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  • SPED 7550: IEP Development and Transition

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course examines the procedures and processes involved in developing Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs) for students with exceptionalities. It emphasizes the critical role of families in the process, and it provides strategies for encouraging active participation by the student, the parents, and relevant school personnel. Through instruction and supervised practice, the course enables Special Education teacher candidates to develop skills in designing and implementing appropriate IEPs.
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  • SPED 7600: Concepts, Principles, & Assess

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course covers behavioral principles and procedures including the assessment and training of verbal behavior. Participants learn to identify behaviors appropriate for change using behavioral assessment, selecting behavioral outcomes, and ethical and professional issues relevant to the practice of behavioral assessment. This course is part of a series of courses that prepares students to apply for the Board Certified Behavior Analyst exam.
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  • SPED 7700: ABA Interventions

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Participants learn the fundamental elements of behavior change and specific behavior change procedures. This course is part of a series of courses that prepares students to apply for the Board Certified Behavior Analyst exam.
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  • SPED 7800: ABA Supervision and Assessment

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course presents an examination of the process used to conduct a functional behavioral analysis along with designing behavior change procedures and the supervision of implementors. This course serves as one of the courses within the series that prepares students to apply for the Board Certified Behavior Analyst exam.
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  • SPED 7850: ABA Practicum

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    The purpose of this practicum course is to ensure that each student applies clinical skills to address problem behaviors of social importance and to teach prosocial, adaptive behaviors. Student will practice under the supervision of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
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  • SPED 7900: ABA/CLM Foundations

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This interdisciplinary course will provide you with the foundational concepts, principles and methods of Behavior Analysis which form the building blocks of the Competent Learner Model (CLM). You will acquire knowledge and competencies needed to provide quality behavior analytic services in a variety of settings and specialized training to utilize the CLM tools to support your work. This course is designed for students and professionals interested in becoming a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)/Board Certified assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) and a CLM Certified Instructor/Coach and is appropriate for students and professionals in the fields of education, psychology behavior analysis and other human service fields who work in current of future CLM implementations.
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  • SPED 7910: ABA/CLM Methods

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This interdisciplinary course will provide you with the key evidence based instructional methods for making learning valuable to all learners and ensuring consistent participation during all instructional conditions. You will acquire knowledge and competencies needed to provide professional quality behavior analytic services in a variety of settings and specialized training to utilize the Competent Learner Model (CLM) tools to support your work. This course is designed for students and professionals interested in becoming a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)/Board Certified assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) and a CLM Certified Instructor/Coach and is appropriate for students and professionals in the fields of education, psychology behavior analysis and other human service fields who work in current of future CLM implementations.
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  • SPED 7920: ABA/CLM Design

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Applied Behavior Analysis/Competent Learner Model (ABA/CLM) Program Curriculum Design and Monitoring is the third competency-based course in a five to seven course sequence Leading to the ABA/CLM Advanced Competency Certificate. This interdisciplinary course will provide you with an in-depth practice using ABA/Direct Instruction(DI)/Precision Teaching (PT) design principles for developing individualized programming for your learners/clients. In addition, you will identify and analyze the strength of ABA/DI/PT design elements in CLM and other curricular resources and monitor fidelity of instructional delivery related to adherence to adherence to the evidence-based design. This knowledge and practice will serve as basis for making good design decisions when customizing curricula to learner needs and monitoring the effects of individualized programming. You will acquire knowledge and competencies needed to provide professional quality behavior analytic services in a variety of settings and specialized training to utilize the Competent Learner Model (CLM) tools to support your work. This course is designed for students and professionals interested in becoming a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)/Board Certified assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) and a CLM Certified Instructor/Coach and is appropriate for students and professionals in the fields of education, psychology behavior analysis and other human service fields who work in current of future CLM implementations.
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  • SPED 7930: Contingencies to Engin Learn

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Contingencies to Engineer Learning is the fourth competency-based course in a five to seven course sequence Leading to the ABA/CLM Advanced Competency Certificate. This interdisciplinary course will provide you with the skills and tools to critically analyze elements of learner performance and elements of the learning environment to determine functional relationships and utilize evidence-based contingencies to alter the trajectory and pace of developing and weakening repertoires. You will acquire knowledge and competencies needed to provide professional quality behavior analytic services in a variety of settings and specialized training to utilize the Competent Learner Model (CLM) tools to support your work. This course is designed for students and professionals interested in becoming a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)/Board Certified assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) and a CLM Certified Instructor/Coach and is appropriate for students and professionals in the fields of education, psychology behavior analysis and other human service fields who work in current of future CLM implementations.
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  • SPED 7955: Sem in ABA & Research Design

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    The Seminar in Advanced Behavior Analysis and Research Design was designed for graduate students who have a thorough understanding of the principles of behavior and their application within interdisciplinary settings. This course serves as a capstone experience. In this course students will integrate professional knowledge and skills gained throughout the program and learn (1) how to design and implement action research; (2) apply and critique behavior analytic techniques; and (3) reflect on how best to deliver and evaluate empirically supported interventions for changing behaviors.
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