Bahar Keceli-Kaysili, Ph. D. Assistant Professor of Special Education Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Special Education C: (+90312) 363 3350-3021 bkaysili@ankara.edu.tr Areas of Specialization Communication, language development and social interaction dynamics; educational interventions to promote communication and language; developmental relationships between language and theory of mind in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Academic Appointments 08/14 - Assistant Professor of Special Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Special Education, Ankara, Turkey 02/2013-02/2014 TUBITAK- The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Post-doctoral Fellow in Special Education Research, Vanderbilt University, Department of Special Education, Supervised by Dr. Paul Yoder 01/08 08/14 Lecturer, Ankara University, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Special Education, Ankara, Turkey 09/02 12/07 Research Assistant, Hacettepe University, Child Development and Education Department, Ankara, Turkey Education 8/13 Ph.D. in Special Education, Ankara University, Institute of Educational Sciences. Dissertation title: The relationship between syntax, vocabulary and theory of mind in children with autism spectrum disorders and in typically developing children. Advisor: Dr. Funda Acarlar (Ankara University). 02/06 M.A. in Special Education Program, Hacettepe University, Institute of Health Sciences. Dissertation Title: Language characteristics of children with autism in terms of pragmatics. 06/99 B.S. Hacettepe University, Child Development and Education 1
Professional Experience 09/2015 Lecturer, week-long workshop on Milieu Communication Teaching with Dr. Paul Yoder. Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. 09/08 12/15 Instructor, Teaching play to children with special needs, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey 02/09 06/15 Instructor, Teaching concepts to children with special needs, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey 09/11 01/15 Instructor, Introduction to Special Education, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey 02/12 06/12 Instructor, Inclusion and Supportive Services, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey 02/08 06/15 Practicum Supervisor of undergraduate Special Education students, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey 02/08 06/08 Instructor, Mentally Handicapped Children, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey 09/02 12/07 Practicum Supervisor of undergraduate Child Development and Education students, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey 3/02 8/02 Volunteer and Observer, St Mary s Primary School Cambridge, Saffron Walden, UK 6/00 2/02 Teacher of preschoolers with mild to moderate developmental delays, Barış Special Education Center, Ankara, Turkey 9/99 6/00 Teacher of preschoolers with mild to moderate developmental delays, Şölen Special Education Center, Ankara, Turkey Indexed Journals (SCI, SSCI, AHCI) Publications Woynaroski, T., Watson, L., Gardner, E., Newsom, C.R., Keceli-Kaysili, B., & Yoder, P.J. (2015). Early predictors of growth in diversity of key consonants used in communication in initially preverbal children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-12. 10.1007/s10803-015-2647-7 Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., & Acarlar, F. (2011). Zihin kuramının 3-5 yaşları arasındaki çocuklarda gelişiminin yanlış inanç performansına göre incelenmesi (The development of theory of mind according to false belief performance of children ages 3 to 5). Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 11(4), 1809-1826. 2
Kesiktaş, A. D., Sucuoğlu, B., Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., Akalın, S., Gül, G., & Yıldırım, B. (2009). The home environments of young children with and without disabilities. Infants & Young Children, 22(3), 201-210. Bayhan, P., Yükselen, A. & Keçeli-Kaysılı B. (2007). Çocukların ekonomiyle ilgili kavramlara yönelik algılarının yaşlara göre incelenmesi (The Study of Children s Understanding of Economic Causation According to Age Differences). TED Eğitim ve Bilim Dergisi (Education and Science), 143(32), 3-12. Other Referred Journals Sucuoğlu, N. B., Bakkaloğlu, H., Sarıca A. D., & Keçeli-Kaysılı, B. (2014). The small steps early intervention program course for paraprofessionals: What paraprofessionals have to say (Paraprofesyoneller için küçük adımlar erken eğitim programı kursu: Kursiyerler ne söylüyor?). Ankara University, Journal of Faculty of Educational Sciences, 41(1), 377-396. Keçeli-Kaysılı, B. (2014). Zihin kuramı ve dil arasındaki ilişki: Bir derleme (The relationship between language and theory of mind: A review). Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Özel Eğitim Dergisi (Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences Journal of Special Education), 15(2), 81-93. Keçeli-Kaysılı, B. (2013). Zihin Kuramı: Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğu Olan ve Normal Gelişen Çocukların Performanslarının Karşılaştırılması (Theory of Mind: A Comparison of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Typically Developing Children), Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Özel Eğitim Dergisi (Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences Journal of Special Education), 14(1), 83-103. Keçeli-Kaysılı, B. (2008). Akademik başarının arttırılmasında aile katılımı (Parent involvement to improve academic achievement), Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Özel Eğitim Dergisi (Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences Journal of Special Education), 9(1), 69-86. Turan, F. & Keçeli-Kaysılı B. (2005). Otistik özellik gösteren çocukların dil özellikleri (Language characteristics of children with autism). 3P Dergisi (Journal of 3P), 13(2), 137-142. Accepted Articles in Non-Refereed Publications Keceli-Kaysili, B. (2008). Otistik çocuklara yönelik geliştirilen erken eğitim programları ve içerikleri (The early intervention programs for children with autism). Çoluk Çocuk Dergisi Haziran 2008 Sayı:81 Ankara Translated Book Chapters Howard V. F., Williams B., & Lepper C. L(2011) Editor: Prof. Dr. Gönül Akçamete Very Young Children with Special Needs (Özel Gereksinimi Olan Küçük Çocuklar). Chapter 3: The principles of human development (İnsan Gelişiminin İlkeleri), Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara. 3
Presented Papers Okcun-Akcamus, M. C., Acarlar, F., Keceli-Kaysili, B., & Alak, G. (2015). Farklı Dil Becerilerine Sahip OSB Olan Çocuklarda Jest Kullanımının Dil İle İlişkisinin İncelenmesi (The relationship between gestures and language in children with ASD). 25. Ulusal Özel Eğitim Kongresi (20th National Special Education Congress), December 2-4, Istanbul, Turkey. Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., Tostanoski, A., Watson, L., & Yoder, P. (2014). Early Predictors of Parental Linguistic Mapping in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), May 14-17, Atlanta, GA, USA. Bakkaloğlu, H., Akalın, S., Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., Demir, Ş., & Bahap, Z. (2010). Özel eğitim alanında çalışan öğretmenler hizmet öncesi eğitimlerini ve yeterliklerini nasıl değerlendiriyorlar? (How teachers, working in the field of special education, evaluate their proficiency and pre-service education?). 20. Ulusal Özel Eğitim Kongresi (20th National Special Education Congress), October 21-23, Gaziantep, Turkey. Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., & Acarlar, F. (2010). False belief understanding and language in Turkish children. The 31st Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, June 3-5, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., & Acarlar, F. (2009). Zihin kuramı gelişim aşamaları ve otizmde gelişimine ilişkin ön bulgular (The development of Theory of Mind (ToM) in normally developing children and children with ASD). 19. Ulusal Özel Eğitim Kongresi (19th National Special Education Congress), October 22-24, Marmaris, Turkey. Kesiktaş, A. D., Sucuoğlu, B., Keceli-Kaysili, B., Akalın, S., Gül, G., & Yıldırım, B. (2008). Evaluation of the home environment of the young children with and without Developmental Disabilities, 2 nd International Conference on Special Education (ICOSE), June 18 21, Marmaris, Turkey. Keçeli-Kaysılı, B. & Bayhan, P. (2007). Otistik çocukların dil özelliklerinin kullanım açısından incelenmesi (The pragmatic analysis of language in children with ASD). 4. Ulusal Dil ve Konuşma Bozuklukları Kongresi (4th National Speech and Language Disorders Congress), İstanbul, Turkey. Trainings Attended May 23-27 2011, Dil Öncesi Dönemdeki Çocukların İletişim Becerilerinin Desteklenmesi Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching, Dr. Paul Yoder, Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Special Education, Ankara, Turkey. 2-12 Mart 2009, Study Tour on Education for Hearing Impaired Preschoolers for a Delegation from Turkey, MASHAV, MCTC & JDC, Israel. Participated Projects as a Research Assistant Evaluation and assessment of early vocabulary and grammar of Turkish language (funded by TUBITAK), 11/30/2008 11/30/2010 Dissemination of Early Childhood Special Education Services in the Eastern Part of Turkey (funded by SABANCI), 04/15/2010 04/15/2011. 4
Awards NIH Travel Awards, National Institutes of Health, 2010. The 31st Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, June 3-5, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 5