COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITY AND ATTENTION DISORDER

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5533 CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITY AND ATTENTION DISORDER ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ALEV GIRLI

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis

Course Objective

This course provides students with basic knowledge about learning disabled, ADHD and education.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Definition and history of learning disabled and ADHD basic principles
2   Knows teaching strategies, methods and techniques
3   Apply teaching strategies, methods and techniques
4   Knows to apply educative and counselling skills towards parents
5   Knows intervention strategies of learning disabled and ADHD

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Inclusion, basic concepts, basic principles
2 Subgroups of ADHD and SLD
3 Diagnosis of ADHD and SLD
4 Educational Assessment
5 Development in ADHD
6 Learning in ADHD and SLD
7 Models in ADHD and SLD
8 Midterm
9 Additional problems, childhood depression, problems caused by developmental disabilities
10 Acceptance
11 Rehabilitation in ADHD and SLD
12 To comprehend the educational guidance, cooperation family and school
13 To comprehend counseling towards the families of children with disability and psychological support for the families of children with disabled
14 Review and discussion
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Asperger Sendromu, Korkmaz, B. (2003). Adam Yayıncılık:Istanbul.
Farklı Gelişen Çocuklar, Kulaksızoğlu, A. (ed.)(2003). Epsilon Yay. Istanbul.
Effective Mainstreaming, Creating Inclusive Classrooms Salend, S.J. (1998). New Jersey, Colombus, Ohio. 5. Edition
The Complete Guide to Asperger Sendrome . Attwood, T. (2008).Londra: Jessica Kingsley Puplishers.
Writing Social Stories with Carol Gray. Gray, C. (2001). Texas: Future Horizons,
Teaching Children with Autism to Mind Read: a Practical Guide. Howlin, P., Baron-Cohen, S. & Hadwin, J. (1999). : New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Social skills training for children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome and Social Communication Problems. Baker, J.E. (2003). Shawnee mission, KS: Autism Asperger Publishing Company.
Autism and learning- A guide to good practice. Powell, S., & Jordan, R. (1997). London: Fulton.
More than words. Sussman, F. (1999).. Canada: Beacon Herald Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Brain storming, lecture, discussion, search, case study

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 199

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.51133333333

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