PSY 6650 - Behavioral Approaches to Treatment

This is a treatment course designed to familiarize the students with pragmatic issues in the application of behavior management and behavior analysis techniques and the underlying conceptual foundations. Among the topics to be covered are: functional analysis, token economies, behavioral contracting, response accelerating and decelerating techniques, and packaged behavior-management programs in areas such as social skills and assertiveness.

Credits: 4 hours

Restrictions Restricted to master’s or doctoral students in psychology.
Notes: Open to graduate students only.