Online Class: Autism and Inclusion
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 Course Description This course will deliver knowledge on the current developments in inclusion, and will provide guidance and instruction in areas such as: teacher attitudes, preparation and effective instructional practices. In addition, it is designed to provide teachers with skills they need to make inclusion of students with autism successful. The course covers:
(a) central features of effective inclusion education programs;
(b) research involving teachers' and administrators' attitudes towards students with autism;
(c) collaborative partnerships between general and special education teachers;
(d) knowledge about effective teacher communication;
(e) strategies for parental preparation for school, transition and other segments of life;
(f) types of planning and factors involved in planning;
(g) effective instructional inclusive strategies such as functional instruction, meaningful reinforcement, and peer support;
(h) performance- based and portfolio assessment and how it can be used;
and (i) IDEA 97 and its impact of the disciplinary policies of students with disabilities. Learning Outcomes By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Identify central features of effective inclusion education programs.
- Describe collaborative partnerships between general and special education teachers.
- Demonstrate effective teacher communication.
- Define strategies for parental preparation for school, transition and other segments of life.
- Identify and describe effective instructional inclusive strategies such as functional instruction, meaningful reinforcement, and peer support.
- Complete performance-based and portfolio assessments and describe how they can be used, and
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
Course Lessons |  | Lesson 1: Unit 1: Introduction to the CoursePlease complete the following: read case study, complete case study survey, participant questionnaire survey, and teacher efficacy survey. | Lesson 2: Unit 1.2: Monthly Progress AssignmentFor Tobago Teachers Only!! Begin your progress reports now. | Lesson 3: Unit 2: InclusionThis unit describes the supports students with ASD can use to help them adjust optimally to settings that involve frequent contact with nondisabled peers. | Lesson 4: Unit 2.1: Current DevelopmentsReviews the reauthorized IDEA, with special attention to its LRE mandates; review of the central features of effective inclusive education programs. | Lesson 5: Unit 2.2: AttitudesDiscusses the research involving general education teachers' and administrators' attitudes towards students with autism and the type and quality of teacher-student and administrator-teacher interactions. | Lesson 6: Unit 2.3: Teacher PreparationExplores the collaborative partnership between special and general education teachers and stresses its importance to successful inclusive practices. It also explains that adequate teacher preparation is essential to inclusion. | Lesson 7: Unit 2.4: CommunicationProvides knowledge that open discussions between the inclusion teachers are essential; and that inclusion teachers will be expected to modify the ways they do things; and to understand that change becomes the constant in these classes. | Lesson 8: Unit 2.5: Preparation of ParentsShows strategies for parental participation in preparing children with autism for school, transition, and other segments of life. | Lesson 9: Unit 3: ImplementationThis unit will explain the 7 factors necessary for successful inclusion and show how to implement an effective inclusive training program for general education teachers in working with students with autism in an inclusive environment. | Lesson 10: Unit 3.1: PlanningShows the types of planning and the factors involved in the planning. Gives planning tips for teachers working with students with autism. Gives tips on how to select appropriate instructional adaptations. | Lesson 11: Unit 3.2: Effective Instructional PracticesShows effective instructional strategies for students with autism such as: functional instruction, meaningful reinforcements, and peer support and explains why they are used. | Lesson 12: Unit 3.3: Evaluating LearningExplains how performance-based and portfolio assessments can be used with students with disabilities in the inclusion classroom. | Lesson 13: Unit 3.4: Disciplinary PoliciesDescibes IDEA 97 and the impact it has on the disciplinary policies of students with disabilities. | Lesson 14: Unit 4: Conclusion of the CourseThis is the final assignment, please read the case study, complete the case study survey, course evaluation and teacher efficacy survey. |
Additional Information | Course Title | : | Autism and Inclusion | | CEU Value | : | | | Standard | : | Course Adheres to the ANSI/IACET 1-2007 Standard | | Accreditation | : | | | Languages | : | English - United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and other English speaking countries | | Course Number | : | 1999 | | Course Type | : | Professional Development | | Course URL | : | | | Course Rating | : | Reviewed & Approved on September 1, 2002 | | Instructor | : | | | Syllabus | : | | | Grading Policy | : | Earn a final grade of 70% or higher to receive a CEU Certificate documenting CEUs earned | | Assessment Method | : | Lesson assignments and review exams | | Duration | : | Continuous: Enroll anytime! | | Requirements | : | View Technical Requirements | | Course Fee | : | Basic Course: $125.00 (no CEU Certificate) | | | | | NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, certification or educational requirements.
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