Psychology (PSYC) 471
Managing Behavioural Problems in the Classroom (Revision 5)
Revision 5 closed, replaced by current version.
View previous syllabus.
Delivery Mode:Individualized study online or grouped study.
Credits:3
Area of Study:Social Science
Prerequisite:EDPY 351, or PSYC 389/EDPY 389, or equivalent.
Precluded Course:PSYC 471 is a cross-listed course—a course available in two different disciplines—with EDPY 471. PSYC 471 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for EDPY 471.
Centre:Centre for Psychology
PSYC 471 has a Challenge for Credit option
Course website
check availability
Overview
This course focuses on management strategies and techniques for children and adolescents who present serious disruptive and/or emotional and behavioural disorders in schools. A comprehensive review of assessment techniques and strategies and techniques for use in inclusive classroom and/or segregated settings is presented.
Topics covered include:
- The identification of students with behavioural problems
- The types of behavioural problems and possible educational service
- The assessment of behaviour
- Developing intervention objectives
- Monitoring student progress
- Managing behaviours in the classroom
- Selecting and evaluating interventions
- Strategies for dealing with specific behaviour problems
- Maintaining and generalizing intervention effects
Outline
Part 1: Foundations of Effective Behaviour Management
Unit 1: Identifying and Serving Students with Behaviour Problems
Unit 2: School- and Classroom-Wide Positive Behaviour Support
Unit 3: Principles of Intervention Planning
Unit 4: Assessment-Based Intervention Planning
Unit 5: Monitoring Student Progress
Unit 6: Evaluating Intervention Effects
Part 2: Strategies for Specific Behaviour Problems
Unit 7: Addressing Disruptive Behaviours
Unit 8: Improving School Survival Skills and Social Skills
Unit 9: Addressing Aggressive Behaviours
Unit 10: Developing Alternatives to Self-Stimulatory and Self-Injurious Behaviour
Unit 11: Addressing Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Unit 12: Special Issues
Part 3: Beyond the Classroom
Unit 13: Supporting Students with Psychiatric Problems
Unit 14: Extending Intervention Effects
Evaluation
Your final grade in Psychology 471 will be based on your performance on the word journals, the completion of a research paper, and the final exam. To receive credit for the course, you must achieve 50 percent or better on the final exam and on the research paper as well as an overall grade of at least “D” (50 percent). As well, you must complete all components of the course in order to receive credit for the course. The following chart indicates the assignments for credit and the value of each assignment toward the final course grade.
| Word Journals | Research Paper | Final Exam | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30% | 35% | 35% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Textbook
Kerr, M. M., & Nelson, C. M. (2006). Strategies for Addressing Behaviour Problems in the Classroom (5th ed.). Toronto: Prentice–Hall.
Other Materials
The course materials include a reading file. All other course materials are online at the Course website.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 5, July 31, 2009.
View previous syllabus
Last updated by SAS 06/24/2015 08:57:08
