The Department of Special Education of the Faculty of Education at Hasan Kalyoncu University (HKU) held the “Autism Spectrum Disorder: Past to Present Event” in collaboration with the Special Education Application and Research Centre (ÖZEUAM), the Disability-Free Student Unit and the Special Education Student Society, to raise awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder as part of Autism Awareness Month.
Held at the HKU Law Amphitheatre and moderated by Prof. Dr. Latife Özaydın, a faculty member of the Department of Special Education, the programme featured as speakers Prof. Dr. Ümit Şahbaz, Head of the Department of Special Education at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University; Asst. Prof. Dr. Emine Erden, Head of the HKU Department of Special Education; and Asst. Prof. Dr. Merih Toker, faculty member of the HKU Department of Special Education. It was attended by Prof. Dr. Şener Büyüköztürk, Dean of the HKU Faculty of Education, faculty members and students.
At the event, which offered a wide range of information from behaviour modification processes for children with autism to studies on theory of mind and language development, Prof. Dr. Ümit Şahbaz, Head of the Department of Special Education at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, gave a presentation titled “The Behaviour Modification Process in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder”; Asst. Prof. Dr. Merih Toker, faculty member of the HKU Department of Special Education, “Theory of Mind, Executive Functions and Language in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder”; and Asst. Prof. Dr. Emine Erden, Head of the HKU Department of Special Education, “Parent-Mediated Interventions in Young Children with Autism”.
At the end of the programme, Prof. Dr. Şener Büyüköztürk, Dean of the HKU Faculty of Education, presented a gift to Prof. Dr. Ümit Şahbaz, Head of the Department of Special Education at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University.
