COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Special Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SAFIYE SUNAY YILDIRIM DOĞRU

Offered to

Special Education

Course Objective

: to help graduates gain knowledge on the special education support service models provided to special needs individuals and their families; to help graduates gain the necessary skills needed in communicating and collaborating with related professionals

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Gain an awareness regarding team based approaches in the provision of special education support services
2   2. Gain knowledge on the team models in special education
3   3. Gain knowledge on the specific professions within the support services

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The various needs of people with special needs and their families, team approach in service provision
2 Team models
3 Laws and regulations in special education support service provision
4 Special education support
5 Speech and language therapy
6 Physical therapy
7 Vocational therapy
8 Midterm exam
9 Family counseling
10 Child and adult psychoterapy
11 Case presentation
12 Case presentation
13 Case presentation
14 Case presentation
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Gargiulo, R.M., & Bouck, E.C. (2017). Special education in contemporary society: An introduction to exceptionality. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Ross, J. (2007). Occupational therapy and vocational rehabilitation. West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons.

Tecklin, J.S. (2014). Pediatric physical therapy. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilcons.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

group discussion, case presentation, seminar

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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 9 117
Project Final Presentation 2 20 40
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 196

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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