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Subject: Special Educ. (Grad Ed) (SPED)
CRN: 22409
Online: Synchronous
Online
Lynn Stansberry Brusnahan, Emily Bedford
The purpose of this course is to develop competencies in the areas of communication and social skills for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). It is also to evaluate, identify needs, develop goals, design interventions, monitor effectiveness and adjust programming for individuals with ASD. Broad areas covered in this course include an overview of typical social/communication development, as compared and contrasted to the delayed and disordered social/ communication development of individuals with ASD. Also included are: how communication and social differences impact learning and behavior; methods and tools for evaluating an individual's social and communication skills; identifying educational needs in the social and communication areas; methods of teaching social skills to individuals with ASD; methods of teaching communication skills to individuals with ASD; and, methods for monitoring and evaluating progress in communication and social skills.
3 Credits