Mar 29, 2024  
2018-19 Graduate Catalog 
    
2018-19 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ED 683 ABA IV: Behavior Analysis of Child Development


(3 credits)
Conceptualization of behavioral problems and the origins of behavioral disorders is critical to treatment and critical to the functioning of people through the life span. This course focuses on Basic Principles in Behavior Analysis (i.e., positive and negative reinforcement, shaping, stimulus equivalence, etc.) and how they shape the development of typical and atypical children. The role of these principles in normal development and developmental problems such as language delays, motor developmental delays, conduct and oppositional defiant disorder, childhood depression, problems of attachment, and autism are explored. The course reviews field applications including direct observations of children’s development (using frequency methods, duration methods, rate methods, ABC-event recording, running records), functional behavioral assessment, curriculum design, verbal behavior assessment and intervention, curriculum based-measures and interventions strategies that involve both the school and the family. 

IMPORTANT: Students must have current background checks documents on file with the School of Education. (See Background Checks)