Preface

Acknowledgements

Prologue

To Instructors and In-service Training Supervisors

Administrators and Personnel Trainers, Supervisors and Managers

Unit 1: Introduction

Becoming Oriented to Your Field Setting

Accomplishing Client Assignments

Field Practicum Overview and Policies

The Purposes and Objectives of This Program

Formalizing Roles and Functions of Participants

Assignment Summary and Schedule

Adjusting Particulars of this Course

Recording Your Progress

About Professionalism

Field Activities  

Unit Preparation

Discussions

Course Equipment and Materials

Making DVD Recordings

Recommended Texts

Performance Assessment

Unit 1 Discussion Topics

Unit 2: The Big Decision

Unit 2 Objectives

Activity 2.1: Finalizing Practicum Site Arrangements

Activity 2.2: Becoming Acquainted with One Another & Obtaining
   Participant Agreements

Activity 2.3: Description of Field Setting  

Activity 2.4: Recording and Submitting a DVD of Ongoing Teaching at Your

   Practicum Site

Unit 2 Discussion Topics

PART 1

Foundational Behavioral Intervention Skill    

Competency-Based Checklists      

Checklist Training Protocol      

Unit 3: Preference Assessment Competency     

Activity 3.1: Use of Preference in the Practicum Setting   

Activity 3.2: Assisting teachers as Requested57    

Activity 3.3: Preference Assessment Checklist      

Unit 3 Discussion Topics       

Unit 4: Social Responsiveness Training Competency    

Activity 4.1 Social Responsiveness Checklist.    

Activity 4.2: Discrete Trial Intervention Observation    

Unit 4 Discussion Topics                     

Unit 5: Discrete Trial Instruction Competency    

Activity 5.1: Collecting Student Response Data    

Activity 5.2: Discrete Trial Instruction Checklist    

Activity 5.3: Prompts Across the Day     

Unit 5 Discussion Topics         

Unit 6: Most-to-Least Prompting Competency    

Activity 6.1: Most-to-Least Prompting Checklist    

Activity 6.2: Most-to-Least Prompting Data Collection   

Unit 6 Discussion Topics       

Unit 7: Graduated Guidance Competency     

Activity 7.1: Graduated Guidance Checklist     

Unit 7 Discussion Topics       

Unit 8: Least-to-Most Prompting Competency    

Activity 8.1: Least-to-Most Prompting Checklist    

Activity 8.2: Least-to-Most Data Collection     

Activity 8.3: Field Facilitator Assessment     

Unit 8 Discussion Topics       

Unit 9: Break        

Unit 9 Optional Discussion Topics      

Unit 10: Time Delay Competency      

Activity 10.1: Time Delay Prompting Checklist    

Activity 10.2: Shadowing Observation     

Unit 10 Discussion Topics       

Unit 11: Shadowing Competency      

Activity 11.1: Identifying Opportunities for Shadow Support   

Activity 11.2: Shadowing Checklist      

Unit 11 Discussion Topics        

Unit 12: Preference and Choice Competency     

Activity 12.1: Preferred Activity and Choice Checklist   

Unit 12 Discussion Topics       

Unit 13: Incidental Teaching Competency     

Activity 13.1 Incidental Teaching Checklist     

Unit 13 Discussion Topics       

Unit 14: Running a Program        

Activity 14.1: Setting up the Environment     

Activity 14.2: Collecting and Calculating Data    

Activity 14.3: Running a Program Checklist     

Unit 14 Discussion Topics       

Unit 15: Evaluating Performance      

Activity 15.1: Field Facilitator Assessment     

Activity 15.2: Student Evaluation of Experience    

Unit 15 Discussion Topics       

References and Evidence Base for Part 1 Checklists    

PART 2

Designing, Implementing, and Functionally Analyzing the Effect of a

Behavioral Intervention       

(Units 1 and 2 from PART 1 can be used here if you are in a new setting)

