SPE 511 — Applied Behavior Analysis

Education

3 Credits

This course provides students with a basic understanding of the application of behavior analysis to a wide variety of human conditions. The definitions, etiologies, and characteristics of severely disabling conditions; theories, concepts, and methods of assessing children and adolescents; preparing, implementing, and evaluating IEP’s; ways to prepare and maintain students in general education; relevant federal and state special education law; techniques for developing skills to facilitate placement in the least restrictive environment; augmentative and assistive technologies; and history of applied behavior analysis will be covered, as well as the use of behavioral principles to increase and decrease behavior. The role of assessment and generalization and maintenance issues will be stressed. Some applications that are highlighted include self-control, token economics, systematic desensitization, and stimulus control and modeling.