The most outstanding advances in working with students on the autism spectrum and the guidance of great specialists in the field, in a postgraduate diploma of high educational intensity designed to boost your ability as a psychologist"

This comprehensive program is designed to meet the educational needs of teachers in working specifically with students on the autism spectrum. This approach represents a giant step forward in the obsolete segregationist system that has dominated until now and is directed towards a capacity for attention that generates a more realistic and effective integration. 

All these processes must be materialized in a real and possible adaptation to the needs of each student, in a totally individualized manner. To this end, TECH will show in an intensive and complete study, how to elaborate the educational adaptations using the most innovative tools and material resources, to create a process that allows students to really learn, taking into account their optimal ways of facing each area of study. 

Summary. This postgraduate diploma aims to train teaching professionals to work with students with autism in the necessary push for an inclusive, adapted and empowering education. 

Learn to interpret the communicative keys and to respond to the needs of students with autism spectrum disorder and become the key to their development"

The postgraduate diploma in Autism Spectrum Disorder and other Communication Disorders for Psychologists  contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in Psychological Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Communication Disorders
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• News on Psychological Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Communication Disorders
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Emphasis on innovative methodologies in Psychological Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Communication Disorders
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Learn how to motivate, understand and guide your students with Autism in a complete course created to propel you to another professional level"

Its teaching staff includes leading professionals and experts who bring their years of experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists belonging to prestigious societies and universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training program designed to train in real situations.

The program design is based on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the educator must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the academic course. To do so, the educator will have the help of an innovative interactive video system that provides the contextualization and the practical point of view you need.

Make your ability to intervene with students with autism or communication difficulties a key element in any educational institution"

Learn in a simple, intensive and flexible way with the quality of the highest rated teaching models in the online teaching scene"

The objectives of this program address the educational needs of psychologists in this field. They have been established pragmatically, with the specific mission of offering students very intensive postgraduate diploma that will efficiently boost their professional progression. A journey of personal growth that will take you to the top in your intervention as a psychologist.

If your goal is to gain more experience as a psychologist, this qualification will enable you to compete with the best, so look no further. This specialization will give your career the boost it needs"

General Objectives

• Learn about the evolution of Special Education, especially in relation to international entities such as UNESCO
• Use a scientific vocabulary adjusted to the demands of multi-professional teams, participating in the coordination and monitoring of students
• Collaborate with families/legal guardians in the development of students
• Participate in the evaluation and diagnosis of special educational needs
• Elaborate the adaptations required by students with special educational needs
• Use the methodology, tools and material resources adapted to the individual needs of students with special educational needs
• Learn about the basics of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Neurology in order to read reports from other professionals as well as to establish specific guidelines for the appropriate response at school to the needs posed by students

Specific Objectives

Module 1. History and Evolution of Terms With Regards to Functional Diversity

• Know the historical development of Special Education
• Know the key authors for the Teacher specialized in Therapeutic Pedagogy within the historical context together with their contributions, as well as their implication in the current School
• Describe changes throughout history using a vocabulary adjusted to the historical era
• Compare changes and developments throughout the history of special education
• List the most commonly used classifications in interdisciplinary work, both ICD-10 and DSM-5
• Analyze and reflect on UNESCO's approaches
• Define the essential concepts in current psycho-pedagogy
• Know and describe the most important milestones in the development of healthy children in order to establish comparisons with children with educational needs

Module 2. Neurodevelopment Disorders Autism Spectrum Disorder/Pervasive and Specific Developmental Disorders

• Define and differentiate the different concepts within autism spectrum disorder
• Explore the different disorders, their characteristics, intervention and needs, among other aspects
• Recognize the different evaluations that can be established depending on the student’s type of disorder
• Know and appreciate multi-professional coordination
• Adapt tools and materials with regards to students’ needs
• Recognize the different evaluations and prognoses to be established

Module 3. Communication Disorders

• Define the term communication and know its possible disorders
• Classify and recognize the different communication disorders
• Identify the neurological basis of development and learning in the developmental pyramid
• Know the incidences in the student's developmental stages for intervention
• Understand multi-professional coordination with students, along with the documentation and organization required according to their needs
• Know the intervention at the social level according to the stages of the student's development
• Learn about intervention at the individual level according to the stages of students' development in relation to their needs and the type of disorder
• Adapt tools and materials with regards to students’ needs
• Recognize the different evaluations that can be established depending on the student’s type of disorder

Acquire the capacity for real and positive intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder and other Communication Disorders for Psychologists and pave the way for your development as a psychologist in the teaching environment"