EDU3322 Teaching Students with High Support Needs (FOEDU)

Semester 2 (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

EDU3322 introduces pre-sevice teachers to the educational needs, learning and behavioural characteristics of students with "High Support Needs" in inclusive schooling settings. The processes of needs identification, curriculum development, appropriate pedagogy and support are addressed. Particular attention is payed to the needs of students with "low incidence disabilities" and severe adjustment or behavioural and psychological difficulties leading to high support needs. Students will also survey the existing provisions made by schools in attending to the inclusion of students with HSN, including the roles of a range of support staff and the models of service delivery they operate under.