the sidebar at right for anyone who wants to look through them.
The staff at Forest City Behavior provide multiple training presentations each year on a variety of topics related to autism, developmental disabilities, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and other behavioral treatments, psychiatric treatment for people with DD. If you are interested in having a member of our team come to your site to talk, please feel free to contact us.
As with our other recent training sessions, I'm posting the slides here and in the sidebar at right for anyone who wants to look through them.
The staff at Forest City Behavior provide multiple training presentations each year on a variety of topics related to autism, developmental disabilities, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and other behavioral treatments, psychiatric treatment for people with DD. If you are interested in having a member of our team come to your site to talk, please feel free to contact us.
Functional Assessment Screencast
05/24/09 13:34
Functional Assessment or How to Get Your Behavior Programs to Work was the first online training slideshow that we completed here at Forest City Behavior when we started down the road of putting training online. When the site was re-designed, some items were temporary casualties of the process.
I'm pleased to announce that this training presentation is back. You can click here for the link or find the link for the training presentation in the sidebar at the right.
The Functional Assessment training is an overview of the process of completing a comprehensive functional assessment, interpreting the results and, most importantly, translating the results into a behavior treatment program or plan. It should be helpful for anyone beginning to address behavioral needs.
I'm pleased to announce that this training presentation is back. You can click here for the link or find the link for the training presentation in the sidebar at the right.
The Functional Assessment training is an overview of the process of completing a comprehensive functional assessment, interpreting the results and, most importantly, translating the results into a behavior treatment program or plan. It should be helpful for anyone beginning to address behavioral needs.
Mental Illiness & Developmental Disabilities
05/06/09 09:05
Yesterday I was in McHenry, Illinois, giving a presentation on assessment and treatment of people who are dually diagnosed at the request of the McHenry County Mental Health Board. Wendy and the rest of the folks from the MHB were very nice, as was the audience, with lots of good questions and discussion which always makes a presentation more fun to deliver.
I've posted the slides at this link because I understand that there was some difficulty reading some of the smaller print on a couple of the slides. Enjoy!
I've posted the slides at this link because I understand that there was some difficulty reading some of the smaller print on a couple of the slides. Enjoy!
