CONSORZIO UNIVERSITARIO HUMANITAS

U.O. DI NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE – OSPEDALE PEDIATRICO BAMBINO GESU’

MASTERA.B.A. DI I LIVELLO

BOLOGNA

1th LevelPost Course Sequence

Academicyear 2017-18

LecturesTimetable

Day / Timetable / Subject and Teacher
April 2018
13 / 09, 00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis 1
Denise Smith
- Selectionism (phylogenic, ontogenic, cultural)
- Lawfulness of behaviour
- Mentalism
- Logical neo-positivism
- Environmental (as opposed to mentalistic) explanations of behaviour
- Distinguish between radical and methodological behaviourism
14 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Concepts and Principles of BehaviorAnalysis2
Denise Smith
- Parsimony
- Pragmatism
- Behaviorism
- Interbehaviorism
- Distinguish between the conceptual analysis of behavior, experimental analysis of behavior, applied behavior analysis, and behavioral service delivery.
15 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis 3
Denise Smith
- Behavior, response, response class
- Environment, stimulus, stimulus class
- Stimulus equivalence
- Reflexive relations (US-UR)
- Respondent conditioning (CS-CR)
- Operant conditioning
- Respondent-operant interactions
May2018
11 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Foundamental Elements of Behavior Change and Specific Behavior Change Procedures 1
Brigid Sinnott
- Positive and negative reinforcement.
- Appropriate parameters and schedules of reinforcement.
- Identify punishers.
- Positive and negative punishment.
- Appropriate parameters and schedules of punishment.
- Combinations of reinforcement with punishment and extinction
- Extinction
12 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis 4
Brigid Sinnott
- Unconditioned reinforcement
- Conditioned reinforcement
- Unconditioned punishment
- Conditioned punishment
- Schedules of reinforcement and punishment
- Extinction
- Automatic reinforcement and punishment
- Stimulus control
- Multiple functions of a single stimulus
13 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Identification of the Problem and Assessment 1(an introduction)
Brigid Sinnott
- Functional Behavior Assessment
- Identifying and Defining Target Behaviors
- Designing Data Collection Systems: Reliable data collection, Interrater reliability, Graphing data for interpretation
- Measuring Behavior
- Motivation and Behavior Modification
- Behavior Changing: Escape and avoidance, Respondent and operant conditioning
- Review records and available data at the outset of the case.
May2018
25 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Foundamental Elements of Behavior Change and Specific Behavior Change Procedures 2
Sara Bassani
- Discrete-trial and free-operant arrangements.
- Task analyses
- Prompts and prompt fading.
- Modeling and imitation training.
- Shaping.
- Chaining.
26 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis 5
Sara Bassani
- Unconditioned motivating operations
- Conditioned motivating operations
- Transitive, reflexive, surrogate motivating operations
- Distinguish between the discriminative stimulus and the motivating operation
- Distinguish between motivating operation and reinforcement effects
- Behavioral contingencies
- Contiguity
27 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis 6
Sara Bassani
- Functional relations
- Conditional discriminations
- Stimulus discrimination
- Response generalization
- Stimulus generalization
- Behavioral contrast
- Behavioral momentum
- Matching law
- Contingency-shaped behavior
- Rule-governed behavior
- Verbal Operants: Mand, Echoic, Tacts, Intraverbal
- Conceptual outlines: measurable dimensions of behavior, advantages and disadvantages of using continuous measurement procedures and discontinuous measurement procedures
June2018
8 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Foundamental Elements of Behavior Change and Specific Behavior Change Procedures 3
Valeria Vittorini
- Response-independent (time-based) schedules of reinforcement (noncontingent reinforcement).
- Differential reinforcement (e.g., DRO, DRA, DRI, DRL, DRH).
- Interventions based on manipulation of antecedents, such as motivating operations and discriminative stimuli.
- Discrimination training procedures.
- Instructions and rules.
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9 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Foundamental Elements of Behavior Change and Specific Behavior Change Procedures 4
Valeria Vittorini
- Contingency contracting (i.e., behavioral contracts).
- Independent, interdependent, and dependent group contingencies.
- Stimulus equivalence procedures
- Behavioral contrast effects.
- Matching law and recognize factors in influencing choice.
10 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Foundamental Elements of Behavior Change and Specific Behavior Change Procedures 5
Valeria Vittorini
- - High-probability request sequences.
- Premack principle.
- Pairing procedures to establish new conditioned reinforcers and punishers.
- Errorless learning procedures.
- Matching-to-sample procedures
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June2018
29 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Identification of the Problem and Assessment 2
Elena Gorini
- Consider biological/medical variables that may be affecting the client.
