PSY 6390 - Instructional Methods in Applied Behavioral Analysis

3 cr

The primary focus of this course is to provide graduate students with exposure to evidence-based systematic instruction methods that are used within school/agency settings. This course will review functional assessment procedures used to identify appropriate educational programs for students/clients. This course will emphasize instruction and practice in implementing instructional methods (e.g., shaping, chaining, discrete trial teaching, task analysis, incidental teaching, functional communication training, among others). This course emphasizes the dynamic relationships of social-emotional, academic, behavioral, and adaptive behavior functioning of students within educational and clinical settings, including ones that serve students with suspected and identified disabilities.