A Training Programme for a Teacher Working with a Student with ASD: An Action Research

• Published in: Educational sciences : theory & practice Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 2229 - 18
• Main Author: GÜLEÇ - ASLAN, Yeşim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Istanbul Codon Publications 2013; EDAM (Educational Consultancy Ltd.); Educational Consultancy, Ltd (EDAM)
• Subjects: Applied Behavior Analysis; Autism; Behavior Modification; Behavior Patterns; Behavior Problems; Educational Needs; Educational Practices; Educational Quality; Eğitim Bilimleri; Foreign Countries; Individualized Education Programs; Individualized Instruction; Interrater Reliability; Interviews; Kişisel Gelişim; Meetings; Mothers; Observation; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Research Methodology; Skill Development; Special Education Teachers; Special Schools; Teacher Attendance; Teacher Education; Teacher Qualifications; Teaching Methods; Teaching Skills; Turkey; İstanbul; Türkiye; Turkey; Action Research; Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD); Applied Behavior Analysis; Qualitative Research; Educator Training; Inductive Analysis; Discrete Trial Teaching; Special Education
• ISSN: 1303-0485
• DOI: 10.12738/estp.2013.4.1738

The qualifications of the educators who teach children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) may affect the outputs of the education. Qualified educators play an important role in skill development. Therefore, educators need to have special qualifications. Within this scope, it is important to organize well-designed training programs for the educators which aims enabling them to gain the skills and the knowledge specific to autism.In this action research, the problems of the educators working with children with ASD are described, with an aim to solve these problems and to provide training for meeting such needs and to analyze the results.