EDUC 527 - Verbal Behavior for BCBA

Credit(s): 3
This course provides a behavior analytic account of verbal behavior, which includes thinking, speaking, feeling, reading, writing, and many other behaviors that define humans as uniquely human; and that are essential to consider when addressing or accounting for behavioral difficulties of individuals or groups. Foundations and theories of verbal behavior are explored. Students learn to identify and implement basic verbal operants and the variables that make them more or less likely to occur, Students also learn to assess verbal behavior, and to design instructional procedures to teach various verbal operants. Research in the field of verbal behavior is also considered.