Module indicative content

1. Basic concepts of Special Needs Education (SNE) 

• Special educational needs (SEN)
• Special Needs Education (SNE)
• Regular/ordinary; special, integrated and inclusive education; child/learner friendly school
• Impairment, disability and handicap
• SNE teacher and coordinator
• Rehabilitation and habilitation
• Resource room

2. Categories of learners with SEN: characteristics and teaching/learning strategies

• Learners with sensory disabilities
• Learners with physical disabilities
• Learners with deviant learning abilities
• Learners with specific learning difficulties
• Learners with behavioral, emotional and social problems
• Learners from minority communities
• All other groups facing difficulties in education (orphans, street children, child mothers, traumatized children, ...).

3. Special Educational Needs Assessment:

• Understanding Special Educational Needs
• Special Educational Needs Assessment
• Special Educational Needs Assessment processes and strategies

4. Individualized Education Planning (IEP)

• Determining eligibility for IEP
• Developing a Learner's Individual Education Plan
• Implementation, acceptance and amendments (reviews) of IEP

5. Adaptation of the school curriculum:

• Introduction of support services in the school programs: Guidance and counseling
• Adjustment of the learning/teaching environment
• Classroom management: learners’ disruptive behaviors
• Adaptation of teaching methods
• Teaching/ learning resources
• Educational areas that are adjusted by teachers for helping learners with SEN

6. Adapting the school - community partnership

• Parental involvement
• Community involvement
• Community leaders’ involvement
• Organizations’ involvement