UK ABA Autism Education Competence Framework Version 1.1
UK ABA Autism Education Competence Framework Version 1.1 November 2011
LEVEL 1
ENGLAND
CEIEC
The UK ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis) Autism Education Competence Framework is for practitioners working with children and young people with autism. The project has been funded by Ambitious about Autism, the national charity for children and young people with autism, primarily through generous grant donations. A project management group, led by Ambitious about Autism and including Bangor University and a parent member, worked with the support of, and in collaboration with, key stakeholders from the ABA and autism communities across the UK. The development of this framework has been possible through the generous donation of the following organisations and an individual donor: Allan and Nesta Ferguson Trust Evan Cornish Foundation Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Porticus - UK The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parent (anon.)
© 2011 UK ABA Autism Education Competence Framework
Contents
What is ABA? Our values What is the UK ABA Autism Education Competence Framework? Who is the Framework for? What does the Framework include? The UK ABA Autism Education Competence Framework 3 4 5 6 7 11
Competences Section 1: The Science and Practice of ABA ABA Professionalism 15 49
Section 2: Autism and Education: Understanding Context Autism Education (England) 53 66
Glossary
81
References
86
Contributors
90
List of BACB approved course providers in the UK
91
What is Applied Behaviour Analysis?
Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) uses an understanding of why behaviour occurs to address a wide range of social issues, including helping individuals to learn. Like other applied sciences, ABA can be applied to a range of populations and settings (e.g., business and industry, education, gerontology, healthcare) and to a range of social concerns (e.g., anxieties, depression, phobia, addiction, behaviours associated with autism). What distinguishes
LEVEL 1
ENGLAND
CEIEC
The UK ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis) Autism Education Competence Framework is for practitioners working with children and young people with autism. The project has been funded by Ambitious about Autism, the national charity for children and young people with autism, primarily through generous grant donations. A project management group, led by Ambitious about Autism and including Bangor University and a parent member, worked with the support of, and in collaboration with, key stakeholders from the ABA and autism communities across the UK. The development of this framework has been possible through the generous donation of the following organisations and an individual donor: Allan and Nesta Ferguson Trust Evan Cornish Foundation Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Porticus - UK The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parent (anon.)
© 2011 UK ABA Autism Education Competence Framework
Contents
What is ABA? Our values What is the UK ABA Autism Education Competence Framework? Who is the Framework for? What does the Framework include? The UK ABA Autism Education Competence Framework 3 4 5 6 7 11
Competences Section 1: The Science and Practice of ABA ABA Professionalism 15 49
Section 2: Autism and Education: Understanding Context Autism Education (England) 53 66
Glossary
81
References
86
Contributors
90
List of BACB approved course providers in the UK
91
What is Applied Behaviour Analysis?
Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) uses an understanding of why behaviour occurs to address a wide range of social issues, including helping individuals to learn. Like other applied sciences, ABA can be applied to a range of populations and settings (e.g., business and industry, education, gerontology, healthcare) and to a range of social concerns (e.g., anxieties, depression, phobia, addiction, behaviours associated with autism). What distinguishes