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Apr 20, 2024
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2021-2022 Endicott College Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Autism Certificate
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This certificate focuses on the application of ABA to autism. The courses focus on the unique issues associated with ASD, and covers state-ot-the-art interventions in social skills, communication skills, and adolescent and adult services. Special topics covered include evidence-based intervention, collaboration between related professions, and functional goal development. A wide variety of electives are available in this concentration, to allow for an individualized plan of study.
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Admission Requirements
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Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the program, students will:
- Critique alternative approaches to understanding behavior associated with ASD.
- Value all aspects of human behavior including private events.
- Interpret the learning, behavioral, communication, and social characteristics of individuals with autism.
- Design effective function-based treatments for challenging behavior based on state of the art ABA assessment techniques for individuals with autism.
- Support treatment decisions using existing empirical evidence.
- Design individual behavior treatments including behavior reduction and skill acquisition programming.
- Demonstrate knowledge of effective individualized curricular planning and effective behavior management.
- Differentiate levels of evidence for approaches within and outside of ABA.
- Weigh courses of action given clinical scenarios.
- Create systems for the provision of performance based feedback in supervision and training contexts.
Total Certificate Requirements - 15 credits
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