This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
The curriculum will include:
• Barriers to implementation
• Evaluation of behaviour support plans
• Methods of data collection with particular reference to direct observation
• Reliability and validity
• Presentation and interpretation of data
• Measuring social validity
Total contact hours: 28
Private study hours: 122
Total study hours: 150
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Foundation Degree
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities BSc
Positive Behaviour Support diploma
Main assessment methods
Coursework assignment – report of applied work (3500 words) – 100%
Reassessment methods
Reassessment instrument - Like for like
Donnellan, A. M., LaVigna, G. W., Negri-Shoultz, N. and Fassbender, L. L. (1988) Progress Without Punishment: Effective Approaches for Learners with Behavior Problems, New York, Teachers College Press.
Emerson, E. (2001) Challenging behaviour: Analysis and intervention in people with severe intellectual disabilities (2nd ed.), Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
LaVigna, G. W., Willis, T., Shaull, J., Abedi, M. and Sweitzer, M. (1994) The Periodic Service Review: A Total Quality Assurance System for Human Services and Education, Baltimore, Paul H Brookes.
Lucyshyn, J. M., Dunlap, G. and Albin, R. W. (Eds.) (2002). Families and Positive Behavior Support: Addressing Problem Behavior in Family Contexts.Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
8.1 Describe and discuss the barriers to the successful implementation of behaviour support plans
8.2 Develop effective plans for the implementation of behaviour support plans
8.3 Explain the rationale for the collection of data to evaluate the impact of behaviour support plans.
8.4 Identify and discuss measures of procedural reliability
8.5 Identify and discuss measures of challenging behaviour including: frequency, duration, intensity, episodic severity
8.6 Identify and discuss measures of the social validity of behaviour support plans
8.7 Collect data reliably
8.8 Represent data visually and interpret it accurately.
8.9 Implement and evaluate multi-element behaviour support plans.
9. The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
9.1 Have prepared a written assignment which shows their capacity to draw on both published work and their own experience
9.2 Have demonstrated their ability to understand, and communicate in writing, abstract concepts
9.3 Have continued to combine the demands of work and study by successfully meeting deadlines for the completion of academic
assignments
9.4 Have continued to use information technology (word processing, email, internet use) to meet the demands of the programme
9.5 Have developed further their ability to summarise and graphically represent data.
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