EDSBA 53001 Behavior Change Procedures for Applied Behavior Analysis

This course will develop competence in the application of principles of behavior specific to behavior change procedures. Topics will include designing and evaluating positive and negative reinforcement contingencies, positive and negative punishment contingencies, differential reinforcement procedures with and without extinction, time-based reinforcement schedules, simple and conditional discrimination procedures, modeling procedures, instructions and rules, trial-based and free operant procedures, group contingencies, and stimulus and response generalization and maintenance. Additional topics will include identifying procedures for selecting and using conditioned reinforcers, incorporating motivating operations and discriminative stimuli into behavior change procedures, selecting and evaluating stimulus and response prompt and prompt fading procedures, shaping dimensions of behavior, selecting and implementing chaining procedures, and evaluating emotional and elicited effects of behavior change procedures. Students will also develop intervention goals in measurable and observable terms, identify and recommend interventions based on assessment results, scientific evidence, client preferences, and contextual variables, select socially valid behavior to increase, plan for and attempt to mitigate unwanted effects from behavior change procedures and relapse, make data-based decisions about procedural integrity and the effectiveness of an intervention including potential modifications to the intervention, and collaborate with others to enhance client services. This course covers Domains G 1-18 and H 1-8 of the BACB Sixth Edition Test Content Outline (TCO).

Credits

3