ABA and neurodiversity: evidence-based strategies for individual and community development

Postgraduate type
Master
Academic year
2023/2024
Duration
1 year
Level
Second level
Language
Italian and english
Area
Social and behavioural sciences
In summary
Opening of applications
Closing of applications
Hub
Department of Humanities, social sciences and cultural industries
Further information
ECTS credits
60
Department
Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries
Cost
€ 3.636,00
Access requirements

Master’s degree/ specialist/ old order in Psychology; Master’s degree/ specialist/ old order in Programming and management of educational services/ Pedagogical Sciences/ Educational Sciences. Qualification issued abroad, recognized as suitable according to the regulations in force by the Executive Committee for the sole purpose of registration for the course. Additional qualifications may be evaluated by the admission committee on the basis of cultural affinities with the subjects proposed in the course

Contact for educational information
Beginning of teaching activities
March 2024
Link to the call
Methods of implementation
The teaching activities of the Master will be delivered in mixed mode (in FAD, online live or in presence depending on the modules).
Educational content

The contents of the Master are:

Concepts and principles of behavior analysis. Techniques and intervention tools in applied behavior analysis. Research and applications in ABA, conducting assessment, data collection-analysis-interpretation, implementation of experimental drawings, evidence-based educational decisions. Ethical principles and professional conduct. Entrepreneurship and creation of services (image/communication, business plan/canvas model of enterprise/service/tariff, privacy/security in socio-educational services). Insights: ethics and science in educational and psychological professions: safety, responsibility, welfare and privacy; psychology of social, cognitive and emotional development; clinical and cognitive behavioral theories.

Admission procedure

selection for qualifications and exams (interview).

Minimum number of enrollments
8
Maximum number of enrollments
30
Professional profile

The course is aimed at clinical psychologists and development who want to be part of a network of social entrepreneurs, psychologists entrepreneurs who want to bring experimental evidence and principles of applied science in their services, Clinical psychologists who want to learn the practice of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy without having to immediately start the school of psychotherapy, psychologists and doctors in psychology who wish to work in services that implement the principles of the science of applied behavior.

The course aims to be a guide to becoming a social entrepreneur who measures the effectiveness of interventions, to innovate a psycho-educational service by implementing the principles of applied science (ABA), to continue to do applied research, to acquire the practical tools to intervene effectively in the age of development; it also teaches to develop a business plan, a tariff and to understand the regulations. The course also represents a path in which clinical psychology can be learned in practice and in which the individual can acquire the tools to become part of a social innovation project.