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A partnership between West Virginia University Psychology Department and the CLM Center of Excellence to bring you top-tier educational credentials.
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Overview
Become a CLM Certified Instructor
The Competent Learner Model (CLM) is an educational framework designed to enhance learning outcomes, especially for students with learning and behavioral challenges. Our badges integrate positive teaching approaches based on evidence-based principles of applied behavior analysis, precision teaching, and Direct Instruction.
This 4 badge/course sequence is appropriate for students or professionals working in the fields of education or human services who are interested in becoming a Certified CLM Instructor. Learners start in the CLM Foundations badge and progress through the other badges to earn the entire stack. Working through the badge requires about 4-6 hours per week. Most of the work is asynchronous, but there are every-other-week online seminar meetings with required attendance. Additionally, you will need access to a student learner with whom you can practice CLM techniques, must obtain consent to record yourself working with the student, and upload recordings for feedback. You will meet weekly with a CLM coach for mentoring and performance checks.
Designed for Education Professionals:
The CLM badges are designed for a wide array of education professionals, including teachers, administrators, support staff, and related professions (OT, PT, speech, BCBA).
Sequential Learning:
The badges must be earned in sequence, starting with CLM Foundations.
Online Modules With Personal Coaching:
You can expect to spend 4-6 hours per week on the variety of learning and application activities provided and will need to have access to a learner with whom you can practice CLM techniques. The programs are online with both asynchronous and synchronous meeting requirements. To get more information about synchronous meeting schedules, contact Dr. Scutta at cscutta@clmcenterofexcellence.com
Earn CLM Certification:
CLM Certification gives you the tools and methods you need to reach and teach all students. Coaches, teachers, students, and parents all love it. Certified CLM instructors are never alone! CLM has a supportive community of users to help you succeed with every learner!
For more information, contact Dr. Claire St. Peter at claire.stpeter@mail.wvu.edu or Dr. Cathy Scutta at cscutta@clmcenterofexcellence.com.
Badge 1
CLM Foundations
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Description:
Introduces the foundations of the CLM and behavior-analytic instructional techniques. -
Skills Learned:
Using CLM assessments, guiding instructional planning, making data-based decisions, predicting impacts of techniques, and adjusting reinforcement schedules. -
Earning Criteria:
Demonstrate performance on tasks related to the use of CLM tools and techniques.
Sign Up for CLM Badge 1: Foundations
Use coupon code WVUVT to reduce the cost to $150 for the first badge
Badge 2
CLM Methods
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Description:
Focuses on key evidence-based instructional methods to engage learners and develop active participation across different instructional conditions.
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Skills Learned:
Assessing instructional stimuli, making adjustments to contingencies, developing strong participation skills, and reducing escape-related behavior. -
Earning Criteria:
Monitors participation repertoires, uses assessment to determine stimulus value, delivers contingencies, and tracks learner data.
Sign up for Badge 2 after completing Badge 1.
Badge 3
CLM Design
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Description:
Provides in-depth practice and analysis of ABA, DI, and PT approaches within the CLM curriculum. -
Skills Learned:
Locating design information, individualizing instruction, delivering CLM lesson formats, and receiving coaching and feedback. -
Earning Criteria:
Identifies design elements, sets up and analyzes instruction, compares and contrasts lesson formats, redesigns instruction for struggling learners.
Sign up for Badge 3 after completing Badge 1 and 2.
Badge 4
CLM Learning Environments
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Description:
Develops skills to analyze learner performance and learning environments to determine functional relationships and alter repertoire trajectories. -
Skills Learned:
Scanning environments to prevent challenging behavior, using Play-Learn-Achieve, and promoting success across various instructional targets. -
Earning Criteria:
Analyzes learning environments, identifies reinforcement sources, alters instructional design, and develops progress monitoring systems.
Sign up for Badge 4 after completing Badges 1-3.
Meet Your Coach
Cathy Scutta, OTD, OTR/L, BCBA-D
Director, CLM Center of Excellence
division of Tucci Learning Solutions, Inc.
cscutta@clmcenterofexcellence.com
Cathy is the Director of the CLM Center of Excellence and Global CLM Implementations. Dr. Scutta was personally taught and mentored by the developer of the Competent Learner Model until Vicci Tucci's passing in February, 2024. Cathy has been teaching & coaching others in the Competent Learner Model for the last 20 years. She is both an Occupational Therapist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst who specializes in building trusting and lasting relationships to support your success as a behavioral educator and CLMer!
Our Partnership
CLM Center of Excellence and WVU are pleased to establish this partnership through a generous gift made by Vicci Tucci through Tucci Learning Solutions, Inc. Vicci Tucci is a West Virginia native and undergraduate alumna of the WVU Psychology Department.
Throughout her career, Vicci’s legacy was in giving back and making the world a better place for all who inhabit it. Her belief in the change CLM could make for West Virginians was underscored when she moved back to West Virginia. Her hope, and ours, was to reform education so that all learners can succeed.
Pictured are Cathy Scutta, your CLM Coach,on the left and VicciTuccion the right.
Impacting
Lives
Andy has basically done a 180.... he is just like a different kid, interacting positively, making meaningful communication. He has been doing phenomenally. And if we didn't have teachers like you, Andrew wouldn't have made this progress.— Amy Walter, Parent
View this Impact Video from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