Responsibly Undertaking Independent Action    

Final Project Report       

Unit 16: Planning the Journey: Assessing Environment and
   Student Performance 

Activity 16.1: Ongoing support and Student Assignment     

Activity 16.2: Observing and Narrating a Child's Behavior   

Mini-Tutorial on Narrative Recordings and A-B-C Analyses     

Activity 16.3: The Relation between Environmental Conditions and Behavior:

A-B-C Analyses        

Unit 16 Discussion Topics       

Unit 17: Charting Your Course: Choosing Student Learning Objectives  

Activity 17.1: Conducting an Original A-B-C Analysis     

Activity 17.2: Getting to Know Your Student    

Activity 17.3: Finalizing your Student Selection and Planning Future Directions 

   Preparing Behavior Change Objectives: A Tutorial    

Unit 17 Discussion Topics         

Unit 18: Gearing Up: Reviewing Research and DVD Recording  

Activity 18.1: Informing Yourself about Recent Behavior Analytic

   Research in Your Probable Teaching Domain at Your Practicum Site  

Activity 18.2: Recording and Submitting a DVD of Ongoing

Teaching at Your Practicum Site      

Unit 18 Discussion Topics       

Unit 19: Gearing Up: Refining Your Instructional and Measurement Plan 

Activity 19.1 Observing and Participating in an Ongoing Program  

Activity 19.2: Revised Final Teaching Objective      

Mini-Tutorial on Validity, Reliability and Treatment Fidelity     

Activity 19.3: Designing a Measurement System      

Activity 19.4: Summarizing a Journal Article       

Activity 19.5. Baseline Performance: DVD Recording   

Unit 19 Discussion Topics       

Unit 20: Spring Trials: Testing Your Measurement Procedures   

Activity 20.1: Testing Your Recording Method    

Activity 20.2: Broadening your Knowledge of Published Research:

   Special Emphasis on Measurement and Graphing      

Activity 20.3: Graphing Your Own Data       

Activity 20.4: DVD Recording: You Working with Your Student(s)  

Unit 20 Discussion Topics       

Unit 21: Trial Runs: Testing Your Teaching Procedures     

Activity 21.1: Collecting and Plotting Baseline Data      

Activity 21.2: Rethinking your Instructional Objective (Optional)  

Activity 21.3: Programming for Learning: The Many W's and an H    

Activity 21.4: Testing the Waters        

Activity 21.5: Interim Field Facilitator Assessment      

Unit 21 Discussion Topics        

Unit 22: Break          

Unit 22 Optional Discussion Topics      

Unit 23: Hitting the Road: Analyzing and Reporting Progress     

Activity 23.1: Ongoing Teaching      

Activity 23.2: DVD Recording        

Activity 23.3: Summarizing a Journal Article      

Unit 23 Discussion Topics       

Unit 24: Looking Ahead, Behind, to the Left and to the Right:

Generalization and Maintenance        

Activity 24.1: Progress Report        

Activity 24.2: Summarizing a Journal Article Incorporating Generalization &/or
   Maintenance Features       

Unit 24 Discussion Topics       

Unit 25: Gauging Progress by Monitoring Performance   

Mini-Tutorial on Some Fine Points of Behavioral Instruction     

Activity 25.1: Modified Progress Report: Summary of Instructional

Experience        

Activity 25.2: Summarizing a Journal Article      

Unit 25 Discussion Topics       

Unit 26: A Tale to be Told: Reporting Your Methods and Results  

Activity 26.1: Detailed Outline for Final Report      

Activity 26.2: DVD Recording      

Unit 26 Discussion: Topics        

Unit 27: Postcards from Afar: Displaying and Interpreting Your Graphs  

Activity 27.1: Preparing Your Final Graphs       

Activity 27.2: Writing Your Introduction: Making a Case for Your Intervention   

Activity 27.3: Preparing an Abstract of Your Report      

Unit 27 Discussion Topics       

Unit 28: Taking Stock: Evaluating Performance and Products   

Activity 28.1: Completing Your Final Report    

Activity 28.2: Final Field Facilitator Assessment      

Activity 28.3: Final DVD recording Session       

Unit 28 Discussion Topics       

Activity 28.4: Student Evaluation of Your Field Experience