Qualified Autism Services Practitioner-Supervisor (QASP-S)

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About Qualified Autism Services Practitioner-Supervisor (QASP-S®) Certification

The QASP-S serves as an experienced instructor who also provides training to staff/families, monitor the progress of goals and objectives through data collection and review, and supervise entry-level staff under the supervision of a professional who holds a license or credential within the scope of applied behavior analysis (ABA) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to protect their safety and welfare.

The QASP-S credential holder has advanced knowledge of ASD and experience in working with individuals in treatment and/or educational settings. They have specialized training in ABA and have demonstrated clinical skills to utilize ABA across a range of environments and with a variety of clients.

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Individuals who hold a bachelor’s degree in a related field and with specific education, training, and applied fieldwork in ABA, including experience and specialization in ASD.

The QASP-S provides behavioral health services under the supervision of a certified or licensed professional within the scope of ABA and ASD.

متطلبات الأهلية:

Possessing a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in a related field, as ABA, education, special education, psychology, social work, or other related health professions.
Completing 188 hours of approved ABA, ethics, and autism coursework, including 8 hours of supervision training.
Conducting 1000 hours of supervised fieldwork in oversight or supervisory role (conducting/analyzing assessment, developing treatment plans, training staff or parents, etc.).
Passing the board exam which is proctored by Examity platform.
Renewing required every two years including verification of the completion of 20 continuing education units, criminal background check, and agreement to code of ethics.

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محتوى الدورة

Unit One: Autism Spectrum Disorder Basics

1. DSM-IV and DSM-V (or current DSM) related to autism spectrum disorders
2. CDC risk factors and comorbidities related to autism spectrum disorders
3. Developmental milestones (e.g., typical and atypical, age appropriate)
4. Autism diagnostic process

Unit Two: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Considerations

Unit Three: Core Principles of ABA

1. Four-term contingency
2. Respondent behavior vs. operant behavior
3. Stimulus (e.g., stimulus control, discriminative stimulus, stimulus delta, SD-p, generalization, discrimination, response)
4. Motivating operations including satiation and deprivation
5. Dead man’s test
6. Reinforcement and punishment (e.g., positive and negative)
7. Matching law (e.g., rate, magnitude)
8. Conditioned vs. unconditioned reinforcers/punishers
9.Basic schedules of reinforcement (e.g., fixed interval, fixed ratio, variable interval and
10. Risks to extinction procedures (e.g., extinction burst, spontaneous recovery and
11. Basic verbal operants (e.g., mand, tact, echoic and intraverbal)
12. Scientific understanding: description, prediction, and control
13. Six attitudes of science
14. Seven dimensions of applied behavior analysis

Unit Four: Antecedent Interventions

Unit Five: Skill Acquisition Programming

Unit Six: Behavior Reduction Interventions

1. Components of behavior intervention plans
2. Components of token economies (e.g., backup reinforcers, generalized reinforcers, response cost, ratio strain)
3. Time-out procedures
4. Differential reinforcement procedures
5. Behavior contrast
6. Functional assessments and functions of behaviors
7. Group contingencies
8. Components of contingency contracts
9.Ethical considerations related to behavior reduction interventions (e.g., extinction, time-out procedures, group contingencies, punishment procedures)

Unit Seven: Data Collection and Analysis

Unit Eight: Assessment

Unit Nine: Training and Supervision

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Unit One: Autism Spectrum Disorder Basics

1. DSM-IV and DSM-V (or current DSM) related to autism spectrum disorders

2. CDC risk factors and comorbidities related to autism spectrum disorders

3. Developmental milestones (e.g., typical and atypical, age appropriate)

4. Autism diagnostic process

Unit Two: Legal, Ethical, and Professional Considerations

1. QABA Code of Ethics

2. HIPAA regulations (e.g., confidentiality including limitations, mandated

3. Educational laws (e.g., IDEA, LRE, IEP, ADA, Rehabilitation Act, 504 Plan)

4. Positive behavior supports

5. Person-centered planning

6. Methods of collaboration (e.g., treatment adherence, referral methods)

Unit Three: Core Principles of ABA

1. Four-term contingency

2. Respondent behavior vs. operant behavior

3. Stimulus (e.g., stimulus control, discriminative stimulus, stimulus delta, SD-p, generalization, discrimination, response)

4. Motivating operations including satiation and deprivation

5. Dead man’s test

6. Reinforcement and punishment (e.g., positive and negative)

7. Matching law (e.g., rate, magnitude)

8. Conditioned vs. unconditioned reinforcers/punishers

9.Basic schedules of reinforcement (e.g., fixed interval, fixed ratio, variable interval and

10. Risks to extinction procedures (e.g., extinction burst, spontaneous recovery and

11. Basic verbal operants (e.g., mand, tact, echoic and intraverbal)

12. Scientific understanding: description, prediction, and control

13. Six attitudes of science

14. Seven dimensions of applied behavior analysis

Unit Four: Antecedent Interventions

1.Antecedent strategies (e.g., priming, choices, behavior momentum, visual supports, Premack Principle, environmental modifications)

2. Non-contingent reinforcement procedures

3. Functional communication training

4. Effects of setting events

Unit Five: Skill Acquisition Programming

1. Goal writing criteria (e.g., objective measurable mastery criteria, targets)

2. Social/cultural factors necessary for program success

3. Error correction methods

4. Prompts (e.g., hierarchy, procedures, fading, types, prompt dependency)

5. ABA instructional and educational methodologies

Unit Six: Behavior Reduction Interventions

1. Components of behavior intervention plans

2. Components of token economies (e.g., backup reinforcers, generalized reinforcers, response cost, ratio strain)

3. Time-out procedures

4. Differential reinforcement procedures

5. Behavior contrast

6. Functional assessments and functions of behaviors

7. Group contingencies

8. Components of contingency contracts

9.Ethical considerations related to behavior reduction interventions (e.g., extinction, time-out procedures, group contingencies, punishment procedures)

Unit Seven: Data Collection and Analysis

1. Types of measurement (e.g., frequency/rate, duration, force/magnitude, response

2. Types of ABA graphs

3. Data collection methods

4. Continuous vs. discontinuous measurement systems (e.g., partial interval recording, whole interval recording, momentary time sampling)

5. Types of IOA (e.g., total count IOA and trial by trial IOA)

6. Visual analysis (e.g., trend, level, and variability)

7. Characteristics of trustworthy measurements (e.g., reliability, accuracy, and validity)

Unit Eight: Assessment

1. Types of preference and reinforcement assessments (i.e., limitations and benefits, implementation)

2.Components of functional behavior assessment (e.g., including direct (descriptive) and indirect assessments and their advantages and limitations, definition and components of FBA)

3. Behavior assessment scales (interviews and scales)

4. Conditional probability components

5. Environmental analysis components

6. Criteria for operational definitions

Unit Nine: Training and Supervision

1. Monitoring treatment and procedural integrity

2. Observer drift and reactivity

3. Inter-observer agreement validation methods

4. Training procedures and behavior skills training

5. Performance evaluation (e.g., feedback, documentation, continuous support)

6. Coordination of care (e.g., parent training, collaboration, liaison, communicate in laymen’s terms)

7. Sociocultural values (considerations)

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