Course Content

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE054- Interdisciplinary Study and Cooperation in MR
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Intellectual disability and other related areas; interdisciplinary
fields of study cooperation concepts; collaborative team members
and their characteristics; the necessity and importance of
cooperation; basic principles in teamwork; teamwork theories;
Interdisciplinary working situation in Turkey; Teamwork in
Turkey; assessment of current issues; solutions to current
problems.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE056- Teaching Adaptations in MR
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Learning styles of children with intellectual disabilities; the
concept of individualization and its importance in education; what
needs to be done for individualization; adapting teaching;
adaptations to the content of the teaching; adaptations to the
delivery of instruction; examples of individualization and
adaptation in special education classrooms and schools; examples
of individualization and adaptation in inclusion/integration
classes; examples of adaptation for academic and non-academic
fields.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE060-Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Basic concepts; individuals with attention deficit, symptoms of
attention deficit, parental approaches in attention deficit, teacher
approaches in attention deficit, hyperactivity, hyperactive child,
signs of hyperactivity, diagnosis, approach to hyperactive child at
home and at school, ways of working with hyperactive children
and treatment process.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE070-Natural Teaching Process and Application
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

The nature and features of natural teaching; theoretical
foundations of natural teaching; benefits and limitations; natural
teaching strategies; environmental regulations; opportunity
teaching; the demanding approach; natural language paradigm;
planning natural education; data collection in natural teaching;
working with families; natural teaching process in early
intervention programs: basic response teaching, interaction-based
early childhood intervention program, Denver early onset model.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE079-High-Function OSB Training
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Characteristics of individuals with high-functioning autism
spectrum disorder; methods used in teaching individuals with
high-functioning autism spectrum disorder; teaching with video
modeling; peer teaching; natural teaching methods; opportunity
teaching, fading lines; teaching with social stories; self-
management strategies; goal setting, pre-stimulation, self-
monitoring, self-evaluation, self-direction, self-reinforcement

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE092- Assistive Technologies for VI
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Evaluating multiple aspects of assistive technology for people
with visual impairments; adapted software, hardware and
peripheral devices; various technologies that assist children and

adults with visual impairments and/or additional disabilities to
access information and support learning and activities of daily
living; gain direct experience with accessible technology; relevant
legislation, funding, assessment and teaching strategies for access
to technology.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME:

AE095- Early Childhood Education in VI.

CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Early intervention and its importance in visual impairment;
developmental stages between 0-3 years in children with visual
impairment; concept development, cognitive development, motor
development, language development, social development;
assessing the needs of children with visual impairment according
to their developmental characteristics, designing appropriate
intervention and family support; preparing assessment and
intervention programs in the areas of sensory, cognitive, motor
and communication development; programs that require
individual and collaborative work based on family-oriented
practices and interdisciplinary cooperation; Developing an
Individual Family Support Plan.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME:

AE101- The Nature of Hearing and Hearing Assistive
Technologies

CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Hearing anatomy and physiology; classification of hearing loss;
the effects on the person according to the type and degree of
hearing loss; hearing tests; newborn hearing screening program
and its effect on age at diagnosis; hearing aids: parts and
functions, deficiencies of hearing aids, personal FM systems,
classroom-centered amplifier systems, electromagnetic induction
systems; cochlear implants: parts, functions, use, cochlear implant
nomination criteria, differences between cochlear implants and
hearing aids; importance of early device and implantation:
neuroplasticity, relationship between language and listening skills,
stimulating environment, meaningful stimulus use.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME:

AE106- Early Childhood Education in HI..

CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

The effects of early hearing loss on language, speech, cognitive
and emotional development; the importance of supporting the
child; learning in mother-infant routines for the deaf child; oral
communication enhancing adult behaviors; listening learning and
oral language development strategies; early education models;
assessment learning objectives in early childhood; creating
learning opportunities in play: child-centered approach, subject-
based approach; project-based program approach; understanding
of learning in play: language and literacy; creative expression,
understanding of healthy living, cognitive competence.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE057-Social Skills Teaching in MR
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Defining social skills; the importance of social skills; benefits of
social skills; learning social skills; elements of social skills
teaching; Points to be considered in social skills teaching;
methods used in teaching social skills; preparation for social skills
teaching; planning social skills instruction; drafting social skills
teaching; practice social skills teaching.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE058- Technology Supported Teaching in MR
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Technology-supported applications for academic skills of students
with intellectual disabilities: applications for reading, writing, and
mathematics skills; Technology-supported applications for non-
academic skills in students with intellectual disabilities: social
skills, daily life skills; the use of different technological tools with
students with intellectual disabilities; Examples of applying
technological tools such as smart boards, desktops, laptops,
tablets, and smart phones to technology-assisted teaching for
students with intellectual disabilities

