Behaviour and Regulation Studies

Program Overview

This part-time, live-online Behaviour and Regulation Studies program equips individuals with the knowledge and skills to support individuals with disabilities in various settings. It emphasizes a person-centered approach to challenging behaviors, recognizing them as forms of communication. Graduates will be prepared to create and implement support plans, and may pursue careers in early intervention, school settings, and community agencies.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• Overview:
This live-online, part-time program, Behaviour and Regulation Studies, immerses learners into a collaborative classroom experience from the comfort of their own homes.
• Objectives:
To provide individuals with the knowledge and skills to support individuals with disabilities in early intervention, community settings, schools, recreation, and employment. Graduates will be prepared to create, implement, assess, and modify plans to support individuals with disabilities.
• Program Description:
This program takes a person-centered perspective on challenging behaviors, recognizing that behaviors are forms of communication. Students will gain a deeper understanding of what certain behaviors are communicating, so they can respond in a way that encourages progress, trust, and certainty. The program teaches the three-part model of biology, psychology, and environment, examining how these facets interplay with one another and lead to behaviors of concern. Students will also learn how the brain and processes can affect behavior and regulation, how trauma affects behavior, how to support families for self-regulation and co-regulation, and how behavior manifests in different developmental periods.

Teaching:

• Teaching Methods:
This program is taught by instructors with over thirty years of experience and is taught by instructors with community experience.
• Faculty:
Instructors have over thirty years of experience and have community experience.
• Unique Approaches:
The program takes a person-centered perspective on challenging behaviors, recognizing that behaviors are forms of communication. Students will gain a deeper understanding of what certain behaviors are communicating, so they can respond in a way that encourages progress, trust, and certainty.

Careers:

• Career Paths:
Graduates may work in a variety of settings, such as early intervention programs, school settings, and community agencies as well as directly in individual’s homes.
• Opportunities:
This program has been developed by instructors with over thirty years of experience and is taught by instructors with community experience, so graduates will gain tangible, practical knowledge that they can apply directly to their classroom, home, clinic, or workplace.
• Outcomes:
Graduates will be prepared to create, implement, assess, and modify plans to support individuals with disabilities.