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Statement of Purpose: This webpage is
intended to provide information and professional resources to students in
Caldwell College's graduate programs in Applied Behavior Analysis (Post-Bac
in ABA, MA in ABA). This site is
maintained by Dr. Ken Reeve and the graduate faculty in ABA. If you have any
suggestions for this website, please email him at
kreeve@caldwell.edu.
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Frequently
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Proposed Doctoral Program in Applied
Behavior Analysis - Updates
Ü Recently,
the proposed PhD program was approved unanimously by the Caldwell College's
Curriculum Committee. The next
step in the approval process is for the proposed PhD program to be voted on by the
College's Board of Trustees.
If approved, it will then be assessed
externally by an outside consultant and then by state agencies charged with determining the importance and
need of new higher education offerings (updated 11/6/08).
Previously, Caldwell College
commissioned a feasibility study and a marketing study to investigate the
possibility of a doctoral program in ABA. The first phase of the feasibility
study assessed the need of advanced training in ABA amongst
professionals and consumers in the autism community. Respondents to a
marketing study were strongly in favor of the PhD
program. Additional updates regarding this process
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Thesis in Applied Behavior
Analysis - Updates Ü
For all students who wish to take thesis in Fall 2009, before you can register
you will be asked to complete a survey in Spring 2009 indicating (a) your top two thesis
research topic choices, and (b) your preference ranking for which professor
you would prefer for your thesis Chair (this will be the professor who teaches your PS 650
and PS 651 courses and develops the study with you). Although the ABA grad
faculty will do their best to accommodate your first choices, please
understand that you may have to conduct your thesis with a modified topic or
with your second or third choice for Thesis Chair. You cannot register for a
thesis section based only on a preference for a particular professor or
because the time of the section is convenient for you. These restrictions
are
necessitated by size limits on each section of thesis to 5-6 students and by
topic expertise of each faculty member. You will be receiving an email
outlining these registration procedures for thesis. In the meantime, it will
be helpful to you to begin learning the content of the
Handbook for Thesis
Research (click link) (updated 10/8/08).
Ü For all
students who will be taking Ps650 Thesis in ABA I, please note that there is
a new
Handbook
for Thesis Research. You will
be responsible for the content of this handbook throughout the thesis
process
(updated 8/20/08). Ü
This wonderful
Excel
ABA Graph Template
was provided by graduate student Ann Aron. It can be adapted to a reversal design,
multiple-baseline, or alternating treatments design (updated 10/2/08). Here
are another two Excel graph templates provided by Eric Rozenblat, a graduate
of the MA in ABA program: One is an
Excel Multiple-Baseline Graph Template
and the other is a combined
Excel Reversal or Changing Criterion Graph Template
(updated 10/8/08). To save each one, first right click the link, click "Save
target as," and then save in the folder of your choice on your flash drive
or hard drive. |
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IRB Related Materials Ü
For students taking thesis, there are various forms you must be familiar
with and complete prior to conducting your study (updated 10/08/08). These
are:
Description of the IRB
Sample Informed
Consent Form
Sample Completed Expedited Review Form
Expedited Review Form
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Masters and Post-Bac ABA Programs - Updates
Ü Course Name
and Code Changes - A number
of the already existing courses now have new course codes and course titles
effective summer 2008. As of
summer 2008, ALL ABA grad courses will have the "PS" (Psychology)
pre-fix. There will no longer be any ABA courses with the "ED" (Education)
prefixes. These changes are outlined in the new course rotation sheet that
can be found
below under "Course Rotations"
(updated 7/14/08).
Ü New
Course Pre-requisites - Effective summer 2008, additional pre-requisites
have been added for a number of courses. Four courses (PS 526, PS 534, PS
537, & PS 556) are now required for most of the Masters program electives. Also
please note that PS 534 Research Methods in ABA is now required for PS 556
Advanced ABA. These changes are outlined in the new course rotation sheet
that can be found below under "Course Rotations"
(updated 7/14/08).
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Course
Rotations
UPDATED
MA &
Post-Bac ABA course rotation-ver 10-08 |
Forms/Informational
Flyers
Sites for BCBA
Supervisionmore coming soon |
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Professional Information - Conferences
& Workshops Ü
Caldwell College will
host an NJABA-sponsored all-day workshop on Friday, March 27, 2009 with Dr. Brian Iwata. Check back for more
details. Visit the NJABA webpage
www.njaba.org for updates
information . (updated 10/8/08).
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The 11th Annual Meeting of the Maryland Association for Behavior
Analysis to be held on Friday, December 5, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Check the MABA website for updated information (www.marylandaba.org).
(updated
9/25/08). |
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Professional Information - Websites
New Jersey
Association for Behavior Analysis (NJABA)
Association for Behavior
Analysis International (ABAI)
Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB)
Journal of Applied
Behavior Analysis (JABA)
Journal of Experimental
Analysis of Behavior (JEAB)
Association for Science in Autism
Treatment (ASAT)
NJ Center for Outreach and Services for
the Autism Community (COSAC)
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Study Resources for BCBA Certification
Behavior Development Solutions CD-ROM Study Software |
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