FAN5042 - Autism and Related Conditions

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

(1) Describe and explain autism: the spectrum; causation and incidence
(2) Identify the difficulties faced by children and young adults with an autistic spectrum condition
(3) Describe and analyse a range of strategies to meet the social, emotional and learning needs of children and/or young adults with an autistic spectrum condition

Content:

This module will focus on:

- An introduction to autism: the spectrum, the triad of difference , related conditions, causation and incidence
- Communication difficulties and supportive strategies and equipment
- Social difficulties and supportive strategies
- Inflexibility of thought and behaviour and supportive strategies
- Sensory difficulties and supportive strategies and equipment
- Building emotional resilience

Learning and Teaching Information:

At Level 5 it is expected that students will know and understand the essential mechanics of HE study and be able to work more independently in resourcing and researching their learning. Work at Level 5 will emphasize the application and analysis of theory and develop the skills of critical reasoning.

A key teaching and learning strategy used in this module will be student presentation

This module will run over 6 weeks
Workshops and pair and group discussions
Contact hours 25
Number of groups

Individual and/or group tutorial
Contact hours 1
Number of groups
Work-based tasks
Contact hours 24
Number of groups

Assessment:

001 Design an advisory brochure 1x1000 words (end of week 4) 30%
002 Critical review 1x3000 words (end of module) 70%


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