DABA 625 Advanced Functional Assessment &_Analysis
The overriding goals of this course are for doctoral candidates to demonstrate comprehension and application of structural, functional and branch analysis and the evaluation and synthesis of stimulus control methodologies to determine the controlling factors of behavior. Candidates will demonstrate competency with the experimental analysis of behavior methodologies to determine the function of behavior across a variety of disabilities and disorders by reading, discussing and presenting assigned and self-selected experimental papers. Areas covered include the functional analysis of behavior of persons with developmental disabilities, psychiatric disorders, substance and eating disorders. Ultimately, candidates must design and present a hypothetical research prospectus in which a functional analysis of complex behavior is conducted