CONDITIONS FOR PREPARING A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which is more common in modern times, is observed with the fact that teachers and specialists who teach these individuals face numerous difficulties in creating a quality learning environment. The main goal of educational services provided to individuals with ASD is to pay attention to their individual characteristics, needs and abilities, to equip them with the knowledge, skills and behaviors that will help them to fully participate in social life and to increase their independence, as well as their quality of life. One of the necessary conditions for achieving this goal is to provide individuals with ASD with the same educational opportunities as other individuals. Ensuring that individuals with ASD can benefit from appropriate educational opportunities throughout their lives will significantly contribute to their learning, behavioral, social and emotional development, and will help the individual live as part of society. This, in turn, can lead to an increase in the quality of life of the individual and his family in the next stage. When considering educational opportunities for individuals with ASD, features such as the development of specifically structured learning programs, the design of learning environments that take into account the learning characteristics of these individuals, and the delivery and evaluation of the program using experiments with a strong scientific basis are important.