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. Particularly relevant internships in PSYKPRA10 are places where there is a focus on learning or other behavioral change in individuals, such as schools, kindergartens or the like. If the student wishes to have the opportunity to apply for jobs as an environmental therapist after graduation, PSYKPRA10 must involve direct socially valid work with individuals or other projects with clear relevance for this and be combined with completion of PSYKPRA2 and PSYK3900 in semester 6 (see information about PSYKPRA2 and PSYK3900 below). Students who do not need or want the opportunity to apply for jobs as an environmental therapist after completing their studies are free to choose other types of practice in PSYKPRA10 and complete PSYK3910 in the 6th semester (see information about PSYK3910 below). The course is taken full-time over nine weeks, unless otherwise agreed. The average work week is 30 hours, a total of 270 hours for the whole period. Normally, a week in practice will contain 4 days of practice and one study day. Practical training may entail shift work, days, evenings and weekends.

Passed PSYK1420 and required coursework for PSYK2200 completed/approved.

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:

• measure behavior in expedient ways
• describe expedient methods to establish, increase and maintain behaviour
• propose expedient behaviour to replace inexpedient behaviour
• facilitate generalisation and continuation of behaviour changes
• analyse collected data and presenting these in a graph or figure
• describe social validity…
• communicate with users, next of kin and other partners

​​General competence

The student

• can describe behaviour analysis’ areas of application
• can discuss ethical issues linked to behavior change
• 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 of personal data
• 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.

• Submission of planning documents for practical training
• Participation in work at the practical training establishment (minimum attendance of 90%)
• Participation at seminars at the university
• Compliance with general practical training requirements

All required coursework must be approved before the student’s practical training can be assessed.

1. Assessment of practical training

2. Individual written assignment related to practical training, approx. 2,000 words. Special criteria have been developed to assess this. If the report mentions information about people and/or their behavior, OsloMet and the Department for Behavioral Sciences' current rules for privacy and consent must be observed. When a fail grade is awarded for the written assignment, the student is permitted to submit a reworked version.

For part 1: Not relevant

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

Pass/fail

For part 1: The person responsible for the course following a recommendation from the practical training supervisor

For part 2: One internal and one external examiner

The practical training supervisor must submit a recommendation on whether the practical training has been passed before the individual assignment is assessed