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PHBA8250 Empirically Supported Treatments - research, control and validation Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Empirically Supported Treatments - research, control and validation
Study programme
PhD Programme in Behavior Analysis
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2021/2022
Programme description
Course history

Required preliminary courses

The course consists of 1 introductory meeting, and 6 - 12 seminars of 4 x 45 minutes, and time for discussion and a final seminar (4 x 45 minutes). The introductory meeting takes place 2 weeks ahead of the main part of the course. At this meeting, the structure, content and purpose of the course are presented. The students are asked to give short presentations of their Ph.D. projects, and describe how the course is relevant to it. The main purpose of this early session is to help the students to start systematic work with the course readings.

The seminars target central themes from the course readings for discussion and reflection. A high level of student participation is expected. During this time, students will produce several reaction papers (3 - 4 pages double spaced), and a final presentation of one central theme from the course. Themes are assigned by the lecturers.

The final seminar consists of a discussion of the presentations, which are distributed in advance as papers not to exceed 10 pages double spaced, and introduced by each candidate in a short (3 minute) session. Course teachers mediate the discussions.

Learning outcomes

  • All papers approved,
  • attendance in at least 80 % of the seminars, and
  • approved paper presentation in final seminar.

Content

The course gives an overview of the trend towards evidence-based interventions, and discusses the investigative tools and methodology for establishing treatment efficacy and effectiveness. Manual-based interventions and their relation to basic strategies in applied behavior analysis are discussed.

Teaching and learning methods

Portfolio.

Portfolio requirements: 4 reaction papers

Course requirements

All

Assessment

Pass / Fail

Permitted exam materials and equipment

All

Grading scale

Pass / Fail

Examiners

Radical behaviorism as a philosophical system - ontology and epistemology