Inclusive Learning and Special Needs Education In Practice

The short course in Inclusive Learning and Special Needs Education in Practice is to:

• Support special needs educators in an inclusive classroom with coping skills.

• To guide practitioners in interpreting the policy on screening, identification, assessment and support (SIAS).

• To establish good inclusive education practices and building an inclusive classroom.

•  To provide practical hands-on basic counselling skills to educators.

• To give background to developmental needs and challenges.

• To give guidance to educators dealing with children with challenges

Learning Outcomes:

After successfully completing this course, you should have:-

• The knowledge on how to establish an inclusive classroom

• The knowledge and skills to manage difficult behaviour in the classroom

• The knowledge and practical skills to do basic counselling skills in the school environment

• The identification of difficult behaviour Understanding of development needs and challenges

Course Content:

The following content will be covered:-

Screening , Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS)B) Inclusive Education Practices.

• What is inclusive education and what it is not (Introduction)

• Gardners multiple intelligences incorporating emotional intelligence principles(Intrapersonal, interpersonal, logical-mathematical, naturalist, spatial, bodily-kinaesthetic, linguistic, musical intelligences).

• Blooms taxonomy in practice (Knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation).

• Focus on universal design for learning guidelines encapsulating inclusive education practices) Provision of multiple means of engagement (Why of learning) Provide multiple means of representation (What of learning) Provide multiple means of action and expression(How of learning).

• Creating and transitioning to inclusive classrooms