Bachelor of Behavioural Science - Postsecondary Education Quality ...

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Semester Course Title Calendar Course Description
ways to incorporate micro skills including,
active listening, observing, questioning,
summarizing and reflecting. Students have the
opportunity to apply and integrate their skills in
Behavioural Science to scenarios involving
various challenges including conflict and
resistance and structuring and focusing
sessions. Students develop and build on, their
natural style, reflect on their strengths and
identify personal goals.
Semester 1 Breadth Elective Students select from a wide variety of courses
outside their discipline drawn from the fields of
arts and humanities, social sciences, and
natural sciences. See descriptions for breadth
electives.
Semester 2
Semester 2
Cognitive Behavioural
Approaches 1
Developmental
Disabilities and Dual
Diagnosis
The purpose of this course is to provide
students with a clear understanding of the
theoretical underpinnings of Cognitive
Behaviour Therapy, as well as practical
training and demonstration of cognitive
behavioural techniques. This will be a handson
class with students expected to participate
in role plays, mock therapy sessions, and to
practice CBT techniques on themselves. Case
conceptualization and treatment planning from
a cognitive behavioural perspective will be
presented, as well as systematic application of
the CBT model to specific disorders and
mental health problems.
This course provides an overview of
developmental disabilities and their potential
impact on the behaviour of individuals who are
identified as having a developmental disability.
Topics will include the definition of
developmental disability, causes of
developmental disabilities and the
characteristics of specific disabilities. The
history of developmental disabilities, current
services, service trends and issues will be
reviewed. Particular emphasis will be placed
on factors that affect behaviour such as health
problems, limited understanding, skill deficits,
communication limitations and lack of control.
A module on dual diagnosis covers symptom
presentation of mental illnesses in people with
developmental disabilities and the
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