4 e-learning courses will be developed for teacher of the mainstream schools.

Strengthening the Capacity of Professionals Working in Schools with Children and Young People with ASD / 4 e-learning courses will be developed for teacher of the mainstream schools.

To reach the project objectives, 4 e-learning courses will be released. The courses address topics aimed to increase competences and skills of teachers which do not only concern providing high quality and inclusive classroom teaching but also providing support in the transfer of capabilities from school to community life for students with ASD and in building a partnership with parents in educating the child.

The following modules will be developed:

  1. Understanding and managing ASD in the classroom – This module focuses on what autism is, how it shows in school settings and how teachers can analyse and decrease behaviours that affect the student’s functioning. After completing the module, teachers will be able to understand autism in the classroom, recognize the educational needs of students with autism, and to respond to the specific need identified in order to help the students learn.
  2. Curriculum adaptation for students diagnosed with ASD – This module focuses on adapting the school environment to pupils diagnosed with ASD by presenting the most commonly used methods of adapting teaching to classrooms and providing practical examples. The module also presents the decision-making process in adapting the curriculum (how to decide the level of adaptation for the student with ASD, the steps in making an effective decision about the adaptation) and offers alternatives to prevent inappropriate behaviour in the classroom.
  3. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and ASD – This module focusing on providing examples of general and newly developed strategies based on ICT that teachers could use in the class to help children with ASD to develop effective learning strategies. The newly learned strategies, once applied, will have significant effects on the learning performance of children with ASD. The integration of technology in the class will ease the work of teachers and increase their teaching methods quality, adapted to the new developments in the field.
  4. Transition from school to adult life of ASD students – This module addresses the need of young students diagnosed with ASD to go through a decision-making process about what happens after school. This module presents how to evaluate the size and areas of independence of the student with ASD in order to allow the teaches to assess the student’s needs, knowledge, predisposition and skills using practical tools and to design an action plan together with the family in order to obtain the independence of the young adult living with ASD.
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