• Semester 1 (Day)

Synopsis

This  unit  focuses on the range of students with  special  needs  in
primary  and secondary classrooms.  Characteristics of such students,
their  teaching/learning and adjustment needs will be addressed along
with  practical,  research-based methods and strategies  for  meeting
their  academic,  social  and emotional  needs.   The  unit  will  be
embedded  within  a framework of current educational  philosophy  and
policies pertinent to students with special needs.

This  unit is designed to build on knowledge and experience  acquired
in  previous  units.  Thus, the student teacher will be  expected  to
further  develop and to apply their teaching skills  to  support  and
meet the specific special needs of individuals and groups of students
within  the  regular  primary  or secondary  classroom.   The  school
experience components of this unit will require students to work with
children  or  adolescents with special needs in a  structured  school
experience and in a school setting selected by the student.