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EDD41IJ3 

Problems in Attention and Behavior 

Dr. Duane Rubadeau 

Office: VAN 2-212 

Phone: Office: 562-2131 x323 

Hair: ? 

563-3875 

Office Hrs: Mon.-Thurs. 6-7 p.m. 

Class Tin: Thurs. 7-10 p.m. VAN 2-243 

I. Course Content: 

Prince George 

This course is intended for people who want to learn about the assessment 

and intervention techniques for working with children presenting mild-to- 

moderate problems of attention or behavioral adjustment. Objectives and methods 

of working with children having these difficulties, including school-based and 

non-school based therapeutic alternatives, will be reviewed and evaluated as to 

their effectiveness. 

II. Format: 

This course is organized around a learn/practice method. The first term of 

the course will focus on the diagnostic, screening, and intervention trodels and 

procedures currently used with children having problems of attention or behavioral 

adjustment. 

The second term will concentrate on isnplenentation of programs and teaching 

techniques to deal with a child's special 

needs. I plan to focus on an approach 

useful to classroan-based or program-based personnel as the key change agents. 

In addition, parents are seen as the significant others curucial for the main- 

tenance of any changes attained in the school/program settings in which the 

children participate. 

III. Texts: 

1.

Blackham, G., & Silberman, A. Modification df Child and Adolescent Behavior. 

(3rd ed.). Wadsworth, 1980. 

2. Blankenship, C.,& Lilly, M.S. Mainstreamin q 

udents with Learning and 

Behavior Problems. Holt, 

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hart, Winston, 1981. 

IV. TopicalOutline: 

A. Term 

1. Exam 1: 

Definitioni, Prevalence, Classification Fctors 

Theoretical Views: Behavioral, Psvchoeducational, and Ecological 

Models. 

Lecture Notes and B & L Chapters 1-3, and B & S Chapters 1-3. 

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2.

Exam 2: 

Managing Behavior 

measurement of Behavioral Change 

Lecture Notes and 

B

& L Cha 

ters 

4-8, 

and

B & S Chapters 4 & 5. 

3. Completion of Four 

(4)

Observations 

and

Reports: 

1)

General Work Behaviors of a Designated Subject. 

2)

Observation Procedure 

3)

Observation Procedure 

4)

Report on Home-School Carrru.micatiOn 

B. Term II: 

1.

Exam 3: 

Behavioral Curriculum Interventions 

Lecture Notes and B & L Chapters 9 & 10, and B & S Chapters 6-8. 

2.

Exam 4: 

A Social Learning Intervention Program 

The Developmental Thera 

y Orientation 

The Pole of Parents in Special Education 

Lecture Notes and B & S Chapters 9 & 10. 

3.

Major Report: 

Design and implementation of a workable overall strategy for reduction 

of deviant behaviors. 

V. Student Evaluation: 

rccietion of 4 observations & reoorts. 

"C" grade: 

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JCcmpletion of major report. 

LPass 4 examinations at the "C" level. 

rca1etion of 4 observations & reports. 

"B" grade: ? 

Canpietion of major report. 

LPass

4 examinations at the "13" level. 

cor

v 1etion

of 4 observations & reoorts. 

"A"

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Completion of major report. 

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ass 4 examinations at the "A" level. 

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VI. Course Objectives: 

From the combination of textbook, lecture and aoolied situations, the student 

will be able to: 

1.

Collect and organize information from classroom observation, analysis of 

work samples, previous test results, student records, etc., in order to 

prepare an I.E.P. 

2.

Identify appro 

p

riate instructional activities for students with behavior 

problems and to identify when to modify those activities. 

3.

Identify and modify, if necessary, ap 

p.

propriate measurement procedures in 

order to determine the needs of the student with behavior problems. 

4.

State and employ a behavioral decision-making model when working with 

students with behavior problems. 

5.

State 

some 

typical ways in which behavior 

p

roblem students will act in 

specific situations and identify sane strategies to intervene with this 

student. 

6.

Identify sources of information on behavior problems outside of those 

presented in ED D 411B. 

VII. Bibliography: 

Hannill, D., & Bartel, N. Teaching Children With Learning And Behavior 

Problems. Allyn & Bacon, 1978. 

Long, N., Morse, W., & Newman, R. COnflict In The Classroom (4th ed.). 

Wadsworth, 1980. 

Millman, H., Schaefer, C., & Cohen, J. Therapies For Sch 

o ol Behavior Problems. 

Jossey-Bass, 1980. 

Newcr, P. L. Understanding And Teaching Emotionally Disturbed Children. 

Allyn & Bacon, 1980. 

Ross, A. Psychological Disorders Of Children. McGraw-Hill, 1980. 

Smith, J., & Smith, D. Child Mana 

gement. Research Press, 1976. 

Wallace, G., & Kauffman, J. Teaching Children With 

Learning

Problems. 

(2nd ed.). Merrill, 1978. 

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VIII. Journals: 

There are many journals that contain suggestions, hints, research reviews, and 

other useful information about children with problems of attention and behavior. 

You may want to join the Council for Exceptional Children. By doing so, you 

will receive ongoing news about exceptional children. It would be especially 

helpful to add the special interest group (CCBD) which focuses on "behavioria], 

disorders." 

Academic Therapy 

.Merican Journal of Art Therapy 

Amarican Journal of Mental Deficiency 

B.C. Journal of Special Education 

Clearinghouse 

Exceptional Children* 

Focus on Exceptional Children 

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 

Journal of Autism and Developrntal Disorders 

Journal Child Psychology & Psychiatry 

Journal of Learning Disabilities 

Journal of Music Therapy 

Journal of Research and Criii and Delinquency 

Journal of School Psychology 

Journal of Special Education 

Special Education In Canada* 

Teaching Exceptional Children* 

*These journals cone with nbership in C.E.C., plus, you receive Update, a 

rtonthly newsletter. Please think seriously about joining C.E.C. It is a 

good way to keep up with the developTents in Special Education. 

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