The Advanced Autism Practicum syllabus outlines expectations for undergraduate students training to administer Discrete-Trial Therapy to preschool children with autism. Students are expected to detect skill deficits, design procedures to address them, collect and analyze data, and modify procedures based on results. Students must adhere to dress code and attendance policies, and will be evaluated on participation, homework, monitoring scores, professionalism, and presentations. Failure to meet conduct standards, such as verbal/physical abuse or falsifying data, will result in dismissal from the course or practicum.

1. Advanced Practicum Syllabus<br />Room: TBD<br /> <br />Amanda Smith<br />Amanda.m.smith@wmich.edu<br />Office hours: Wednesday 2-4 pm<br /> <br />Undergraduate assistant<br />TBD<br />The Advanced Autism Practicum is the last in a set of three practica with the goal of training undergraduate student technicians to administer Discrete-Trial Therapy to preschool-aged children with autism. Students must detect specific skill deficits, author a procedure to address the problem, interpret the data, and write recycles phases to increase the procedures effectiveness. Students also complete an introduction to functional assessments for problem behaviors. <br />Roles and Responsibilities of Practicum Students

2. All practicum students are subject to the rules and regulations of Kalamazoo Regional Educational Services Agency (KRESA). For instance, verbal or physical abuse will not be tolerated. If a WMU student engages in verbal or physical abuse of any kind, then the student will be terminated as a staff member of KRESA and the WMU student must drop the course. If it is too late to drop the course, then the WMU student will receive an “E” for the course.

3. Dress Code - CAS is a professional site and you are expected to adhere to the dress code.

4. Examples of acceptable attire: clean jeans, khakis, walking shorts, stretch pants, casual dresses and skirts, sweatshirts, tennis shoes, and sandals.

5. Examples of unacceptable attire: Any dirty, torn, patched, or stained clothing, cut-offs, beach wear, low-cut shirts, bare-midriff shirts, short skirts or shorts ("Daisy Dukes"), T-shirts inappropriate for an educational setting (sex, drugs, alcohol, etc.), exposed undergarments, and clothing worn inside out or backwards.