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Contemporary Applied Behaviour Analysis (C-ABA) 5-Day Course [Course C, Day 3]

Description

C-ABA is a course on Applied Behaviour Analysis.

ABA is a research-based approach to understanding behaviour. The ABA approach involves breaking skills into their component parts, sequentially teaching them, and providing opportunities for children to generalize their skills across environments.

The course is designed to teach the skills necessary for the design, implementation, and evaluation of behaviour management programs for use with individuals with mild, moderate, or intensive needs in a variety of settings. Behaviour management programmes focus on both the elimination of problem behaviours and the acquisition and maintenance of adaptive skills.

 

Course Content

  • Data Collection Methods
  • Charting and Reading charts
  • Data-based Teaching
  • Increasing and Maintaining  Desirable Behaviours
  • Reducing or Replacing Inappropriate Behaviours Positively
  • Understanding effects of Punishment
  • Shaping and Chaining Academic and Social Behaviours
  • Prompts, Fading Prompts Stimulus Control
  • Maintenance and Generalisation of appropriate Behaviours
  • Self-Management Strategies

 

Assignments

As part of the learning on this course, participants get the opportunity to experiment with changing one of their own behaviours and reflecting on this. Also, participants complete two behavior change projects with children in their case loads. These assignments are very clearly described in the course with models provided. Only the self-change project is completed during the time frame of the course.

 

Course Dates

Attendance is essential on all five days.

Date

Venue

Booking Deadline

Day 1: January 19th 2012Athlone Ed. Centre, Co. Westemeath19/01/2012
Day 2: February 7th 2012Athlone Ed. Centre, Co. Westemeath19/01/2012       
Day 3: February 28th 2012Athlone Ed. Centre, Co. Westemeath19/01/2012        
Day 4: March 13th 2012Athlone Ed. Centre, Co. Westemeath19/01/2012       
Day 5: March 27th 2012Athlone Ed. Centre, Co. Westemeath19/01/2012      

Application Procedures

 

This 5-day course is open to:

  • Teachers working in units/classes for student(s) with ASD in a mainstream setting
  • Teachers in special schools who are currently working with student(s) with ASD
  • Full-time Resource/Learning Support teachers who are currently working with student(s) with ASD

 

Time: Registration: 9.00 AM; Finish time: 4.00 PM each day.

Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

Participants will require permission from the Board of Management to attend. Substitution for participating teachers will only be allowed by the Teacher Education Section, DES, for teachers with primary responsibility for student(s) with ASD and if it is deemed absolutely essential by the Principal.

Click here for Application Form (MS Word, 104 Kb) 

Location

Athlone Ed. Centre, Co. Westmeath

Date

This event takes place on 28 February 2012

Booking Deadline

15 Nov 2011