Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-SP2-EXT-2021-ONGOING
MURDOCH-SP2-INT-2021-ONGOING

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Learning outcomes

1.

Critically engage with seminal issues in education for students with high-incidence disabilities.

2.

Apply legislation and policy related to the education of students with high-incidence disabilities.

3.

Demonstrate an understanding of research-based strategies for individual curriculum-based assessment, planning, and instruction

4.

Conduct independent research into a current topic/issue relevant to learners with learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, ADHD, or emotional disabilities.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

Topic 1: - Foundations of Special Education
Topic 2: - Intellectual Disability: Causes, characteristics, Australian context, Evidence-based educational practices
Topic 3: - Students with Specific Learning Disabilities: Causes, characteristics, Australian context, Evidencebased educational practices
Topic 4: - ADHD/Other Health Impairments: Causes, characteristics, Australian context
Topic 5: - ASD: Causes, characteristics, Australian context, Evidence-based educational practices
Topic 6: - Emotional Disturbance: Causes, characteristics, Australian context, Evidence-based educational practices
Topic 7: - Students with complex needs or multiple disabilities: Characteristics, strategies and Behaviour management, Evidence-based educational practices
Topic 8: - Professional Partnerships: Colleagues, paraprofessionals, outside agencies. Skills and knowledge for effective partnerships Building Family Partnerships
Topic 9: - Learning and Teaching/ Evidence-based Instructional Practices: Literacy
Topic 10: - Learning and Teaching/ Evidence-based Instructional Practices: Numeracy