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Course Details
Title  
Course Title Specialized Instructional Strategies
Conestoga Course Code EDUC8220
Host College Seneca College
OntarioLearn Course Code SE-ABS202
Start Date 09/10/2024
End Date 12/17/2024
Course Fee $527.88
Hours 60
Pre-requisites None
Course Description This course introduces the student to common evidence-based behavioural approaches applied in teaching individuals with autism new skills with an emphasis on strategies for teaching language, academic skills, activities of daily living, play skills, and social skills. Topics will be approached by providing the student with an understanding of the terms used, a description of the teaching techniques characterized in each of the modules (where applicable) and a basic understanding of the conceptual elements motivating the approaches. Topics will include traditional discrete trial training protocols, protocols developed based on Skinner's analysis of Verbal Behaviour, Precision Teaching, Direct Instruction, Pivotal Response Training, Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Incidental and Natural Environment Teaching.
Midterm Exam Format No exam requirement
Final Exam Format No exam requirement
Final Exam Group 09/10/2024 
Other Evaluation Details Quizzes (4x10%)  40%, 3 Assignments (3 x 20%) 60%
Minimum Passing Mark 60
Mandatory Chats
Mandatory Group Work
Other Details
Platform Blackboard
Computer Software Requirements None
Additional We suggest you do not purchase your textbook until approximately two weeks prior to the course start date as textbooks may change.
Textbook Information Purchase textbook from www.textnet.ca. No substitutions unless otherwise stated.
Textbooks
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Textbook Title The Verbal Behavior Approach: How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders Effective Instruction for Children with Autism
Author Barbera & Rasmussen Jennifer Musolff, Ed.D, BCBA
Publisher London, UK, Jessica Kingsley Publishers Barber National Institute
Edition 2007 2nd
ISBN 9781843108528 9798218197889
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