Behavior Technician

The Behavior Technician Associate of Applied Science degree prepares learners to work with individuals who have developmental and behavioral needs. With this degree, a learner can gain employment working with the special needs population in both an educational, group, and individual home settings. There are many career options with this degree. This program bridges between the Foundations of Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, and Human Services programs adding courses targeted more towards working with and supporting the special needs population at all ages. Typical duties include supervising classroom and playground activities, monitoring students, assisting students one-on-one, collecting data, managing student behavior, supporting individual needs of all students, using communication systems, following teacher or senior behavior technicians learning plans at school or in home setting, and supporting individual personal hygiene needs. Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

Blackhawk's catalog publishes this award at 62-63 credits rather than a single figure, so no total is shown here — any one number would be invented. Wisconsin tuition is $157.45 per credit and the Activity Fee is $11.02 per credit, with a $20 transportation fee and a $15 technology fee each semester.