如果您想在不断发展且高度专业化的应用行为分析领域中工作，并学习相关的治疗方法，那么就可以选择“行为科学”课程。在过去的四十年中，行为科学计划培训了学生们如何在人类服务领域内各个领域的众多客户群体中开展一线工作。教给学生如何开发和实施行为干预措施，以向客户讲授技能和/或减少挑战性行为。对这个计划感兴趣的学生应该强烈希望与表现出复杂的行为，认知，情感和/或心理问题的人群一起工作。他们还应该与任何具有破坏性行为和/或智力挑战的人群一起工作。参加该计划的学生需要准备好与以下职业机会下面列出的任何客户群体一起完成实
If you want to work in the growing and highly specialized field of applied behaviour analysis, the Behavioural Science program is where you want to be. For over four decades, the Behavioural Science program has trained students to work front-line with a wide range of client populations in a variety of areas within the human services field. Students are taught how to develop and implement behavioural interventions to teach skills to clients and/or reduce challenging behaviours.<br>Students interested in this program should have a strong desire to work with populations who present with complex behavioural, cognitive, emotional and/or psychological issues. They should also be comfortable working with any population that presents with disruptive behaviours and/or intellectual challenges. Students coming to the program need to be prepared to complete practicum placements working with any of the client populations listed below under career opportunities. Our program trains students in specific treatment options that can be applied to work with any individual who presents with challenges rather than preparing students to work with only one or a specific client population.<br>It's important to note that this program is not a generalist counselling/psychology program. Students completing this program should be interested in learning about the field of applied behaviour analysis.<br>Our students learn how to:<br>Teach children to manage their behaviour and learn adaptive skills,<br>Assist people with intellectual disabilities to access community resources, learn new skills, and live more independently,<br>Teach youth at risk to improve social skills, manage interfering behaviours, and meet treatment goals,<br>Support persons with mental health challenges to reduce their stress, build self-management skills and organize daily activities,<br>Assist clients with acquired brain injuries to learn functional skills and develop life skills,<br>Work with offenders in correctional facilities to build positive skills and behaviours,<br>Recognize what an addiction is and understand various ways to prevent addiction and manage recovery.