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Welcome<\/h2><\/div>

The Applied Behavior Support certificate is a 16-hour certificate that prepares preservice teachers, veteran teachers, and other youth services professionals to deescalate challenging behavioral difficulties in ways that shape students in more positive directions. Through the integration of psychological and behavioral principles in courses on learning, behavior therapy, and child psychopathology, certificate students learn how to observe and measure behavior, analyze the context for antecedent-behavior-consequence connections, and use various behavioral therapy strategies, as well as how to employ self-care principles necessary when dealing with high-stress behaviors in educational settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Applied Learning Opportunities<\/h3><\/div>

Application of behavioral and self-care principles are woven through the curriculum. Early in their coursework, students will receive individualized support and guidance to develop a personalized behavioral plan, which allows them to first practice their new skills to address a behavioral health goal of their choice. The final capstone experience will support students in reflecting on the application of behavioral strategies to their unique professional settings through a retrospective case study project.<\/p>\n<\/div>

What Makes Us Unique<\/h3><\/div>
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  • Integrated educational and psychological curriculum focuses on combining effective behavioral principles with professional self-care to enhance student outcomes and career longevity.<\/li>\n
  • Individualized support in developing a personalized self-management plan promotes skill development and application.<\/li>\n
  • Fully online, asynchronous coursework is designed for busy professionals.<\/li>\n
  • Rolling admissions allow students to start in the next open session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>

    Career Pathways<\/h3><\/div>

    Our graduate certificate in Applied Behavior Support allows professionals in a variety of youth service and school settings to more successfully manage challenging student behaviors. Simultaneously, teachers in many districts can use this 16-hour certificate to climb the ladder of their district salary schedule while remaining focused on professional classroom teaching.<\/p>\n<\/div>

    Setting You Up For Success<\/h3><\/div>

    Unmanaged classroom behavioral issues can reduce career satisfaction and longevity. Our graduate certificate in Applied Behavior Support focuses on effective behavioral strategies and professional self-care to support teachers where they are at.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":1851,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2390","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2390\/revisions\/2399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}