- Conduct a preliminary assessment of the client in order to identify the referral problem.
- Explain 1ehaviour1l concepts using nontechnical language.
- Decribe and explain 1ehaviour, including private events, in 1ehaviour-analytic (non mentalistic) terms
- Define 1ehaviour in observable and measurable terms.
- Define environmental variables in observable and measurable terms.
30 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Identification of the Problem and Assessment 3
Elena Gorini
- Design and implement individualized 1ehaviour1l assessment procedures.
- Design and implement the full range of functional assessment procedures.
- Organize, 1ehavio, and interpret observed data.
- Make recommendations regarding behaviors that must be established, maintained, increased, or decreased.
- Design and conduct preference assessments to identify putative reinforcers
1 July / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Identification of the Problem and Assessment 4
Elena Gorini
Review records and available data at the outset of the case.
- Consider biological/medical variables that may be affecting the client.
- Conduct a preliminary assessment of the client in order to identify the referral problem.
- Explain 1ehaviour1l concepts using nontechnical language.
- Decribe and explain 1ehaviour, including private events, in 1ehaviour-analytic (non mentalistic) terms
- Provide 1ehaviour-analytic services in collaboration with others who support and/or provide services to one’s clients.
- Practice within one’s limits of professional competence in applied 1ehaviour analysis, and obtain consultation, supervision, and training, or make referrals as necessary.
- Identify and make environmental changes that reduce the need for 1ehaviour analysis services
July2018
9 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Ethical Considerations in Applied Behavior Analysis 1
Elena Sironi
- BACB Professional Disciplinary and Ethical Standards
- Reporting Requirements
- Limitations on Applying
- Procedures: The Review Committee
- Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts
- Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients
- Assessing Behavior
- Behavior Analysts and the Behavior-Change Program
- Behavior Analysts as Supervisors
- Behavior Analysts’ Ethical Responsibility to the Profession of Behavior Analysts
- Behavior Analysts’ Ethical Responsibility to Colleagues
- Public Statements
- Behavior Analysts and Research
- Behavior Analysts’ Ethical Responsibility to the BACB
10 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Ethical Considerations in Applied Behavior Analysis 2
Elena Sironi
- BACB Professional Disciplinary and Ethical Standards
- Reporting Requirements
- Limitations on Applying
- Procedures: The Review Committee
- Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts
- Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients
- Assessing Behavior
- Behavior Analysts and the Behavior-Change Program
- Behavior Analysts as Supervisors
- Behavior Analysts’ Ethical Responsibility to the Profession of Behavior Analysts
- Behavior Analysts’ Ethical Responsibility to Colleagues
- Public Statements
- Behavior Analysts and Research
- Behavior Analysts’ Ethical Responsibility to the BACB
11 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / BehaviorChange Systems 1
Elena Sironi
Self-management strategies
Token economies and other conditioned reinforcement systems.
Direct Instruction
Precision Teaching
Personalized System of Instruction
Incidentalteaching
FunctionalCommunication Training
AugmentativeCommunication Systems
12 / 9,00 – 11,00
12,00 – 18,00 / BehaviorChange Systems 2
Lucia D’amato
Self-management strategies
Token economies and other conditioned reinforcement systems.
Direct Instruction
Precision Teaching
Personalized System of Instruction
Incidentalteaching
FunctionalCommunication Training
AugmentativeCommunication Systems
Intervention and Behavior Change Consideration 1
- State and plan for the possible unwanted effects of punishment.
- State and plan for the possible unwanted effects of extinction
- State intervention goals in observable and measurable terms.
- Identify potential interventions based on assessment results and the best available
scientific evidence.
- Select intervention strategies based on task analysis.
- Select intervention strategies based on client preferences.
- Select intervention strategies based on the client’s current repertoires.
- Select intervention strategies based on supporting environments.
- Select intervention strategies based on environmental and resource constraints.
- Select intervention strategies based on the social validity of the intervention.
- Identify and address practical and ethical considerations when using experimental
designs to demonstrate treatment effectiveness.
When a behavior is to be decreased, select an acceptable alternative behavior to be established or increased.
- Stimulus and response generalization.
- Maintenance.
- Behavioral cusps as goals for intervention when appropriate.
- Instructional procedures to promote generative learning
- Decision-making based on data displayed in various formats
State and plan for the possible unwanted effects of reinforcement
13 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Intervention and Behavior Change Consideration 2
Lucia D’amato
- State and plan for the possible unwanted effects of punishment.
