Behavior Management

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Use a variety of data collection techniques to collect, analyze and present observational and other information about a student’s behaviors and the potential functions of the behaviors to diverse stakeholders such as team members, parents, and the student.
• Use data to select, plan, implement and evaluate positive behavioral intervention strategies to address a student’s specific individual behavioral needs.
• Design a token economy, whole class monitoring plan, or other classwide positive management strategy to be used with a class or other group.
• Correctly use terminology commonly associated with data collection, analysis, and presentation; specific management strategies; and other areas related to behavior management.
• Identify possible benefits and concerns associated with specific positive support strategies (such as self-monitoring, contingency contracting, token economies, cognitive behavior modification) and specific behavior reduction strategies (such as differential reinforcement, time out, and response cost).
• Identify the school’s responsibilities when implementing disciplinary procedures for a student who has identified disabilities, as required under IDEA 2004.
• Identify potential cultural differences regarding behavioral expectations and rules and describe ways to identify and address these when conducting a behavioral assessment, developing a behavior intervention plan, and communicating with students and their families.
• Conduct a functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and develop an individualized behavior intervention plan (BIP) for a case study student that reflects not only adherence to procedural fidelity, but also the use of evidence-based practices.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Weekly Quizzes	20%
Professionalism/Dispositions/Discussions	20%
Schoolwide Discipline Plan (SWPBIS) Analysis	15%
Classroom Management Plan (CWPBIS)	15%
Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)	15%
Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)	15%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93% - 100%	A
90% - 92%	A-
87% - 89%	B+
83% - 86%	B
80% - 82%	B-
77% - 79%	C+
73% - 76%	C
70% - 72%	C-
67% - 69%	D+
63% - 66%	D
60% - 62%	D-
Below 60%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Alberto, P. A. & Troutman, A. C. (2022). Applied behavior analysis for teachers (10th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill