Current Students

SIBS Club is dedicated to providing students with high quality experiences as they learn about autism, applied behavior analysis, and family supports. Students, both undergraduate and graduate, are the backbone of SIBS Club, providing instruction to the children with autism and their siblings, learning how to develop intervention programs, and learning how to teach other students new to the field.

Enroll in Psych 372

This is where most undergraduate students start their involvement in SIBS Club. Students in Psych 372 learn how to implement instruction with children with autism and their siblings. Class meets 9:00-12:00 on Saturday or Sunday mornings (the same time SIBS Club runs). For the first 5 weeks of the semester students prepare to work with the children. For the remaining 10 weeks of the semester, students are paired with a child with autism and his/her sibling for 2 hours of class time. During this time students implement instruction and receive feedback from supervisors. For the third hour of class, students continue their learning about other strategies to support children with autism and their siblings.

Enroll in Psych 391

Students who excel in Psych 372 may be invited to continue to participate in SIBS Club through Psych 391, an Independent Research class. In this class students participate in many different parts of SIBS Club including assisting with sibling activities, helping in recreation time, and supporting new Psych 372 students as they provide instruction to children with autism. Psych 391 students also complete their own project. Some recent projects have focused on development of new instructional materials for students in Psych 372 and evaluation of the effects of teaching typically developing siblings ways to support their interactions with their siblings with autism.

Research Assistant

Some students are particularly interested in the research activities that are an integral part of SIBS Club. Those students may continue to participate in ISBS Club as research assistants helping out with the various projects.
Research Assistant Application

Receive supervision hours for New York State License in Behavior Analysis, and Board Certification in Behavior analysis (BCBA)

Enroll in Psych 73004

Through Psych 73004, we will develop an individually tailored experience to suit your training needs at SIBS Club. This often involves a combination of activities including providing instruction to children with autism while also learning to develop the instructional interventions, learning to evaluate new student instructors, and assisting with sibling interventions and/or recreation time.

Fellowship

Through Fellowships, students receive training to work with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders toward meeting experience requirements for BCBA and NY State License in Behavior Analysis. We will develop an individually tailored experience to suit your training needs at SIBS Club. This often involves a combination of activities including providing instruction to children with autism while also learning to develop the instructional interventions, learning to evaluate new student instructors, and assisting with sibling interventions and/or recreation time.

Receive supervision hours for New York State License in Behavior Analysis, Board Certification in Behavior analysis (BCBA), and Psychology License in New York (check website to be sure the hours you plan to participate in SIBS Club meet the minimum requirements)

Internship

Participate in an internship in which we will develop an individually tailored experience to suit your training needs at SIBS Club. This often involves a combination of activities in which you will learn more about developing and implementing interventions and teaching new students.