The Dubai Autism Center (DAC) is organizing an intensive course of RBT (Registered Behavioral Technician) for special educators that aims to assist in delivering behavioral analysis services and practice under the direction and close supervision of Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Fifty-six trainees from the DAC educational staff participates in the course, which will last for ten weeks, equivalent to 40 training hours. The course is provided by the DAC Autism Program Head, Nicholas Orland, Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), and an adjunct professor of Applied Behavioral Analysis in two Universities in the United States of America.
Fifty-six trainees from the DAC educational staff participates in the course, which will last for ten weeks, equivalent to 40 training hours. The course is provided by the DAC Autism Program Head, Nicholas Orland, Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), and an adjunct professor of Applied Behavioral Analysis in two Universities in the United States of America.
Mohammed Al Emadi, Director General and Board Member of the DAC said: “It is an opportunity for special educators to learn about the latest programs applied globally in the field of applied behavior analysis related to special education that the center seeks to adopt within its rehabilitation programs,”
Nicholas Orland, Head of Autism Program in the DAC, who will deliver the RBT course said: “by the end of the training, the trainees will be fluent in over 150 critical terms, conceptually understand very complex ABA principles, and pass competencies on Precision Teaching, Pivotal Response Training (PRT), Discrete Trial Training (DTT), and Natural Environment Training (NET),”
“The prominent element in the applied behavior analysis is the accurate and continuous evaluation of the child’s performance done by the registered behavior technician (RBT) who monitors the child’s behaviors, records information, then divides difficult and complex skills into simple skills that are easy for the child to learn,” Orland explained.
“This behavior analysis is followed by organized intervention to train the child how to perform independently,” Orland added.