Week - 1 |
Problem Behavior and Problem Behaviors Seen in Individuals with Special Needs: Aggressive and challenging behaviors, Limited and repetitive behaviors, Melt Down |
Week - 2 |
Functions of Problem Behaviors: Positive Reinforcement-Acquisition function, Negative Reinforcement-Escape function, Automatic Reinforcement function |
Week - 3 |
Behavior Measurement and Behavior Recording Techniques |
Week - 4 |
Principles of Determining and Defining Target Behavior: Rules for writing behavioral goals |
Week - 5 |
Functional Behavioral Evaluation: Indirect evaluation (Interview-Survey), Direct evaluation (Observation), Experimental (Functional analysis) evaluation (Test and control sessions) |
Week - 6 |
Traditional Functional Analysis Application; Alternative Functional Analysis Applications |
Week - 7 |
Preventing Problem Behaviors |
Week - 8 |
Increasing Positive Behaviors |
Week - 9 |
Reducing Negative Behaviors |
Week - 10 |
Teaching New Skills |
Week - 11 |
Functional Communication Teaching |
Week - 12 |
Graph Drawing and Graphic Interpretation Skills |
Week - 13 |
Assignment presentation |
Week - 14 |
End of Term Exam |