SPED 6684 Advanced Strategies for Behavior Change

This course will further candidates’ knowledge of and skills in applying strategies for modifying problem behaviors of children with disabilities with an opportunity to apply research-based best practices to effect a change in academic and pro-social behavior of students with disabilities toward the goal of integration in the classroom, school, community, and job market with persons with and without disabilities. There will be 15 hours of directed field experiences embedded for this course. A pre-service certificate is required for this course.

Registration Name

Advanced Strategies for Behavior Change

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Prerequisite

SPED 6602, and SPED 6606

Offered

Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Describe evidence-based behavioral interventions to be used throughout the multitiered systems of support (MTSS).
2. Explain the rationale for conducting descriptive functional assessment and functional analysis.
3. Complete the process of functional assessment. 
4. Interpret functional assessment and functional analysis data.
5. Select behavior analytic interventions based on dimensions of applied behavior analysis.