ED50HP: AUTISM, INCLUSION AND PARTICIPATION (2021-2022)

Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05

Course Overview

This course covers a range of conceptual issues fundamental to an understanding of autism in inclusive contexts. Participants will therefore develop a critical knowledge and understanding of policy, literature and research relating to the diagnostic criteria for autism, the key theories of autism, the main strategies used to support learners and the key themes and issues in the field. This will be linked to a critical knowledge and understanding of policy, literature and research on inclusion and issues around its meaning and enactment. The role of interprofessional collaboration and learner participation in facilitating inclusion is emphasised across the course.

Course Details

Study Type	Postgraduate	Level	5
Term	First Term	Credit Points	30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Jacqueline Ravet

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Education (ED) (Studied)
Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

This course aims to deepen participant knowledge and understanding of the key conceptual ideas, theories and perspectives in autism, and the issues associated with autism and learning in inclusive contexts.

Topics will include: - The Inclusive Context
                               - Collaborative Working
                               - Perceptions and Myths
                               - Definitions
                               - History
                               - Prevalence and Diagnostic Criteria
                               - The Triad of Impairments
                               - The Causes of Autism
                              - Psychological and Affective Theories of Autism
                              - Strategies, approaches and their evidence base

There are 2x2hrs blocks of teaching online every week over 4 weeks (from Sept-Oct).

Course participants must have a commitment to the inclusion of learners with autism spectrum disorders and have access to an appropriate setting for the purpose of undertaking the assessment task and gaining practical experience.

This is an interprofessional course for practitioners from Education, Health, Social Care and the Voluntary Sector.
This is a ‘specialist’ course so all participants must have some knowledge and understanding of autism in order to undertake the courses
All participants must have access to a workplace for the purposes of the assignments which are all workplace-based.
All courses are online
Course 1 (ED50HP) must be taken before Course 2 (ED55HQ)

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	Submit 18th Dec. Feedback 29th Jan.	Word Count	6000

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Reflection	Evaluate	Reflect critically on current research and literature
Procedural	Apply	Collaboratively plan and implement an intervention by applying theory to practice