Developing Behavior Interventions is a course specially designed to give teachers a foundation in behavior-based interventions to use in their classroom. Participants will begin by learning about what is necessary to get to know the student and look for any background information, which can aide in developing an intervention plan. Next, the course focuses on different data collection methods that will aide teachers in creating a baseline for their intervention. Participants will examine the 4 functions of behavior and be able to hypothesize what function or functions the student’s behavior is currently being reinforced. Participants will then use the data that they have collected to show whether the intervention that is in place is working by making and reading a graph. The participants will then make modifications to their plan and justify their decisions based on research based interventions. This is an online course. The instructor will closely monitor student participation through log on time, the posting of assignments, and responding to teacher and student postings. Students can access the on-line class 24 hours per day from their computer. This will be a self paced class.

Course Syllabus

Face-to-face meetings on the date listed below; remaining 24 hours of class time will completed online. Please bring your laptop if possible. If you have taken an online course before, this session is optional.

Registration closes 1/26/17.

Instructor: Patrick Judkins
Date: 2/7/17 face to face meeting
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Location: Mississippi Bend AEA, Bettendorf
Online work: through 4/7/17, self paced online course

Cost:
$465 for 3 Drake credits
$255 for 3 relicensure credits
Does not include cost of book.

For more information about Drake Univ. EDMA credit visit Drake Credit Info on the MBAEA Professional Development webpage.

This course will meet the 3-credit requirement to renew a paraeducator certificate. An official transcript will be mailed to participants upon request. This transcript needs to be sent with the certificate renewal application.

New credit fees go into effect for courses starting after 1/1/17. Visit MBAEA PD Site for PD News and info.