Special education practicum
Dr G Best
Full-year subject * Clayton
This subject requires students to attend introductory seminars and tutorials and to work with individual children or groups of children with special needs, their classroom teachers, their schools and families. The practicum requires of minimum of forty-five days of supervised practice. Placement A: students will work for fifteen days with special needs individuals in a specialised setting, eg Krongold Centre, Elwyn Morey Centre. Placement B: students will undertake a thirty-day program with a special needs child or group of children in a regular or special setting.
Assessment
Attendance at seminars/tutorials * Supervised practice demonstrating competence in teaching individuals with special needs * Written reports for both placements
Prescribed texts
Bachor D and Crealock C Instructional strategies for students with special needs Prentice-Hall, 1994
Cole P and Chan L Methods and strategies for special education Prentice-Hall, 1990
Mallot R, Whaley D and Mallot M Elementary principles of behaviour 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1993
Recommended texts
Alberto P and Troutman A Applied behaviour analysis for teachers 3rd edn, Macmillan, 1991
Brigham J Managing everday problems Guilford Press, 1989
Education Department of Victoria Integration in Victorian education 1984
Martin G and Pear J Behaviour modification: What it is and how to do it 3rd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1988
Mercer C and Mercer A Teaching students with learning problems 3rd edn, Merrill, 1989
Polloway E and others Strategies for teaching retarded and special needs learners 4th edn, Merrill, 1989
Rusch R, Rose T and Greenwood C Introduction to behaviour analysis in special education Prentice-Hall, 1988
Salvia J and Ysseldyke J Assessment in special and remedial education Houghton Mifflin, 1991
White J and Brewer N Teaching and basic skills: The principles of instruction Macmillan, 1992