- State and plan for the possible unwanted effects of extinction
- State intervention goals in observable and measurable terms.
- Identify potential interventions based on assessment results and the best available
scientific evidence.
- Select intervention strategies based on task analysis.
- Select intervention strategies based on client preferences.
- Select intervention strategies based on the client’s current repertoires.
- Select intervention strategies based on supporting environments.
- Select intervention strategies based on environmental and resource constraints.
- Select intervention strategies based on the social validity of the intervention.
- Identify and address practical and ethical considerations when using experimental
designs to demonstrate treatment effectiveness.
When a behavior is to be decreased, select an acceptable alternative behavior to be established or increased.
- Stimulus and response generalization.
- Maintenance.
- Behavioral cusps as goals for intervention when appropriate.
- Instructional procedures to promote generative learning
- Decision-making based on data displayed in various formats
State and plan for the possible unwanted effects of reinforcement
Implementation, Management and Supervision 1
- Provide for ongoing documentation of behavioral services
- Identify the contingencies governing the behavior of those responsible for carrying out behavior-change procedures and design interventions accordingly
- Design and use competency-based training for persons who are responsible for carrying out behavioral assessment and behavior-change procedures
- Design and use effective performance monitoring and reinforcement systems
- Design and use systems for monitoring procedural integrity.
- Provide supervision for behavior-change agents
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the behavioral program
- Establish support for behavior-analytic services from direct and indirect consumers
- Secure the support of others to maintain the client’s behavioral repertoires in their natural environments
- Arrange for the orderly termination of services when they are no longer required
14 / 09,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Implementation, Management and Supervision 2
Nadia Scialdone
- Provide for ongoing documentation of behavioral services
- Identify the contingencies governing the behavior of those responsible for carrying out behavior-change procedures and design interventions accordingly
- Design and use competency-based training for persons who are responsible for carrying out behavioral assessment and behavior-change procedures
- Design and use effective performance monitoring and reinforcement systems
- Design and use systems for monitoring procedural integrity.
- Provide supervision for behavior-change agents
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the behavioral program
- Establish support for behavior-analytic services from direct and indirect consumers
- Secure the support of others to maintain the client’s behavioral repertoires in their natural environments
- Arrange for the orderly termination of services when they are no longer required
October2018
16 / 09,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Measurement 1
(including Data Analysis
Jim Partington
- Measure: frequency, rate, duration, latency, interresponse time (IRT), percent of occurrence, trials to criterion.
- Assess and interpret interobserver agreement.
- Evaluate the accuracy and reliability of measurement procedures.
- Factors influencing agreement and accuracy of measurement
- State the advantages and disadvantages of using continuous measurement procedures and discontinous measurement procedures
- Select Data Display that communicates relevant quantitative relations
- Line graphs
- Other graphs in behavior analysis
- Construction of graphs
- Interpretation of graphs
- Visual and statistical analyses of behavioral data
- AnalyzingBehavior Change;
- Changes in level, trend, and variability.
- Temporal relations between observed variables (within & between sessions, time
series)
- Design, plot, and interpret data using equal-interval graphs.
- Design, plot, and interpret data using a cumulative record to display data.
- Design and implement continuous measurement procedures
- Design and implement discontinuous measurement procedures
- Design and implement choice measures- Measurement system to obtain representative data given the dimensions of the behavior and the logistics of observing and recording.
17 / 09,00 – 12,00
13,00 – 18,00 / Measurement 2
(including Data Analysis)
Jim Partington
- Measure: frequency, rate, duration, latency, interresponse time (IRT), percent of occurrence, trials to criterion.
- Assess and interpret interobserver agreement.
- Evaluate the accuracy and reliability of measurement procedures.
- Factors influencing agreement and accuracy of measurement
- State the advantages and disadvantages of using continuous measurement procedures and discontinous measurement procedures
- Select Data Display that communicates relevant quantitative relations
- Line graphs
- Other graphs in behavior analysis
- Construction of graphs
- Interpretation of graphs
- Visual and statistical analyses of behavioral data
- AnalyzingBehavior Change;
- Changes in level, trend, and variability.
