COURSE UNIT TITLE

: IMPROVING COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL SKILS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ZEN 3028 IMPROVING COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL SKILS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

MENTALLY DISABLED CHILDREN TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR BURAK KARABEY

Offered to

MENTALLY DISABLED CHILDREN TEACHER EDUCATION
MENTALLY DISABLED CHILDREN TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

After completing this course, students will be able to develop communication and social skills of children with autism spectrum disorder.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identifying of language and communication skills autistic children
2   Receptive language skills
3   Expressive language skills
4   Discrete trial teaching in language intervention 5 mand model and time delay
5   Incidental teaching procedure

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and sharing course content
2 Autistic children and communication/language characteristics
3 Applied behavior analysis based on expressive and receive language skills
4 Pivotal response training
5 Communication skills and naturalistic interventions
6 Incidental teaching
7 alternative and assistive communication
8 Midterm Exam
9 alternative and assistive communication
10 social stories in communication skills
11 social stories in communication skills
12 Picture excahance communication system (PECS)
13 PECS 1. Phase 2. Phase 3. Phase
14 PECS 1. Phase 2. Phase 3. Phase
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Kırcaali, Iftar, G. (2012). Otistik Özellik Gösteren Çocuklara Iletişim Becerilerinin Kazandırılması. Ankara: Yuka Kids
Tekin, Iftar, E. (2012). Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğu Olan Çocuklar ve Eğitimleri. Ankara: Vize Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Observation, Team/Group Work, Demonstration, Drill Practice, Problem Solving, Report Preparation and/or Presentation, Project Design/Management, Role Playing/Dramatization

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + 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 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 18 18
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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