EBA401 Behavior Analytic Theory: Participants will learn to analyze human performance problems and to identify their causes by applying behavior analytic theory. Successful participants will demonstrate mastery to:

• Explain the effects of environmental and genetic influences on human behavior according to the principles and processes of operant and respondent learning and apply the ABC model to behavior
• Discriminate between the philosophical truth criteria used by behavior analysts to evaluate changes in human behavior and truth criteria used in other theoretical frameworks
• Identify environmental variables that may influence a specified behavior
• Perform a functional analysis of a specified problem behavior

EBA405 Measurement, Evaluation, and Ethics (prerequisite EBA401): Participants will learn to pinpoint human performance problems, collect valid measures of current behavior and results, and evaluate current measure of behavior and results with the objective of identifying problems worth solving. Successful participants will demonstrate mastery to:

• Define client problems in behavior analytic terms at the organizational, process, and individual levels
• Design valid behavior analytic measurement procedures and collect data on critical dimensions of behavior
  Present data using graphs, standard charts, and cumulative records
• Use data to evaluate current results, performance, and procedures so as to guide practice with data
• Apply ethical guidelines to support decision making around the selection of a problem to solve

EBA413 Intervention Design and Evaluation: Participants will master the development, design, and evaluation of basic interventions that address the client’s performance problems. Successful participants will demonstrate mastery to:

• Recommend the best behavior analytic solution to a client’s performance problem based on appropriately collected and analyzed data, the best interests of the client and other stakeholders, and BACB guidelines for best practice
• Distinguish between correct and incorrect implementation of teaching and management procedures with regard to appropriate teaching of prompting and fading, discriminations and generalizations, shaping, chaining, fluency, reinforcement and reinforcement schedules, extinction, and punishment
• Design and implement each procedure correctly
  Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of solutions to human performance problems to determine whether the problem has been solved

EBA500-513/ 540-553 Group Practicum Seminar: (Requires concurrent enrollment in either EBA520-533 or 560-573 and academic course requirements unless completed.) While completing Chicago School approved field experience, students meet online as a group with a BCBA supervisor one hour per week and prepare portfolio exhibits. Students remain enrolled until both minimum field experience hours and minimum supervision hours have been successfully completed. Supervision hours are counted toward the total number of experience hours required.

EBA520-533/ 560-573 Individual Practicum Supervision: (Requires concurrent enrollment in EBA500-513 or 540-553 and academic course requirements unless completed.) While completing field experience, the BABC approved supervisor observes the applicant engaging in behavior analytic activities in the natural environment at least once every week and provides specific feedback to applicants on their performance. During the initial half of the total experience hours, observation should concentrate on applicant-client interactions. Students will upload their video files to The Chicago School video server each week. Supervision hours may be counted toward the total number of experience hours required. Students remain enrolled until both minimum experience hours and minimum supervision hours have been successfully completed.

About Field Experience*

Chicago School Approved Field Experience
Students must submit an application for site approval to the department chair who will review it with the BCABA supervisor and advisor. An applicant may not start accumulating experience until he or she has begun the course work required to meet the BACB course work requirements. Sites must meet BACB criteria for approved activities and hours.

Current BACB Guidelines for Experience Hours:
The applicant’s primary focus should be on learning new behavior analytic skills related to the BACB Third Edition Task List. Activities must adhere to the dimensions of applied behavior analysis identified by Baer, Wolf, and Risley (1968) in the article Some Current Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Applicants are encouraged to have experiences in multiple sites and with multiple supervisors.

Appropriate experience activities include:

• Conducting assessments related to the need for behavioral interventions
• Designing, implementing, and monitoring behavior analysis programs for clients
• Overseeing the implementation of behavior analysis programs by others
• Other activities normally performed by a behavior analyst that are directly related to behavior analysis such as attending planning meetings regarding the behavior analysis program, researching the literature related to the program, and talking to individuals about the program. Any additional activities related to oversight of behavioral programming such as behavior analyst supervision issues or evaluation of behavior analysts' performance are appropriate.

Clients may be any persons for whom behavior analysis services are appropriate. The applicant may not be related to the client or the client’s primary caretaker. Applicants must work with multiple clients during the experience period.

Approved field experience site hours are applied toward certification eligibility in accordance with BACB University Approved Site requirements (670 hours instead of 1,000 for BCABA eligibility).

*Source: www.bacb.com