EDU3321 Learning Disabilities - Literacy and Numeracy (FOEDU)

Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (ONC)Fraser Cst (ONC)Springfld

Units 1.0 (Teacher Education: Special Edu) Band 5

Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BEEC or BEPR or BPMU or BEPH or BEEH or BESP

State law in Queensland (Australia) requires that all adults working/undertaking professional experience/researching with children under the age of 18, in the state of Queensland are required to possess a current suitability card (Blue Card). (See "Other Requirements" for further information.) Also see: http://www.childcomm.qld.gov.au/employment/bluecard/informationSheets.html

Synopsis

In this course preservice educators are guided through the process of reviewing curriculum content, educational methods and strategies in early childhood settings and primary classrooms, with the view to determining what adaptations and modifications are necessary to accommodate students from diverse backgrounds and with a wide variety of social and learning needs. Particular attention is given to helping students expand their educational repertoires to better enable them to respond to the demands of teaching in heterogeneous educational environments. While the course will emphasise adaptations and strategies for students with high incidence disabilities (students with learning disabilities /difficulties, AD/HD and mild intellectual impairment), this will be done in the context that educators will need to demonstrate the flexibility necessary to address the full range of student diversity they will inevitably be confronted.