Skill Assess & Instr ABA&ASD

Catalog description

This is the second course within the Onground 5th Edition Behavior Analyst Certification Board's © Verified Course Sequence toward BCaBA Certification. This course is designed to provide research-based interventions in the field of autism for skill assessment and instruction, utilizing applied behavior analysis, a natural science approach to studying behavior. It covers principles of learning and behavior in relation to skill deficits in autism spectrum disorders, from relatively simple concepts such as prompting procedures to more complex treatment such as Discrete Trail Training (DTT). Students will gain an in-depth understanding of the steps necessary to utilize applied behavior analysis principles in skill assessment and intervention, and how these principles guide building an individualized social skills curriculum for children and adolescents with autism (ages 2 - 21 years old).