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Univeristy of Social Sciences and Humanities

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Autism and Developmental Disabilities:

Learning about the Enigma

Instructors: Monika Suchowierska, Ph.D., BCBA-D; Paul Stephany, MFT, BCBA

Contact: monika.suchowierska@swps.edu.pl ; paulstephany@gmail.com

Class format: Seminar

Class meets: Fall 2014/2015 on Thursdays 10:15-11:45

Class meets in Room N310 at Chodakowska St.

Academic credit: 3 ECTS

Hours of instruction: 30

E-learning platform – password: autismanddd



Course description

This class consists of a weekly lecture on various topics related to one of the enigmas of the XX and XXI centuries: autism. Since there are still many unsolved issues related to developmental disabilities, in the course we will learn about what is known with regards to: diagnosis and assessment, etiology, and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with autism and related disorders of socialization. Strong emphasis will be placed on discussing science-based approaches to treating autism.


Goals

As an introductory course, the instructor presumes that students have limited or no background knowledge on autism and related disorders. The primary goal of the course is to provide students with a complete, accurate, and contemporary view of autism, its charactistics, available science-based treatments and progression of the disorder through life-time.


Topics covered:


Class 1: Introduction to autism and related disorders

Class 2: Definition and characteristics of autism and related disorders of socialization

Class 3: Etiology of autism



Class 4: Diagnosis of autism

Class 5: Communication in autism

Class 6: Socialization in autism

Class 7: Progression of the disorder through life

Class 8: Progression of the disorder through life – cont.

Class 9: Therapeutic approaches: science-based approaches

Class 10: Therapeutic approaches: science-based approaches

Class 11: Therapeutic approaches: science-based approaches



Class 12: Other approaches that are not science-based


Class 13: Myths on autism (review of autistic characters in popular movies)

Class 14: Interesting research on autism

Class 15: Final exam IS ON JANUARY 29, 2015


Dates of classes: 02/10, 09/10, 16/10, 23/10, 06/11, 13/11, 20/11, 27/11, 04/12, 11/12, 18/12, 08/01, 15/01, 22/01, 29/01


Attendance:

Attendance is recommended and expected (students usually do better when they attend the class on a regular basis). If you happen to miss a class, you are responsible for any material presented and for any announcements regarding the schedule.


Academic dishonesty:

If there is strong evidence of any form of academic dishonesty (using notes during a quiz, replicating another student's paper or parts of the paper, or having other students do your assignments, etc.), you will receive a warning from the instructor. If the final work is not written individually by the student, the student will receive a fail-mark (2) for the course, and the instructor should inform the Rector about a behavior derogatory to student’s dignity.


Grading:

Students will be earning their grades throughout the semester by filling our study guides based on a series of lectures that they will be able to watch at home on the Internet and on the assigned readings. The class will conclude with a final exam (multiple-choice and true/false questions).


Study guides are to be handed in to the instructor (printed version) at the beginning of class during which they are due. The study guides will be worth 40% of the grade.


Final exam is worth 60% of the grade.


Students’ grades will be based on their combined scores from the study guides and final exam which will be weight appropriately (40/60) and will be calculated according to the following %: >51=2 (unsatisfactory, fail), 51-59=3 (satisfactory), 60-69=3.5 (satisfactory plus), 70-79=4 (good), 80-89=4.5 (good plus), 90-95=5 (very good), 96-100=6 (excellent).



Reading list: All of the readings will be available on the e-learning platform.


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