Assessment and Intervention in Inclusive Education Contexts

Recommended Prerequisites

A solid knowledge on Development Psychology and Psychological Assessment is recommended. The student must have good English reading skills since many bibliographic references are in English.

Teaching Methods

Expositive method supported by the presentation of slides; interrogative methods; oral or written reflection based on the presentation of audiovisual materials.

Active methodologies based on case studies presented in written texts or using audiovisual materials: reflection from concrete questions, in small groups and followed by sharing in the large group;field trips.

Learning Outcomes

1. Provide an overview and critical analysis of the evolution and current trends in inclusive education and Psychological Rehabilitation;

2. Provide a critical analysis about a specificity of psychological assesssment and counseling in the SEN/SN;

3. Be able to characterize  the semiology, nosography and epidemiology of children with specific learning disabilities, giftdness, talents and high performance, sensorial disabilities;

4. Be familiar with the difficulties and challenges of intervening with children with SEN/SN, with emphasis on psychological assessment and psycho-educational interventions;

5. Prepare psychological assessment reports in the field of special educational needs. 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The specificity of counseling in the Special Educational Needs.

2. Specific Learning Disability: definitions; guidelines for Psychological evaluation and differential diagnostic; Intervention models.

3. Gifted, Talents and high performance: concepts; screening and identification methodes; Psycho-educational intervention and counseling.

4. Blindness and low vision: definitions and most relevant aetiologies; regularities in cognitive and socio-emotional development;Psycho-educational intervention and counseling.

5. Deafness: definitions and most relevant aetiologies; regularities in cognitive and socio-emotional development; psycho-educational intervention and counseling. 

Head Lecturer(s)

Marcelino Arménio Martins Pereira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 10.0%
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Frequency: 70.0%

Bibliography

-Agência Europeia para as Necessidades Especiais e a Educação Inclusiva (2018). Estatísticas da Agência Europeia sobre Educação Inclusiva: mensagens fundamentais.Odense: EADSNE.

- Blairmires, G., Coupland, C.,Galbraith, T., - Parker, J., Parr, A., Simpson, F., & Thornton, P. (2016). Supporting children with sensory impairment. New York: Routledge.

- Farrell, M. (2012). Educating special children: an introduction to provision puplis with disabilities and disorders. New York: David Fulton.

-Ministério da Educação (2018). Para uma educação inclusiva: Manual de apoio à prática. Lisboa: DGIDC.

-Kauffman, J., Hallahan, D., & Pullen, P. (2017). Handbook of special education. New York: Routledge.

-Moura, O., Simões, M., & Pereira, M. (2018).Dislexia: Teoria, avaliação e intervenção. Lisboa: Pactor.

- Swanson, H., Harris, K.,  Graham, S. (2013). Handbook of learning disabilities. New York: Guilford Press.

-Shavinina, L. (2008). International handbook on giftedness. Montreal: Springer.