My name
is Marisa Filipe and I'm from the University of Porto. I am completely settled
down in Chapel Hill. Indeed, it has now been one month since I arrived. I am
also in the Global Education and Developmental Studies (GEDS) exchange program and I will share with you many
experiences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill (UNC-CH).
First of all,
here are some pictures of the city and campus.
There are lots
of things going on at UNC-CH and I’m trying to enroll all of them.
I am
attending five courses:
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Autism
Seminar: This seminar is for masters, doctoral and post-doctoral students
whose career plans include autism research. Topics reflect input from active
autism researchers on important content to prepare students for collaborative,
interdisciplinary, and translational research related to autism.
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Statistical
Analysis of Educational Data II: This course presents a linear model
approach to the analysis of data collected in educational settings. Topics include multiple regression, analysis
of variance, and analysis of covariance; using the computer package R.
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Functional
Neuroanatomy: Functional neuroanatomy encompasses a broad range of knowledge
of the anatomical structure & function of the human nervous system. The
topics are explored using molecular and cell biology, physiology, medical
imaging, and psychology.
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Child
Development and Disability: This course examines typical and atypical
manifestations of cognitive, social/emotional and communicative development in
children. The course draw on theory and contributions to the clinical and
empirical literature to examine the development of infants, children and youth
with sensory, motor, cognitive and/or affective impairments.
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Teaching
in the American Classroom: This course is offered through the Graduate
School at UNC Chapel Hill as part of the Preparing International Teaching
Assistants Program. The course focuses on cross-cultural communication, English
pronunciation, basic teaching skills, and topics necessary for effective
interaction in the American classroom.
Also, I have the opportunity to attend to several
seminars and short courses about different topics. You can see the following links for
details:
Additionally, I visited the TEACCH Autism Program (http://www.teacch.com/). Specifically, I saw
the preschool intervention groups and I observed one day of diagnostic.
As I’m interested in Autism research, I think
that I’m "in heaven". The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was
the premier public institution in the publication of research papers on autism.
http://iacc.hhs.gov/
More news soon…
Marisa
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