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Active Course - AHRC of New York City

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AHRC of New York City
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A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Developmental Disabilities - Camp-based

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A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Developmental Disabilities - Camp-based
Length:
Minimum of 400 hours of supervised field experience (10 weeks) in a residential summer program for children with special needs; in addition, 50 hours of initial classroom orientation, lectures, and workshops, including 10 one-hour weekly sessions with course instructors to facilitate the application of strategies introduced during the lectures, and 10 one-hour weekly consultations with course instructors and/or other supervisors in the field.
Dates:
May 2007 - Present.
Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: identify the learning and behavioral characteristics of developmental disabilities; identify the learning and behavioral characteristics of autism; break a task down into smaller components through the process of task analysis; use effective instructional prompts; apply meaningful and age appropriate skill instruction through the principles of functional routines and partial participation; identify common communication deficits in students with developmental disabilities; apply skill instruction strategies for verbal and augmentative communication; write behavioral objectives; complete a functional behavioral assessment in order to determine the function of a behavior and to target functional alternative skills for instruction; develop and implement a reinforcement system; and identify strategies to ensure generalization of skills.

Instruction:

This course provides students with an overview of developmental disabilities and provides students with an introduction to research supported intervention strategies from the fields of education, psychology and speech/communication. Students gain knowledge pertaining to the common deficits which impede skill acquisition. Research has long supported a multi-disciplinary approach towards skill acquisition in individuals with developmental disabilities. A combination of strategies from the fields of education, psychology and speech/communication has proven to be highly effective in assisting individuals with developmental disabilities to reach their learning potential. 

Credit recommendation:

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 6 semester hours (3 didactic, 3 field experience) in Special Education or Therapeutic Recreation; OR 6 semester hours in Camp Counseling, Outdoor Recreation, Group Dynamics; OR 6 semester hours as an elective in Education, Physical Education, Recreation, or Educational Psychology; OR 6 semester hours as Community Service; OR 6 semester hours as a general elective (10/07) (10/12 revalidation) (1/18 revalidation). April 2026 revalidation scheduled. 

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