EPN-V2

MALKA217 Tidlig intervensjon overfor barn med omfattende utviklingsforstyrrelser Emneplan

Engelsk emnenavn
Early Intervention for Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Omfang
10.0 stp.
Studieår
2025/2026
Emnehistorikk
Pensum
HØST 2025
Timeplan
Programplan

  • 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.