MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Education Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

GED0140

Special education practicum

Dr G F Best

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

• 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 everyday 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