EPN-V2

MALKA217 Tidlig intervensjon overfor barn med omfattende utviklingsforstyrrelser Emneplan

Engelsk emnenavn
Early Intervention for Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Studieprogram
Masterstudium i atferdsvitenskap, deltid
Masterstudium i atferdsvitenskap - spesialisering i innovasjon og implementering
Masterstudium i atferdsvitenskap - spesialisering i begreper og anvendelse
Enkeltemner knyttet til Master i læring i komplekse systemer
Omfang
10.0 stp.
Studieår
2025/2026
Pensum
HØST 2025
Timeplan
Programplan
Emnehistorikk

Innledning

Emnebeskrivelsen finnes kun på engelsk. Velg engelsk versjon av nettsiden for å se fullstendig emnebeskrivelse.

Forkunnskapskrav

Admission to the study program

Læringsutbytte

On successful completion of the course, the student has the following learning outcomes classified as knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student can

  • describe the common elements of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention, and discuss the pros and cons of different service delivery models
  • discuss the outcomes reported in the literature, and the quality of the evidence for Early Intensive Behavioral Interventions and other interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorders.
  • explain important predictors of outcome and describe quality control measures
  • discuss the validity of the most commonly employed outcome measures
  • describe commonly used assessment instruments
  • describe the difference between standardized and non-standardized assessments
  • discuss positive and negative aspects of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention and explain arguments against applied behavior analysis and Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention proposed by the neurodiversity movement

Skills

The student can

  • demonstrate and monitor Discrete Trial Teaching, Precision Teaching, shaping, chaining, and preference assessments

Competence

The student can

  • discuss the application of intervention protocols for teaching listener responding
  • discuss the application of Sufficient Exemplar Training
  • discuss advanced considerations when teaching vocal imitation, assessments, target selection and procedures for teaching
  • apply knowledge of single-case experimental designs in clinical settings, and give examples on how to achieve experimental control

Arbeids- og undervisningsformer

Campus-based lectures and seminars are the main teaching methods. Students read selected texts in advance for each day of class, and everyone is expected to participate in class through questions and through joining in discussion. Feedback is used on written assignments.

Arbeidskrav og obligatoriske aktiviteter

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

  • 2 individual written assignments submitted digitally, each with a maximum length of 6000 characters, including spaces. References are to be included in the 6000 characters.

Vurdering og eksamen

Individual school examination, 3 hours. Exam questions are in English. Students may submit their exams in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

Hjelpemidler ved eksamen

Authorized materials: Norwegian-English dictionary

Vurderingsuttrykk

Grade scale A-F

Sensorordning

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.