Students must be familiar with the principles of applied behavioral analysis, the main techniques for measuring behavior, and strategies for teaching skills and correcting problem behaviors.
Course Prerequisites
Psychiatry, developmental psychology
Teaching Methods
Lectures and clinical cases
Assessment Methods
Oral examinations
Texts
Slides
Contents
1. History of behavioral analysis 2. Applied behavioral analysis 3. Functional analysis: techniques for measuring behavior 4. The ABC 5. Establishing and abolishing operations 6. Task analysis, chaining, shaping 7. Functions of problem behavior 8. Extinction 9. Proactive strategies 10. Reactive strategies 11. Verbal Behavior
