BEHP1220: Repetitive Behavior: Autism, Stereotypy and Anxiety: Supporting Adaptive Behavior Is the Answer becomes clinically important the moment a team has to turn good intentions into reliable action inside case conceptualization, intervention design, staff training, and literature-informed problem solving. For this course, the practical stakes show up in stronger conceptual consistency and better translational decision making, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: ABA Technologies / Florida Tech
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Join Free →Presents a follow-up to the course, Stereotypy: There Are No Easy Answers, considering the significant amount of research for treating repetitive behavior that has occurred and furthered understanding of how and when to treat it. Describes why stereotypy is significant for persons with autism by examining how autism is a social learning disorder in which sensory stimulation is more salient than social stimulation. Examines the current best practices for treating stereotypy/supporting adaptive behavior. Demonstrates that well-constructed teaching environments can promote appropriate behavior with concomitant control over stereotypy. Also examines aspects of functionally analyzing automatically reinforced behavior that may predict what type of treatment will be effective. Describes another related form of automatically reinforced behavior that is common in persons with autism: anxiety.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB | 3.5 | General |
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