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Major: Introduction to Special Education

Major: INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION

Course Code: 311

Credit Hours: 03

 

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

This course is designed for students to introduce exceptional children and to the field of Special Education. The aim behind this is that the students should know more about the concepts which are necessary for the understanding of special child. The course covers knowledge about special children, categories of exceptionalities, and special educational needs. It also includes historical roots of this discipline and recent developments made by different developed and developing nations. The main emphasis is placed on providing basic conceptual framework of the subject to the students.

 

ADVANCE ORGANIZER

When students complete this course, they will be able to answer the following:

1. What is special education and why do we have it?
2. Who receives special education in today's schools?
3. What is it like to be exceptional?
4. How do you react to people who are exceptional?
5. Explain the historical roots of special education.
6. What are the major ways in which special education services we delivered?
7. What is an individualized education program?
8. What is an individualized family service plan?

 

UNIT – 1:    Basic Concepts in Special Education

1. Concepts and Definition
   1. Disease, Disorder, Abnormal, Atrophy 
   1. At-Risk, Impairment, Disability, Handicap
   2. Special Children, Special Education, Special Educational Needs
2. Categories of Special Children
3. Perspectives on Disabilities

• Psycho-medical Perspective
• Social Perspective
• Teacher Development Perspective
• Disability Perspective

 

UNIT – 2:    Origins of Special Education

1. People and Ideas
2. Growth of the Discipline
3. Professional and Parent Organizations
4. Legislation (USA, Japan, U.K., India).

 

UNIT – 3:    Special Education System

1. Segregation
2. Integration
3. Inclusion

 

UNIT – 4:    Current Trends and Issues 

1. Integration
2. Inclusive Education
3. Early Intervention
4. Transition from School to Work
5. Labeling and classification
6. Assessment and Placement

 

UNIT – 5:     Service Delivery Model

1. Individualized Family Support Program (IFSP)
2. Individualized Education Program (IEP)
3. Individualized Transitional Plan (ITP)
4. Community Based Rehabilitation
5. A Continuum of Services
   Level 1:    Regular Classroom
   Level 2:    Special Education Teacher
   Level 3:    Itinerant Teacher
   Level 4:    Resource Teacher
   Level 5:    Diagnostic – Prescriptive Center
   Level 6:    Hospital or Homebound Instruction
   Level 7:    Self-Contained Class    
   Level 7:    Special Day School
   Level 9:    Residential School

 

Recommended Books:

 

1. Smith (1998). Introduction to Special Education (3^rd Ed.)Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
2. Ysseldyke (1991). Critical Issues in Special Education. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
3. Hallahan (1991). Exceptional Children (4^th ed.). Columbus:Merrill pub.Co.
   
4. Mitchell, D. (1999). Early Intervention Studies for young children with special needs. London: Chapman and Hall.

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Four Years B.S. In Special Education

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

This course is designed for students to introduce exceptional children and to the field of Special Education. The aim behind this is that the students should know more about the concepts which are necessary for the understanding of special child. The course covers knowledge about special children, categories of exceptionalities, and special educational needs. It also includes historical roots of this discipline and recent developments made by different developed and developing nations. The main emphasis is placed on providing basic conceptual framework of the subject to the students.

SCHEME OF STUDY

First Semester

S. No.	Course #	Course Title	Credit Hours
01.	311	Introduction to Special Education (Major)	03
02.	301	Sub-I	03
03.	301	Sub-II	03
04.	300.1(I.S)	Islamic Studies (Compulsory)	03
05.	300.1 (E)	English (Compulsory)	03

Second Semester:

S. No.	Course #	Course Title	Credit Hours
01.	312	Exceptionalities: An Overview (Major)	03
02.	301	Sub-I	03
03.	302	Sub-II	03
04.	300.2(P.S)	Pakistan Studies (Compulsory)	03
05.	300.2(U/S)	Urdu / Sindhi / Natural Science (Compulsory)	03

Third Semester:

S. No.	Course #	Course Title	Credit Hours
01.	411	Educational Psychology (Major)	03
02.	402	Sub-I	03
03.	402	Sub-II	03
04.	400.1(B.M)	Basic Maths (Compulsory)	03
05.	400.2 (E)	English (Compulsory)	03

Fourth Semester:

S. No.	Course #	Course Title	Credit Hours
01.	412	Human Growth & Development (Major)	03
02.	402	Sub-I	03
03.	402	Sub-II	03
04.	400.2(E.S)	Everyday Science (Compulsory)	03
05.	400.1(C.A)	Computer Applications (Compulsory)	03

Fifth Semester:

S. No.	Course #	Course Title	Credit Hours
01.	501	Environmental Science	03
02.	511	Teaching Strategies in Special Education (Major)	03
03.	521	Curriculum Development for Special Children (Major)	03
04.	531	Assessing Students with Special Needs (Major)	03
05.	541	Foundations of Counseling and Therapies (Major)	03
06.	551	Teacher Development and School Improvement (Major)	03

Sixth Semester:

S. No.	Course #	Course Title	Credit Hours
01.	502	Communication Skills	03
02.	512	Psycho-Social Aspects of Exceptionality (Major)	03
03.	522	Educational Programming for Special Children (Major)	03
04.	532	Practicum: Internship with Different Service Providers (Major)	03
05.	542	Mental Retardation: An Introduction (Major)	03
06.	552	Visual Impairment: An Introduction (Major)	03

Seventh Semester:

S. No.	Course #	Course Title	Credit Hours
01.	601	Introduction to Statistics / Management	03
02.	611	Hearing Impairment: An Introduction (Major)	03
03.	621	Physical Disabilities: An Introduction (Major)	03
04.	631	Learning Disability: An Introduction (Major)	03
05.	641	Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: An Introduction (Major)	03
06.	651	Communication Disorders: An Introduction (Major)	03

Eighth Semester:

S. No.	Course #	Course Title	Credit Hours
01.	612	Community Development (Compulsory except for Social Work and Sociology)	03
02.	622	Internship in Mental Retardation (Major)	03
03.	632	Internship in Visual Impairment (Major)	03
04.	642	Internship in Learning Disability (Major)	03
05.	652	Internship in Hearing Impairment (Major)	03
06.	662	Internship in Physical Disability (Major)	03

Total Number of Courses: 44     Total Number of Credit Hours: 132

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