PSYKPRA10 Applied Behavior Analysis - Placement Course description

This is a practical course where knowledge and skills acquired from previous courses are used in practical work. The practical training must therefore be taken at establishments where the purpose is to provide training or conduct change work based on concrete issues. The course is taken full-time over nine weeks, unless otherwise agreed. The average working week is 30 hours, a total of 270 hours for the whole period. Practical training may entail shift work, days and evenings.

Bestått PSYK1420 og gjennomført/fått godkjent arbeidskrav PSYK2200

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student can:

• explain the purpose of the practical training establishment
• describe the legal basis for the establishment

Skills

The student can:

• use expedient methods of registration
• perform functional analyses
• propose expedient training methods in relation to establish new behaviour
• propose expedient behaviour to replace inexpedient behaviour
• facilitate generalisation and continuation of behaviour changes
• analyse collected data and present these in a graph
• communicate with users, next of kin and other partners

​​General competence

The student

• can describe behaviour analysis’ areas of application
• is capable of discussing ethical issues linked to data collection and observation
• is capable of describing judicial factors that affect data collection and observation, with particular weight on consent, information exchange and storage
• has professional understanding, relational skills and professional qualifications that are required by the practical training establishment

The practical training requirements are participation in work in the workplace/the establishment, activities that promote the learning outcomes and compliance with the university's general practical training requirements. This general requirements can be found in Canvas.

This course presents the use of behaviour analysis in different fields. Learning and mastery are two essential concepts related to supporting and further developing an individual’s own competency. Also, this will increase their possibilities to influence their surroundings and to gain control of their own life. Different methods building on applied behaviour analysis and empirically supported approaches will be examined in the course.

Passed the course PSYK1420.

For part 1: Not relevant

For part 2: ;All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with

Work and teaching methods included in the course are lectures, self-study, seminars, workshops, inter-teaching sessions and group works. The students’ learning outcomes will be documented through presentations, demonstration of practical skills, written reaction papers and the examination.

To prepare for the examination must the following obtain approved:

• Minimum 80 % participation in compulsory teaching activities, seminars and workshops
• Assignment of 3 individual written papers (Reaction Papers; RP’s), maximum 900 words