Information for Future Students
- Focus on Specialized Study Areas
- Learn, lead and contribute
- Program Highlights & Career Opportunities
- Admission Requirements & How to Apply
- Student Project Presentation (Field Placement Showcase)
- Autism Newsletter
Focus on Specialized Study Areas:
Instructional Strategies:
- Learn how to incorporate a number of teaching styles and strategies such as Discrete Trial Teaching, Applied Verbal Behaviour, Precision Teaching, Direct Instruction, etc.
- Assess when and how to change your teaching to meet the child’s needs.
- Understand how data collection can ensure that your teaching is always effective.
Needs of Parents and Caregivers:
- Comprehend the effects that a diagnosis of autism can have on immediate families and develop a range of strategies to support family members in understanding the behaviour of their child.
- Learn to train parents and other caregivers to implement educational techniques with their child.
- Learn to be objective and ensure success, by making research-based decisions grounded in scientific principles.
- Assess progress through data analysis and develop a plan for intervention in accordance with family values and ethical standards.
- Identify and use alternate resources within the community in support of a multidisciplinary approach when needed.
Work Experience
- Complete two field placements in a community setting, such as hospitals, clinics, classrooms or residential settings, to obtain real work experience.
Learn, lead and contribute:
- Show leadership in guiding the activities of self or others and in contributing knowledge and skills for practical solutions.
- Assess and analyse the skills of children using a variety of assessment tools.
- Design and implement effective behavioural treatment plans according to the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis.
- Evaluate and adapt the effectiveness of individual learning plans on an ongoing basis.
- Collaborate with families, treatment teams and other service providers to respond to the particular learning or behavioural challenges of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Assist children in interacting with their environment, by teaching them how to communicate and socialize appropriately.
- Contribute to the well being of children with special needs and their families and caregivers.
- Enter a unique and rewarding profession with both interactive and analytic components, in a career that will change your life.
- Expand and enhance your career as an educator or human services professional.
