"Listening with Your Heart": Autism Support Program Faculty Experiences in Teaching Autistic College Students
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Faculty in autism support programs gain confidence teaching autistic students by learning from them and adapting methods. This fosters trust and inclusive practices, enhancing the learning environment for neurodivergent individuals.
Area Of Science
- Higher Education Pedagogy
- Neurodiversity in Education
- Autism Support Programs
Background
- Increasing enrollment of autistic college students necessitates improved faculty support.
- Many educators lack adequate training to effectively support autistic learners in higher education.
- This research explores faculty experiences within autism-specific college support programs.
Purpose Of The Study
- To understand the lived experiences of faculty teaching autistic college students.
- To identify how faculty adapt their teaching approaches in autism-specific support settings.
- To explore the essence of faculty engagement with neurodivergent learners in higher education.
Main Methods
- Descriptive phenomenological reflective lifeworld research.
- Interviews conducted with faculty, part-time teaching staff, and administrators at a community college.
- Data supplemented by classroom observations, program information sessions, campus tours, and course syllabi analysis.
Main Results
- Faculty themes included unfamiliarity, flexibility, disruption, and optimism.
- Initial unfamiliarity with autism was overcome by learning directly from students, fostering trust.
- Faculty utilized feedback and adaptability to navigate challenges, enhancing confidence and inclusive teaching.
Conclusions
- Faculty experiences highlight the iterative process of adapting teaching for autistic students.
- Autism-specific programs foster neurodiversity and equip faculty with transferable inclusive teaching skills.
- Findings contribute to understanding how faculty leverage resources to support neurodivergent learners effectively.
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