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.

Target Audience:

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.

Eligibility Requirements:

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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Course Content

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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