GED0140

Special education practicum

Dr J M Deppeler and Ms G Preston

16 points - 2 hours per week - Full-year subject - Clayton

Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject, students should have developed practical knowledge and understanding of professional ethics; assessment and evaluation; interviewing and reporting; the planning of individualised educational programs; instructional approaches.

Synopsis 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 a 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: 100%

Prescribed texts

Department of Education Handbook program for students with disabilities and impairments Books 1-4, 1998
Directorate of School Education Guidelines for implementing the curriculum and standards framework for students with disabilities and impairments DSE, 1995
Directorate of School Education Course advice: Students with disabilities and impairments - English DSE, 1996
Foreman P (ed.) Integration and inclusion in action Harcourt Brace, 1996
Victorian Board of Studies Curriculum and standards framework: English VBOS, 1995

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