Field Placement 1

Students completing Field Placement 1 should demonstrate or should be making meaningful progress to demonstrate the following skills:

• Student can readily identify the principles of ABA that are utilized within the placement setting and connects to concepts acquired in class
• Student can identify a behaviour for observation, writes an operational definition and collects data
• Engages in age-appropriate play with learners
• Student attempts and successfully builds rapport and pairs with learners
• Student identifies learners’ strengths, needs and interests
• Student engages in reciprocal exchanges with learners
• Participates in data collection either independently or through IOA and graphs data where appropriate
• Through the discretion of the placement agency, the student reviews and implements a skill acquisition, maintenance or generalization program with support
• Student attempts and demonstrates effective instruction delivery with a high degree of accuracy
• Student responds appropriately to challenging and/or interfering behaviours. It is important to note that students are not responsible and should not manage challenging behaviour