Ozcan Karaaslan

Dr. Karaaslan is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education, in the Program of Intellectual Disability at Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey. He got his Master’s degree from Cukurova University and Ph. D. degree from Anadolu University with emphasis on the effectiveness of Responsiveness teaching on children with autism and other developmental disabilities and their parent. During the doctoral program, he has been a visiting researcher at Case Western Reserve University Mandell School, Cleveland. He also went to the Department of Special Education of San Diego State University, USA for a period of 6 months with a TUBITAK scholarship in order to carry out post-doctoral studies. Currently, he is one of the study abroad coordinators (Erasmus and Mevlana) in the department of Special Education. He involved in several Turkish government projects on teacher education and curriculum development on children with developmental disabilities. He is interested in parent and child interaction in special education and multicultural perspectives in special education.

Specifically, Dr. Ozcan Karaaslan is interested in children with autism, relationship-based intervention. For nearly 10 years, he has conducted Responsive Teaching with children and their families, who have intensely mental disability and autism spectrum disorder. He also adapted Responsive Teaching Program for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their families in the United States. He was trained by Prof. Dr. Gerald Mahoney. He was authorized on Responsive Teaching Program by Gerald Mahoney to train the educators. He also worked with Yasemin Turan on adapting the Turkish translation of the Classroom Pivotal Response Teaching into Turkish. Her interests include autism, relationship-based practices and family education, and she has book chapters and articles on this subject.

EDUCATION

2003-2010 Doctor of Philosophy – Anadolu University, Program in Education of the Mentally Disabled, Eskisehir, TURKEY.

2000-2003 Master of Arts in Teaching – Çukurova University Department of Primary Education, Adana-TURKEY.

1996-2000 Bachelor of Arts – Çukurova University Program in Primary School Education, Adana-TURKEY.
Master Dissertations

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Autism Spectrum Disorder, Family Education, Teaching Play Skills to Children with development disabilities, Relationship based interventions such as responsive teaching, floortime etc.

Publications

1. Karaaslan, O. (2016). Comparison of Social Engagement of Children Having Disabilities with Their Mothers and Fathers. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 16(5), 1649-1670., Doi: 10.12738/.

2. Karaaslan O, & Mahoney, G. (2015). Mediational Analyses of the Effects of Responsive Teaching on the Developmental Functioning of Preschool Children With Disabilities. Journal of Early Intervention, 37(4), 286-299., Doi: 10.1177/1053815115617294.

3. Karaaslan, O. & Mahoney, G. (2013). Effectiveness of Responsive Teaching With Children with Down Syndrome. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 51(6), 458-469., Doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-51.6.458.

4. Karaaslan, O, & Diken, İ. H, Mahoney , G. (2013). A Randomized Control Study of Responsive Teaching With Young Turkish Children and Their Mothers. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 33(1), 18-27., Doi: 10.1177/0271121411429749.

5. Karaaslan, O., Diken, I. H., & Mahoney, G. (2011). The Effectiveness of the Responsive Teaching Parent Mediated Developmental Intervention Program in Turkey: A Pilot Study. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education. Doi: 10.1080/1034912X.2011.626611.