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SPED 743
Methods: Functional Behavior Assessment,
Positive Behavior Support, and Classroom Management

Contents

Preface

Summary of Course Components

Lessons

Unit I. Increasing Behavior

Lesson 1. Behavior and Reinforcement
Lesson 2. Conditioned Reinforcement
Lesson 3. Schedules of Reinforcement
Lesson 4. Basic Procedures for Strengthening Behavior
Writing Assignment 1. Activity Options
Sample Essay Questions

Unit II. Decreasing Behavior

Lesson 5. Nonaversive Procedures for Decreasing Behavior
Lesson 6. Time-out
Lesson 7. Aversive Procedures for Decreasing Behavior
Lesson 8. Side Effects of Aversive Procedures
Writing Assignment 2. Activity Options
Sample Essay Questions

Unit III. Stimulus Control

Lesson 9. Basic Principles of Stimulus Control
Lesson 10. Prompting and Fading Procedures
Lesson 11. Errorless Procedures and Generalization
Writing Assignment 3. Activity Options
Sample Essay Questions

Unit IV. Measuring Behavior

Lesson 12. Defining Behavior
Lesson 13. Observing and Recording Behavior
Lesson 14. Designing, Graphing, and Evaluatingthe Effects of Behavioral Interventions
Lesson 15. Teaching Behavior Change to Others
Writing Assignment 4. Activity Options
Sample Essay Questions

Appendix I. Quick-Review-Test Answers

Appendix II. Directions for Behavior-Analysis Project

Phase I Writing Assignment
Phase II Writing Assignment
Phase III Writing Assignment

Appendix III. Directions and Application for Project Approval (University of Kansas Advisory Committee on Human Experimentation)

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