Intensive Practicum in ABA

3 credits · Peabody College - Professional

Under the coordination and supervision of faculty BCBA/BCBA-Ds with expertise in practitioner training, the threefold mission of this practicum is community service, practitioner training, and research. These missions interlock and work toward the same unified end. The practicum’s primary objective is to offer a no-fee community service through which focused intensive therapy for interfering behavior is provided. Achievement of this objective sets the stage for the accomplishment of secondary and tertiary purposes: namely, high-quality practitioner training and (occasionally) research products directly tethered to the needs and circumstances of practicum cases. Importantly, this process is guided by client and caregiver dispositions and values, available data, and the judgment of the course instructor. Enrolled scholars will be assigned to a team to provide behavioral services to one or more referred individuals. Teams can consist of two or three scholars, which may include one case manager (a scholar who excelled during their first practicum experience and was invited back to take on a leadership role). Each case typically requires 10 hours of weekly service from each scholar, and 10-15 hours of service from case managers. Each team will be supervised by a faculty BCBA or BCBA-D (course instructor). [3]