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3.00 Credits
A. This course focuses on providing information and discussion about the major social, behavioral, communication, and learning characteristics of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Theories as to etiology and prevalence will be discussed and researched. Screening and diagnostic tools used to identify individuals with ASD will be reviewed. A variety of discipline-specific tools and strategies to assist in educational planning will be reviewed. Methods for adapting assessment strategies to better evaluate individuals with ASD will be discussed. The role of the parents in the assessment process and methods to share assessment information with them will be studied. Field experience is embedded into the course through observations of individuals with ASD and interviews with families.
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3.00 Credits
A. This course focuses on review of research-based interventions from classroom structure and organization through application and assessment of intervention strategies. Interventions designed to ameliorate deficits in the areas of academics, communication, learning readiness, independence, social skills, and behavior will be highlighted. The class will also focus on accommodations and modifications needed to include individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in the general education curriculum. The role of collaboration among school personnel, with families and community agencies to advocate and promote for the success of the student with ASD will be addressed. Students will participate in field work through designing classroom environments, developing Individual Education Program (IEP) goals and a teaching plan for a student, implementing an intervention, collecting and analyzing data from the intervention, and presenting it to the class. Pre-Requisites: EP 0650.
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3.00 Credits
A. Students will focus on assessment and intervention strategies for addressing challenging behaviors in the classroom, at home, and in the community for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Students will learn to generate hypotheses about the functions of challenging behavior as they relate to communication skills and identify positive behavioral support strategies to implement to replace the negative behaviors. Positive behavioral support, functional behavioral assessment, functional communication training, and other more traditional behavior management strategies will be discussed. Students will participate in a field experience that involves completing a functional assessment through direct and indirect assessment and developing a positive behavioral support plan based on that assessment. Pre-Requisites: EP 0650 and EP 0655.
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3.00 Credits
A. Communication is one of the most significant deficits for most individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). This course will focus on the nature of the language and communication difficulties and methods for remediating them using high and low levels of technology. Research supporting the use of a variety of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), language facilitation, and assistive technology to support communication development will be discussed. The role of assistive technology in language facilitation, teaching literacy, and providing a method for communication for children who are nonverbal will be reviewed. Students will complete field experiences to create communication and literacy activities for home and school settings. Pre-Requisites: EP 0650 and EP 0655.
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3.00 Credits
This course will require graduate students to complete applied professional experiences with pupils who have been identified as gifted in K-12 educational settings. Graduate students will maintain a reflective journal and create a portfolio that includes samples of their pupils' work and the assessment instruments they used to demonstrate achievement of professional and state standards. Pre-Requisites: EDU 5000, CUR 526, EDU 601, and 24 credit hours of coursework.
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3.00 Credits
This Course fouces on providing information and discussion about the major social, behavioral, communication, and learning characteristics of autism spectrum disorders(ASD). Theories as to etiology and prevalence will be discussed and researched. The history of ASD will be discussed in order to understand current research foucs. The manifestations of of ASD vary considerably and students within this coures will become familiar with the differences and simiarities within the diagnosis of ASD. The impact of ASD on education and family will also be focused on. Student will participate in activities in order to understand the comprehensive and complex nature of ASD. Students will discuss the challenges involved in the education of children with ASD based on characteristics and increased prevalence of ASD. Videotaped exapmles and personal accounts will accompany all discussions and descriptions of ASD. Students will also have the opporunity to analyze case presentations with regards to the understanding of the nature of ASD.
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3.00 Credits
Assessment of Autism: This course will examine the role of assessment as it relates to intervention in programs for students with autism. Assessment instruments used by a variety of professional disciplines will be reviewed. Participants will use several of these instruments to develop individual student goals and objectives based upon present level of performance. Collaborative teaming with other professionals and families will be discussed. Using information contained in evaluation reports to develop effective programs will be targeted as a course outcome.
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3.00 Credits
Interventions for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders: This course fouceses on review of a variety of rearch-based interventions culminating in the development of an intervention planbased upon assessment information. Interventions dewsigned to amellorate deflcits in the areas of communication, learning readiness, independence, social skills, and behavior will be highlighted. The class will also focus on strategies for choosing specific interventions or combining interventions to meet the needs of individual students and choosing and modifying curriculum. Students will evaluatte the research base for a variety of interventions including those based on the principles of applied behavior analysis and TEACCH and will learn to make data-based decisions based on the characteristics and performance of individual students. Special issues in the areas of eraly intervention and secondary education transition will be included. Students will be trained in strategies for assisting families in the decision-making process regarding interventionoptions and coordinating with community agencies. The latest information on the use of technology in the area of interventions for students with autism will be shared.
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3.00 Credits
The Behavior Communication Connection for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Students will Focus on assessment and intervention straregies for addressing challenging behaviors in the class room, at home, and in the community. Students will learn to generate hypotheses about the functions of challenging behavior as it relates to communication skills and identify positive behavioral support strategies to implement to replace the negative behaviors. Positive behavioral support functional behavioral assessment, functional communication traning, and other more traditional behavior management strategies will discussed. The focus of the class will involove the pivotal role of communication skills for individuals with autism as a replacement skill for negative behaviors. The use of augmentative communication strategies including assistive technology will be reviewed along with solutions for high and low functioning students with autism.
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3.00 Credits
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