Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

  • 2

    What Behaviors Should we Increase

    • Course Handouts

    • What is Behavior

    • Increasing Behavior

    • Which behavior to Increase

    • 3-Term Contingency

    • Defining Reinforcement

    • How to Increase Behaviors

    • Skills Check

    • Section Summary
  • 3

    Setting the Stage

    • Antecedents and Discriminative Stimuli

    • Motivating Operations

    • Skills Check

    • Display for the Behavior

  • 4

    Teaching Skills & Replacement Behavior

    • Identification of Behavior To Increase

    • Replacement Behaviors

    • Functional Communication and Verbal Behavior

    • Daily Living Skills

    • Pivotal Skills and Social Skills

    • Shaping Behaviors

    • Skills Check

    • Section Summary
  • 5

    Reinforcement Strategies

    • How Does Reinforcement Increase Behavior

    • Positive and Negative Reinforcement

    • Primary and Secondary Reinforcers

    • Differential Reinforcers

    • Reinforcing Shaping Procedures

    • Reinforcement Schedules

    • Skills Check

    • Course Summary