Robert and Lynn Koegel from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School delivered the keynote talk “Pivotal Response Treatment: Overcoming Autism” at the Second Annual PBS Home & Community Conference held in St. Petersburg, FL on February 12 and 13. As part of the conference, Robert Koegel also led the workshop “Application of PRT of Motivation and Initiations in Home and Community Settings” while Lynn Koegel led the workshop “Social Skills for Individuals on the ASD Spectrum.”
Positive Behavior Supports Corporation (PBS) is an agency committed to the principles of positive behavior support (an approach based on principles of applied behavior analysis) to improve not only behavior, but also quality of life for our clients and their families. It provides individualized services for people with disabilities and behavioral challenges, including those with autism. It contracts with doctoral, masters, and bachelor-level behavior analysts and behavior assistants, providing ongoing supervision to ensure adherence to positive behavior support principles and practices. PBS Corp’s services are designed to meet the unique needs of the individuals to help them function effectively in home, school, and community environments. Our services are subject to availability of qualified staff.
Drs. Robert and Lynn Koegel from UC Santa Barbara are the developers of Pivotal Response Treatment®. Over the past 30 years, the Koegels, their graduate students, and their colleagues have published over 200 research articles in peer-reviewed journals that support the effectiveness of PRT®, and have written over 30 books and manuals. PRT® is listed by the National Research Council as one of the ten model programs for autism, and is one of four scientifically based practices for autism intervention in the U.S. They have been the recipient of numerous multimillion-dollar research and training grants from the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Education, and the National Institute of Mental Health. Models of their procedures have been used in public schools and in parent education programs throughout the world. They have appeared in numerous media outlets including internationally televised documentaries, such as Supernanny on the ABC Television network.
They oversee the Koegel Autism Center, part of the Gevirtz School.