Week 1: Getting Started Introduction and Field Practicum Overview The Purposes and Objectives of this Program Formalizing Roles and Functions of the Participants Assignment Summary and Schedule Adjusting Particulars of thie Course Recording Your Progress About Professionalism Field Activities Weekly Preparation Discussions Final Project Course Equipment and Materials Video Taping Recommended Texts Performance Assessment Discussion Topics
Week 2: The Big Decision 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 Discussion Topics
Week 3: Planning the Journay: Assessing Environment and Student Performance Objectives Activity 3.1: Ongoing Support and Student Assignment Activity 3.2: Observing and Narrating a Child's Behavior Mini-Tutorial on Narrative Recordings and A-B-C Analyses Activity 3.3: The Relation Between Environmental Conditions and Behavior: A-B-C Analysis Discussion Topics
Week 4: Charting Your Course: Choosing Student Learning Objectives Objectives Activity 4.1: Conducting an Original A-B-C Analysis Activity 4.2: Getting to Know Your Student Activity 4.3: Finalizing Your Student Selection and Planning Future Directions Specific Target Responses: A Mini-Tutorial and Practice Exercise by Melissa Mackal Discussion Topics
Week 5: Gearing Up: Assessing the Learning Environment and Defining Your Role Objectives Activity 5.1: Ongoing Instruction in the Practicum Setting Activity 5.2: Becoming Familiar Firsthand with Ongoing Instructional Activities by Assisting Teachers and/or Teaching Parents as Requested Activity 5.3: Informing Yourself about Recent Behavior Analytic Research in Your Probable Teaching Domain at Your Practicum Site Activity 5.4: Recording and Submitting a Video of Ongoing Teaching at Your Practicum Site Discussion Topics
Week 6: Gearing Up: Refining Your Instructional and Measurement Plan Objectives Activity 6.1: Revising Final Teaching Objectives Mini-Tutorial on Validity, Reliability and Treatment Fidelity Activity 6.2: Designing a Measurement System Activity 6.3: Summarizing a Journal Article Activity 6.4: Baseline Performance: Video Recording Discussion Topics
Week 7: Spring Trials: Testing Your Measurement Procedures Objectives Activity 7.1: Testing Your Recording Method Activity 7.2: Broadening Your Knowledge of Published Research: Special Emphasis on Measurement and Graphing Activity 7.3: Graphing Your Own Data Mini-Tutorial for Using Excel to Draw Reversal (or Withdrawal) Design Graphs, by Jennifer Crockett Activity 7.4: Video Recording: You Working with Your Student(s) Discussion Topics
Week 8: Trial Runs: Testing Your Teaching Procedures Objectives Activity 8.1: Collecting and Plotting Baseline Data Activity 8.2: Rethinking Your Instructional Objective (Optional) Activity 8.3: Programming for Learning: The Many W's and an H Activity 8.4: Testing the Waters Activity 8.5: Interim Field Facilitator Assessment Discussion Topics
Week 9: Break Optional Discussion Topics
Week 10: Hitting the Road: Analyzing and Reporting Progress Objectives Activity 10.1: Ongoing Teaching Activity 10.2: Video Recording Activity 10.3: Summarizing a Journal Article Discussion Topics
Week 11: Looking Ahead, Behind, to the Left, and to the Right: Generalization and Maintenance Objectives Activity 11.1: Weekly Progress Report Activity 11.2: Summarizing a Journal Article Incorporating Generalization and/or Maintenance Features Discussion Topics
Week 12: Gauging Progress by Monitoring Performance Objectives Mini-Tutorial on Some Fine Points of Behavioal Instruction Activity 12.1: Modified Weekly Progress Report: Summary of Instructional Experience Activity 12.2: Summarizing a Journal Article Discussion Topics
Week 13: A Tale to be Told: Reporting Your Methods and Results Objectives Activity 13.1: Detailed Outline for Final Report Activity 13.2: Video Recording Discussion Topics
Week 14: Postcards From Afar: Displaying and Interpreting Your Graphs Objectives Activity 14.1: Preparing Your Final Graphs Activity 14.2: Writing Your Introduction: Making a Case for Your Intervention Activity 14.3: Preparing an Abstract of Your Report Discussion Topics
Week 15: Taking Stock: Evaluating Performance and Products Objectives Activity 15.1: Completing Your Final Report Activity 15.2: Final Field Facilitator Assessment Activity 15.3: Final Videotaping Session Discussion Topics Activity 15.4: Student Evaluation of the Course
