| Course ID: | EDSE 6070E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Behavior Management in Special Education Settings |
Course
Description: | Classroom and behavior management program design based on the principles and procedures of applied behavior analysis. Emphasis is on proactive strategies that promote learning and prosocial behavior. |
| Oasis Title: | Behav Mgmt in Special Ed |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EDSE 3050, EDSE 3050E |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Prerequisite: | Permission of major |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Discuss the legal rights and responsibilities of the student, parent/guardian, and school staff in the design of behavior management plans (CC1:K5, CC5:K1)
2. Discuss how cultural stereotypes can negatively influence the design of behavior management plans (CC1:K7, CC5:K2, CC8:K2, CC8:K4)
3. Discuss how culture should be considered when targeting social behaviors for modification (CC1:K9, CC6:K5)
4. Write a description of necessary components/steps in a behavior intervention plan
5. Operationalize a discrepancy analysis approach to pinpointing social behavior objectives (CC2: K1, K2, CC5:K3)
6. Write behavioral objectives and task analyses (CC4: S6)
7. Write descriptions of types of data, critical dimensions of behavior, and direct observational measurement procedures
8. Graph student performance data
9. Write descriptions of data pattern changes and performance error patterns (CC3: S11)
10. Apply data decision rules to performance data that have been graphed (CC3: S8)
11. Discuss the impact of social behavior deficits and behavior excesses on a student's life (CC2: K4)
12. Write descriptions of procedures for increasing the occurrence of existing behavior
13. Write descriptions of procedures for decreasing the occurrence of existing behavior
14. Write descriptions of procedures for developing and assessing stimulus control and for teaching new behaviors; i.e., functional analysis (CC6: K3)
15. Write descriptions of procedures for monitoring child progress toward short-term objectives
16. Write definitions and descriptions of terminology and procedures specific to applied behavior analysis
17. Write descriptions of procedures for facilitating skill acquisition, fluency, maintenance, and generalization |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Roots and Principles of Behavior Management
2. Preparing Educational Goals and Objectives
3. Data-Based Decision Making
4. Functional Behavior Assessment
5. Classroom Environment
6. Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS)
7. Antecedent Interventions
8. Arranging Consequences that Increase Behavior
9. Differential Reinforcement and Consequences that Decrease Behavior |