Application of Behavior Principles for Prevention and Intervention in School and Related Settings
EPSY 4310/6310
3 hours
Application of Behavior Principles for Prevention and Intervention in School and Related Settings
Course Description
Prevention and management of classroom behavior problems using behavioral, humanistic, and motivational strategies. Focuses on prevention of problem behaviors through effective teaching and classroom design.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Completing a separate project, to be determined by mutual agreement between the professor and the student. Results will be presented in a written form as a term paper and/or a class presentation.
Athena Title
App Beh Prin Sch Rel Settings
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EPSY 4310E or EPSY 6310E
Prerequisite
Third- or fourth-year student standing
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will learn to provide an in-depth introduction to promising psychosocial and behavioral treatments for use in the classroom or school setting.
Students will learn to examine issues that impact the development and implementation of a treatment plan for a child or classroom.
Students will learn to consider developmental and multicultural issues when developing and implementing various interventions.
Students will learn to provide an introduction to methods for tracking treatment efficacy.
Topical Outline
1. Overview
2. Introduction to efficacy literature
3. Defining the problem
4. Assessing the parameters
5. Selecting an appropriate intervention
6. Procedures based on operant learning
-Positive reinforcement
-Negative reinforcement
-Punishment
-Extinction
-Stimulus control
-Generalization
-Ethical issue to consider
