Applied Behavior Analysis, Graduate Certificate

About the Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis is an 18-credit program that includes courses in behavior principles, data analysis, applications with children and youth with behavior problems, ethics and consultation skills necessary to work with other professionals and important adults in schools, homes and communities. This certificate is a fully online program.

Credit toward a graduate degree in Education: The 18 credits earned in this certificate program may be applied to a M.Ed. in Special Education or a M.Ed. in ABA These courses can also be used as concentration courses in the masters of Counseling degree program with departmental approval and advising.

Transfer Credit: Transfer credits are not permitted in the Certificate program.

Please Note: All students completing a graduate Education certificate or other non- degree program are required to submit an AU Graduate Program (non-degree) Completion form to the Office of Graduate Studies. All graduate forms can be found on the graduate forms page at www.arcadia.edu/gsforms.

Requirements (18 credits)

• ED 661 ABA I: Principles and Teaching Strategies
• ED 681 ABA II: Procedures for Behavior Change
• ED 682 ABA III: Strategies for Youth with Emotional Behavior Disorders
• ED 683 ABA IV: Behavior Analysis of Child Development
• ED 684 ABA V: Behavioral Consultation in Homes, Schools and Communities
• ED 685 Ethics and Professionalism (3 credits)