SPED 5725 - Management Strategies for Severe Behaviors

(3 credits)

Corequisites: SPED 5410: Preclinical Experience: Behavior Management. This course will provide students with the research and theoretical basis of applied behavior analysis. Students will be instructed in management strategies related to persons with disabilities who demonstrate severe challenging behaviors. Emphasis will be given to functional assessment to enable students to complete a functional behavioral assessment of a student or adult with a challenging behavior. This course will include instruction in ecological assessment, databased decision making, and instructional strategies that can be used to develop interventions for children and youth with severe behavior disorders. (spring)

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