Autism Spectrum Disorders

Catalog description

The student will be able to understand the basis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD).This course integrates the history, diagnostic criteria, classification, contemporary theories of neurodevelopmental processes, current knowledge about its neurobiology and pathogenesis, evaluation methods and instruments, and intervention models. Didactic and practical approaches are used to integrate the information. The information to be presented is based on the scope of current research and evidence-based models on interventions.