ED5858 - Inclusive Education for Special Needs

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	National Priority Band
Administered by:

Available ONLY to students enrolled in the Master of Teaching (Program A, Program B).

This subject provides pre-service teachers with opportunities to develop skills for the recognition and appropriate inclusion of students with special needs in regular school programs (either early childhood education, primary or secondary). Students with special needs are those who require some form of curriculum and/or environment modification in order to participate in the regular classroom in a meaningful way. Students with special needs include those with gifts and talents, learning or emotional/behavioural difficulties or impairments (intellectual, speech and language, vision, hearing, physical). Students must be able to access Web-based material to study this subject.

Learning Outcomes

• critically analyse issues related to the education of students with special needs: normalisation, delabelling, integration, inclusion, legislation, policies, appropriate education (both age and level appropriate), quality of life;
• ensure effective communication with the student, parents and specialists;
• have a working knowledge of systems used to determine level and type of support students require (eg appraisement, ascertainment) and "individual education programs" (IEPs);
• recognise the indicators of a special need and be able to identify appropriate educational assessment, understand the impact on learning and design appropriate educational strategies;
• show insight and concern for individuals with special needs.

Prerequisites:	ED5210
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ED4890

Availabilities
, , Study Period 10
Census Date 22-Dec-2006
Face to face teaching 04-Dec-2006 to 08-Dec-2006
Coordinator:	jc165873
Lecturer:	jc142612.
Contact hours:	20 hours 18 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
, , Study Period 10
Census Date 22-Dec-2006
Face to face teaching 11-Dec-2006 to 15-Dec-2006
Coordinator:	jc165873
Lecturer:	jc142612.
Contact hours:	20 hours 18 hours
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.