SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION

This programme in Special Needs Education is specifically developed for students who want to work with children who have special needs. Graduates of the program will have the skills, knowledge, and dispositions necessary to function well in this industry. The learning of skills and competences in real-world scenarios of Special Needs is one of its main components. Students receive hands-on training in actual job settings, collaborating with special needs students and stakeholders as well as providers of special education services. Learn to effectively manage children with learning disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Intellectual disabilities, behavioural disorders, physical disabilities and sensory impairments.

This programme equips graduates with:

• Knowledge of evidence-based approaches for working with families and young children with disabilities or at risk for disabilities;

• Collaboration and support abilities with families of children with special needs;

• Effective methods for teaching young children with disabilities;

• Early intervention skills, which include identifying developmental delays in children at an early age and acting quickly to address special needs issues before they become chronic issues;

• The management and organizational skills necessary for them to function in governmental and non-governmental organizations that support families with children with special needs.

Career Prospects:

  • Special Education Resource Teachers
  • Special Education Coordinators, and Educational Interventionists
  • Supervisor of Special Education
  • Teachers of early childhood special education
  • Specialized Case Managers for Education

Course content

Educational Psychology Guidance and counselling Teaching Methodology and Pedagogy in Special Needs Education Learning Disabilities and Assisted Technologies Language, Literacy & Communication in Special Needs Education Behaviour Management for learners with Special Needs Planning and Administering Special Needs Education Program Curriculum for Special Needs The Effective Practice in Special Needs Education Visual Arts & Music in Special Needs Education Creative Movement & Physical Development Life Skills for Learners with Special Needs  
 

Course duration: 4 weeks