B.Ed. (Hearing Impairment) Applied Behavioural Analysis Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the University of Mumbai syllabus for the Bachelor of Education - Special Education (Hearing Impairment), the Choice Based two-year programme in force from the academic year 2016-17. It is the scheme currently examined: the University set all four of its semesters in Winter 2025 and Summer 2026, and has published no revision of it since. The University no longer hosts the document on mu.ac.in, which is why it is mirrored here in full.
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Syllabus for Applied Behavioural Analysis
Module 1: Introduction to Applied Behaviour Analysis
- 1.1 Principles of Behavioural Approach
- 1.2 ABA - Concept and definition
- 1.3 Assumptions of ABA – Classical and Operant Conditioning
- 1.4 Behaviour- definition and feature
- 1.5 Reinforcement & Punishment
Module 2: Methods of Behaviour Assessment
- 2.1 Antecedent, Behaviour & Consequence
- 2.2 Behaviour frequency and rate
- 2.3 Behaviour duration.
- 2.4 Behaviour latency
- 2.5 Inter-response time &percent of occurrence
Module 3: Methods of ABA
- 3.1 Identification of behavioural goals
- 3.2 Functional analysis of behaviour
- 3.3 Discrete Trial Teaching -Discriminative stimulus -characteristics -Response -Consequence -characteristics -Inter-trial interval
- 3.4 STAR (Setting Triggers Action Result) Model
- 3.5 Pivotal Response Training
Module 4: Techniques for Positive Behaviour Support
- 4.1 Types of positive reinforcement - Primary - Secondary - Token economy
- 4.2 Schedules of reinforcement - Continuous - Fixed ratio - Fixed interval - Variable ratio - Variable interval - Fading
- 4.3 Negative reinforcement - Escape - Avoidance
- 4.4 Shaping and Chaining
- 4.5 Types of Prompt - Physical - Gestural - Pointing - Visual - Positional - Verbal
Module 5: Management of Challenging Behaviour
- 5.1 Differential reinforcements of behaviour
- 5.2 Extinction and Time out
- 5.3 Response cost and overcorrection
- 5.4 Maintenance
- 5.5 Generalization and fading
Essential Readings
- Bailey, J., & Burch, M. (2011). Ethics for Behaviour Analysts. Routledge, New York.
- Cooper, J.O., Timothy, E.H., & Heward, W.L. (2007). Applied Behaviour Analysis. Pearson Publications.
- Fisher, W.W., Piazza, C.C., & Roane, H.S. (2013). Handbook of Applied Behaviour Analysis. Guilford Press, New York.
- Kearney, A. J. (2007). Understanding Applied Behaviour Analysis: An Introduction to ABA for Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals. Jessica Kingsley, Philadelphia.
- Lewis, P. (2006). Achieving Best Behaviour for Children with Developmental Disabilities. Jessica Kingsley Publishers London
- Aune, B., Burt, B., & Gennaro, P. (2013). Behaviour Solutions for the Inclusive Classroom. Future Horizons Inc, Texas.
- Moyes, R.A. (2002). Addressing the Challenging Behaviour of Children with HFA/AS in the Classroom. Jessica Kingsley Publishers London.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Ed. Spl. Ed. (Hearing Impairment), in force from the academic year 2016-17. Wording, module numbering and the reading list are as printed in that syllabus. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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