INED 7720 - Classroom Behavioral Strategies

3 Credit Hours 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours
Prerequisites: Admission to M.Ed. program in Inclusive Education or graduate inclusive education add-on program.
The primary focus of this course is for candidates to develop skills in implementing proactive strategies for positive classroom management. The basic application of the principles of applied behavior analysis, functional analysis, positive classroom ecology, and positive behavior support for classroom management will provide the framework in developing these skills. Candidates will learn and apply these principles through the development of an application project with a student with problem behaviors. This course also discusses family and cultural influences on behavior as well as a variety of different perspectives on improving student’s behavior in classroom and school settings and how they relate to applied behavior analysis.