114 - Behavior Change Procedures

Course Title: Behavior Change Procedures - 114 

Credits: 3 (Approx. 42 work-hours)

Instructor: James O'Heare, CABC

Course Description

This course will present strategies for changing problem behavior as well as both respondent based and operant based procedures that can be implemented in behavior change programs, helping clients resolve problem behavior. A review of basic principles of behavior are followed by fundamental strategies and principles of behavior change programs followed by detailed instruction in particular behavior change procedures

Graduates should emerge from this course with a solid understanding of the following topics:

  • Observing and recording behavior
  • Graphing behavior and measuring change
  • Review of principles of behavior:
    • Reinforcement
    • Extinction
    • Punishment
    • Stimulus control
    • Discrimination and generalization
    • Respondent conditioning
  • Shaping and chaining
  • Prompting and transfer of stimulus control
  • Working from a functional assessment
  • Applying extinction
  • Differential reinforcement procedures
  • Antecedent control procedures
  • Aversive procedures and their problematic secondary effects
  • Promoting generalization in behavior change procedures
  • Systematic desensitization
  • Counterconditioning of fears and anxiety
  • Combining respondent and operant procedures

Course Texts

  • Behavior Modification Principles and Procedures 3rd edition by Raymond G. Miltenberger
  • Aggressive Behavior in Dogs by James O’Heare
  • Laraway, S., Snycerski, S., Michael, J., & Poling, A. (2003). Motivating operations and terms to describe them: some further refinements. J Appl Behav Anal, 36(3), 407-414. Click here.
  • O’Heare, J. (2008). An analytical evaluation of ‘differential negative reinforcement of successive approximations to alternative behavior’ in changing aggressive behaviors: A contribution to the dialogue. Journal of Applied Companion Animal Behavior, 2(xx-xx). (Provided free for CASI students)

Enrollment Package Includes

  • Coursework document with assignments and course notes
  • Student Handbook
  • Access to Classroom, with transcripts from Guest Visits and handouts
  • Free membership with IIACAB and to all issues of its journal JACAB
  • Access to your Instructor for one-on-one guidance
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Schedule

The course begins as soon as your enrollment is complete and you receive your enrollment package. Although we allow 4 months for this course, you are free to complete the course sooner if you can, and we do allow extensions if need be.

Prerequisites

Principles of Learning 104
Functional Assessment and Behavior Management Planning 108

IAABC Credits: 18

Tuition

$300 Cdn. (Currency Converter) + 4% fee for for online payments. Textbooks not included in tuition. They may be purchased through http://www.dogwise.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.abebooks.com or http://www.half.com in most cases. Also check the Student Library. Canadian Residents 5% GST.

Enrollment

Visit the "ENROLL" page and follow the application instructions.

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