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 replacement skills.
Course Content
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 behaviour 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.
Content
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
Information for Applicants
This 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
Registration: 8.45 AM
Start: 9.15 AM
Finish: 3.45 PM
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.
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