Working with Students with Special Educational Needs
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Equivalent to FETAC: Level 5 | Equivalent to QCF (UK): Level 3
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Special education addresses the individual differences and requirements of students with special educational needs. As a teacher or trainer, working with students with special educational needs requires specific skills and strategies to create and deliver effective programs of work for them. This free online education course serves as an introduction to the field of special education. The course begins by outlining core elements of special education, including the change in educational legalisation in recent years with particular emphasis on legislation in America. The responsibilities of teachers and trainers are also detailed, along with the individual educational plan (IEP). The course describes the most frequent disabilities encountered in the mainstream classroom: learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), intellectual disabilities, behavioural disorders, and physical disabilities and sensory impairments. The course provides key information about each of these disabilities and describes practical strategies on how to assist and teach students with these disabilities. This free online education course will be of great interest to professionals in the education sector who would like a greater knowledge and understanding of working with students with special educational needs, and to all students who are interested in special education.
Modules in Working with Students with Special Educational Needs
Learning outcomes: - Describe the fundamentals of special education; - Identify the main types of disabilities encountered in the mainstream classroom; - Describe the main types of disabilities encountered in the mainstream classroom; - Generate a basic individual education plan for a student with special educational needs; - List practical strategies for assisting and teaching students with special educational needs;
Elena Johns - United Kingdom
2013-05-20 12:05:24
Course Module: Module 1: Introduction to Special EducationCourse Topic: Special Education and LegalisationComment: My first attempt in completing an online course. The course was very easy to follow and understand. I will be signing up for more courses in the not too distant future.
Alan Gerstle - United States of America
2013-05-17 19:05:22
Course Module: Module 1: Introduction to Special EducationCourse Topic: Teachers’ Responsibilities for Special EducationComment: An individual education plan requires keen observational skills, a mixture of knowledge, experimentation, and intuition.
Samuel Jumbo - Nigeria
2013-05-15 15:05:27
Course Module: Module 1: Introduction to Special EducationCourse Topic: The Individual Educational PlanComment: It gives one an insight and clear understanding of what working with children with special needs. It is a course that i feel classroom teachers should avail themselves to, it will help them to identify simple learning challenges of their students.
Joann Anokwuru - Nigeria
2013-05-14 13:05:30
Course Module: Module 7: Working with Students with Special Education Needs AssessmentCourse Topic: Working with Students with Special Educational Needs - AssessmentComment: Working with students with Special Educational Needs is a course that is highly recommended for anyone working with children. This course gives an indepth knowledge on how to accommodate children with SEN in regular schools, help teachers in planning their curriculum and lesson as well as reach the learning ability of each child.
Joann Anokwuru - Nigeria
2013-05-11 20:05:39
Course Module: Module 3: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)Course Topic: ADHD – SummaryComment: Classrooms as well as the environment can aggravate the child with ADHD. Sometimes a child might have ADD in some subjects but would have a good attention span in some other subject the children is inclined to. so I would recommend that teachers discover the time, period and lesson a child exhibits or throws tantrums and develop an educational plane to suit the child's need so that learning can be achieved before that period. Secondly, if the time of the unacceptable behaviour is consistent, a behaviour plan can be designed and a leeon or activity the child loves to do can be introduced during that period.