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Specialization in Behavior Analysis for Clinical Students
Eligibility: Any student in the doctoral tracks of the Clinical Program or the Clinical Child Program is eligible for the specialization by stating on their Plan of Study their plans for pursuing the specialization in behavior analysis.
Requirements: Students must complete the following requirements (note that the stated requirements are the minimum for certification in the specialization, additional courses may be taken) :
(1) Completion of six hours of courses from the following list (new course numbers appear in parentheses):
Psychology 532: Human Behavior
Psychology 611: Single-Subject Design
Psychology 736 or 737: Special Topics in Experimental Analysis of Behavior and Applied Behavior Analysis, respectively. These special topics courses require the prior approval of the Behavior Analysis Training Committee as being within the specialization requirements.
Psychology 732: Behavior Theory and Philosophy
Psychology 630: Reinforcement and Punishment
Psychology 733: Stimulus Control and Memory
(2) Completion of one additional course from the above list OR completion of a substantive Psychology 795 course under the supervision of a Behavior Analysis Program primary (core) faculty member that would involve active participation in a laboratory group and completion of a research project supervised by the faculty member.
(3) Inclusion of a Behavior Analysis Program primary (core) faculty member on the student's dissertation committee as the non-clinical Department of Psychology member.
It also is recommended, but not required, that a Behavior Analysis Program primary (core) faculty member serve on the student's advising committee.
Certification: Certification of completing the specialization is done by the advising committee during a meeting held for that purpose in the student's last year in the program. It is the student’s responsibility to arrange this meeting. Upon approval of the specialization, the Advising Committee Chair notifies the Director of Graduate Training that the certification requirements has been met. The certification requirements then are checked off as complete on the student's plan of study.