- Temporal relations between observed variables (within & between sessions, time
series)
- Design, plot, and interpret data using equal-interval graphs.
- Design, plot, and interpret data using a cumulative record to display data.
- Design and implement continuous measurement procedures
- Design and implement discontinuous measurement procedures
- Design and implement choice measures- Measurement system to obtain representative data given the dimensions of the behavior and the logistics of observing and recording.
Experimental Design 1
- Design, plot, and interpret data using equal-interval graphs.
- Design, plot, and interpret data using a cumulative record to display data.
- Design and implement continuous measurement procedures
- Design and implement discontinuous measurement procedures
- Design and implement choice measures- Measurement system to obtain representative data given the dimensions of the behavior and the logistics of observing and recording.
- Research Design
- Determining Intervention Strategies
- Experimental designs in behavior analysis
- Reversal design
- Alternating treatments designs
- Changing criterion design
- Multiple baseline design
- Single-case designs an clinical practice
- Use the dimensions of applied behavior analysis to evaluate whether interventions are behavior analytic in nature.
- Systematically arrange independent variables to demonstrate their effects on dependent variables
- Analysis Designs: Analytic tactics using withdrawal/ reversal, multi-element treatment conditions, Analytic tactics using multiple baselines, multiple probe, changing criterion
-Use combinations of design elements.
- Conduct a component analysis to determine the effective components of an intervention
package.
- Conduct a parametric analysis to determine the effective values of an independent variable.
18 / Orario
9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 19,00 / Measurement 3
(including Data Analysis)
Elisa Niccolai
- Measure: frequency, rate, duration, latency, interresponse time (IRT), percent of occurrence, trials to criterion.
- Assess and interpret interobserver agreement.
- Evaluate the accuracy and reliability of measurement procedures.
- Factors influencing agreement and accuracy of measurement
- State the advantages and disadvantages of using continuous measurement procedures and discontinous measurement procedures
- Select Data Display that communicates relevant quantitative relations
- Line graphs
- Other graphs in behavior analysis
- Construction of graphs
- Interpretation of graphs
- Visual and statistical analyses of behavioral data
- AnalyzingBehavior Change;
- Changes in level, trend, and variability.
- Temporal relations between observed variables (within & between sessions, time
series)
- Design, plot, and interpret data using equal-interval graphs.
- Design, plot, and interpret data using a cumulative record to display data.
- Design and implement continuous measurement procedures
- Design and implement discontinuous measurement procedures
- Design and implement choice measures- Measurement system to obtain representative data given the dimensions of the behavior and the logistics of observing and recording.
December
30 November / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Discrectionary
Fabiana Di Carlo
Home Based Treatment and School Supervision
1 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / DisturbidelloSpettroAutistico
Docenti Bambino Gesù
Svilupponeuropsicomotoriotipicoedatipico - Aspetticlinicidell’autismo e deidisturbi del neurosviluppo - Aspettibiologicidell’autismo - Approcciterapeuticibasatisull’evidenzanell’autismo - Epilessiaedautismoincluse le manifestazioni non epilettiche - ComorbiditàAutismo-Sdr di Tourette - Autismosindromico - Autismo, vaccini e condizioniautoimmuni - Neurofisiologiadell’autismo - Basigenetichedell’autismo e test genomicicorrelati - Disturbidellospettroautistico: sintomiprecoci e diagnosidifferenzialeneiprimianni di vita - ComunicazioneAumentativa e Alternativa - Aspettineuropsicologici
2 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / DisturbidelloSpettroAutistico
DocentiAusl Bologna
Autismo in età infantile
January
19 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / DisturbidelloSpettroAutistico
DocentiAusl Bologna
Rita Di Sarro
Autismo in etàadulta
Diagnosiedinterventi
Autismo e Disabilitàintellettiva
Psicopatologianella ID e nell’ASD
DiagnosiDifferenziali
20 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / DisturbidelloSpettroAutistico
DocentiAusl Bologna
Rita Di Sarro
Autismo in etàadulta
Diagnosiedinterventi
Autismo e Disabilitàintellettiva
Psicopatologianella ID e nell’ASD
DiagnosiDifferenziali
February
8 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Foundamental Elements of Behavior Change and Specific Behavior Change Procedures 6 (Day 1)
Caio Miguel
- Verbal operants as a basis for language assessment.
- Echoic training.
- Mand training.
- Tact training.
- Intraverbal training.
- Listener training
9 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Foundamental Elements of Behavior Change and Specific Behavior Change Procedures 7 (Day 2)
Caio Miguel
- Verbal operants as a basis for language assessment.
- Echoic training.
- Mand training.
- Tact training.
- Intraverbal training.
- Listener training
10 / 9,00 – 13,00
14,00 – 18,00 / Discrectionary
Caio Miguel
Verbal Behavior