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  • 17-02-2008 12:35pm
    #1
    psych
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    hi just wanted to pick some minds out there and get some suggestions! i have a degree in psychology and am currently working as an aba tutor in order to gather experience so as to eventually apply for a postgrad. i had always wanted to do clinical psychology but working within aba i love it and has totally opened my mind. this sparked me into considering a masters in applied behaviour analysis but my worries are with all the controversy surrounding aba of recent times will the area remain closed with few to none job prospects for someone with a masters considering the Government only acknowledge 12 pilot aba schools in ireland. any suggestions on this or aba in general would be of great interest! thanks :D


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  • #2
    mc-panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 75 ✭✭mc-panda


    NUIG do an MA in Applied Behavioural Analysis.
    Take a look at it. Although one of my lecturers during my undergrad told me to steer clear of the area.

    If clinical is your goal the n I advise you to do a postgrad anyway, regardless of what it is. As long as its psychology it will stand to you. Get some publications under your belt too.


  • #3
    cathy01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭cathy01


    I could be wrong but...
    I was told that some people in USA where sueing their parents becasue they gave them, put them through, applied to them , ABA...
    strange but...
    cathy


  • #4
    spinandscribble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,000 ✭✭✭spinandscribble


    ....why? i mean i was pretty convinced of its effectiveness after my module on it last year. can someone point out its faults? not that fact that it lacks socialising which is a lie there is at breaks and set times. i hate how the government is hiding behind this "we treat the person not the condition" thing, sounds great but doesnt work. oh and claiming they're following the uk and the USA. yeah like the usa should be our model. i could rant about this for ages.... blah


  • #5
    psych
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭psych


    i think aba is great, i've only been a tutor for 6 months but can see the huge changes in our kids already!!! maybe sue was the thing to do in the us if it was applied to kids who didnt need it!? :confused:


  • #6
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,805 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Looks like TCD is trying to move forward with an MSc in ABA. http://www.psychology.tcd.ie/ABA/index.htm

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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