Class Syllabus: Behavior Management for Childcare Workers
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8:30 am - 4:30 pm Central Time
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This is an open, online class at which the student works at his or her own pace at time that are convenient for him or her.
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Course Description
Behavior Management for Residential Childcare Workers will give you practical, tested ways of controlling difficult behaviors. You can learn how to STOP bad behavior in its tracks; and--which is just as important--how to facilitate positive change in the lives of residents.
Study with someone who has served as a houseparent, a counselor, a program director, and as an executive director of a child care agency and learn the difference between behavior management and behavior modification; how to use, not misuse power and authority; five basic principles of behavior management, including how behaviors can be overtly and covertly taught; how to change behaviors by changing antecedents, staff triggers, and environmental triggers. The STOP method of shared control is introduced; and students will learn how to recognize, reward, and reinforce good behavior.
Course Requirements
In order to receive credit for this course, the student must complete all components of all six lessons.
Course Goals
There are five major goals of this course:
1. To give students a firm grasp of the five principles of behavior management.
2. Teach students how to recognize and describe behavior using the ABS model.
3. Offer practical, proven methods for facilitating behavior change in youth.
4. Introduce students to the STOP model of shared control and its benefits.
5. Encourage students to recognize, reward, and reinforce good behavior through appropriate positive rewards.
Course Materials
All required materials for the course are contained in the course itself. However, the following books are highly recommended by Dr. Campbell: 1) The Twenty Minute Counselor by Charles H. Huber & Barbara A. Backlund, published by The Crossroads Publishing Co. NY.,
2)The Lies We Believe by Chris Thurman, published by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Nashville, and 3) Life Space Crisis Intervention by Nicholas Long and Mary Wood. PRO-ED,Inc., Austin.
Grading Policy
There are a total of 150 points available for the course. In order to successfully pass the course, the student must score a total of 112.50 points. Before going to the next lesson, one must complete the assignment linked to that lesson and pass the quiz with a minimum score of 75%. One may retake the quiz up to three times if necessary.
Disclaimer
Completion of this course does not guarantee that any agency will accept the training as fulfilling the requirements for a prescribed course or number of hours. Any student intending to use this course to satisfy training requirements should consult his or her agency prior to taking the course.
Pronouns
In order to avoid the cumbersome he or she construction, while at the same time trying to make this training gender neutral, Dr. Campbell has chosen to randomly use either the masculine or feminine form, but not both.
Learning Outcomes By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe who controls who when a situation require behavior management.
- Summarize the five principles of behavior management.
- Recognize and describe typs of behavior.
- Summarize methods to change behavior.
- Recognize, reward, and reinforce good behavior, and
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
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