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE062-Difficulty Reading: Diagnosis and Intervention
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Learning disability and reading; reading difficulties and their
symptoms; assessment of reading difficulties; word recognition
and reading development; accurate and fast reading; reading
comprehension; vocabulary and its importance; research-based
methods for reading difficulties; classroom adaptations; example
applications.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE068- Early Intervention and Evaluation in LD.
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Early childhood symptoms of learning disabilities; risk factors and
developmental support; early literacy skills and early intervention;
delay in language skills and early intervention; delay in physical
activities and early intervention; examples of early intervention
programs for children at risk of learning difficulties; Things to do
before diagnosis in primary school; response model to
intervention; assessment for learning disability

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE076- Technology Supported Education in ASD
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Technology-supported applications for academic skills in students
with autism spectrum disorders: applications for reading, writing,
and mathematics skills; Technology-supported applications for
non-academic skills in students with autism spectrum disorder:
social skills, daily living skills; the use of different technological
tools with students with autism spectrum disorder; Examples of
applying technological tools such as smart boards, desktops,
laptops, tablets, and smartphones to technology-assisted teaching
for students with autism spectrum disorder.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME:

AE087- Social, Emotional and Academic Guidance in SA.
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Characteristics of gifted individuals; needs of gifted individuals:
social and emotional needs of gifted individuals, educational
needs of gifted individuals; giftedness label: positive reflections of
the label, negative reflections of the label; social development in

gifted: peer relations, family relations, teacher relations,
loneliness, social acceptance; emotional development in gifted:
asynchronous development, anxiety, depression, suicidal
tendency; personality development in gifted: self-perception, self-
confidence; counseling for special groups: learning disability,
hyperactivity-attention deficit, academic counseling: low
achievement, multiple potentiality, motivation, perfectionism;
career counseling

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE090-Supporting Vision Skills
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical):

2 / ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Strategies for planning and assessing the visual function of
children and adults with low vision; functional vision
assessment tool and sample functional vision assessment;
environmental and educational adaptations according to
functional vision assessment results; reporting the functional
vision evaluation result; providing information and suggestions
to the student's teacher/other experts and the family; creating an
educational support plan for home/school/outdoor environments
to support students with low vision; implement the support plan.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME:

AE091- Family Participation in VI Education

CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

What parents of visually impaired children can do to maximize
their child's independence at home, at school, at work and in the
community; supporting families; encouraging the family to learn
at home, at school and in the community, taking an active role in
the child's education planning; family support plan for early
intervention and primary school; pre-adolescent and adolescent
family support plan; Advice to the family for a successful
transition to adulthood.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE103- HI and Language
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT: Factors that contribute to language acquisition and the reasons that
cause problems in the language development of children with

hearing impairment: theories of language development and the
characteristics of language acquisition of children with hearing
impairment, the problems faced by children with hearing
impairment in the language acquisition process; The basic stages
of language development of children with hearing impairment in
pre-verbal and verbal periods: phonetics, morphemes, syntax,
semantics and usage development.

COURSE CODE AND
NAME: AE108-Special Teaching Methods in HI
CREDIT / ECTS: Theory 2 Hours / Week – Practice 0 / Week – Credits (Classical): 2

/ ECTS; ECTS: 4)

COURSE CONTENT:

Basic concepts: aims of primary education, principles of primary
education, general principles regarding the implementation of the
primary education program; examining primary education
curricula; adapting curricula to students with different levels of
hearing impairment; unitized annual plan; special teaching
methods used in teaching programs: natural auditory-verbal
method, narration method, question-answer technique, discussion
method, problem solving method, demonstration method,
cooperative learning method, excursion method, observation
method, laboratory method, drama method .