EDUC00020 Supporting Students with Autism

Academic Year 2024/2025

This module is dedicated to all aspects of Autism as they apply to the role of the Special Needs Assistant. A general overview of the condition along with the associated primary and complex care needs will be presented here.

Students will become familiar with the recommended support strategies for students with autism within a variety of settings and based on a wide range of severity of symptoms.

Communication pertinent to working with students with autism along with support for sensory-based needs and behaviours of concern associated with autism will be fully explored.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Students will become familiar with the recommended support strategies for students with autism within a variety of settings and based on a wide range of severity of symptoms.

Students of this module will become aware of a range of support strategies and programmes to help students with autism become part of an inclusive school structure. Social skills development and the enablement of independence will also be a key focus within this module.

Within the six-week period of delivery of this module, students will gain valuable insight into this important area of additional needs and the nature of specialized support needed in order to enable students with autism to access education to their optimum level of ability.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

12
Specified Learning Activities

12
Autonomous Student Learning

96
Total

120
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
In this module the approaches to teaching and learning include
1) knowledge checks & quiz-type activities
2) short & essay-length reflective writing
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade

Not yet recorded.

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.