PSYC120 CM - Seminar in Behavior Modification

This course offers field experience in the application of behavior modification principles with autistic children at CMC’s Claremont Autism Center. Each student works in a supervised individual capacity in areas such as teaching an individual child, training parents to work with their children, and observing and scoring videotape measures of child and parent interactions. Emphasis is placed on providing students with the opportunity to utilize their knowledge of behavior principles in a real-life setting, participate in research, record behavior, and analyze treatment effectiveness. Lecture plus practicum component.

Prerequisites: One lower-division psychology course and permission of instructor

Offered: Every year

Credit: 1

Course Number: PSYC120 CM