Meaning and Definition of Special Education.pptx

Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University - B.Ed Course - II Year - Semester IV - Elective - Unit I - Introduction to Special Education

1. SPECIAL EDUCATION Ms R SRIDEVI Assistant Professor, Pedagogy of Mathematics Loyola College of Education Chennai 34 UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION SEMESTER IV CODE BD1MA

2. Special Education Meaning Concept Definition Principles Objectives Scope Types Historical Perspectives in Special Education

3. SPECIAL EDUCATION

4. FATHER OF SPECIAL EDUCATION Dr. Mithu Alur   (Born 27, March 1943) ADAPT – A ble D isable A ll P eople T ogether. She is the founder chairperson of the Spastic Society of India

5. MEANING It refers to the education of persons who are … Physically Intellectually Emotionally Socially Sensorily

6. SPECIAL EDUCATION Special education is  instruction that is specially designed to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability .

7. TERMS RELATED TO SPECIAL CHILDREN

8. Categories Under IDEA Autism Deaf-Blindness Developmental Delay Emotional Disturbance Hearing Impairments (including deafness) Mental Retardation Multiple Disabilities Orthopedic Impairments Other Health Impairments Specific Learning Disabilities Speech and Language Impairments Traumatic Brain Injury Visual Impairments

9. Categories Under IDEA T: Traumatic Brain Injury H: Hearing Impairment E: Emotional Disturbance M: Mental Retardation O: Orthopedic Impairment M: Multiple Disabilities L: Learning Disabilities O: Other Health Impairment V: Visual Impairment S: Speech and Language Impairment D: Developmental Delay A: Autism D: Deaf-Blindness

10. OBJECTIVES OF SPL EDU To help special children to get adjusted to their environment. To make them familiar with their abilities and capacitates and helping them to actualise these abilities. To provide educational opportunities to each and every special child irrespective of their disability To arrange guidance programmes for their parents with an eye to seek their cooperation in education.

11. OBJECTIVES OF SPL EDU To change the attitude of the society towards these special children To help exceptional children to acquire necessary skills necessary skills for their independent living To utilise their contribution for the progress of the nation and increase their status in society To develop all social, vocational, communication skills for person with disability

12. PRINCIPLES OF SPL EDU ZERO REJECTION NON-DISCRIMINATORY EVALUATION APPROPRIATE EDUCATION LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT PARENT AND STUDENT PARTICIPATION PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS

13. ZERO REJECTION It  ensures that no child can be denied a free, appropriate public education .

14. NON-DISCRIMINATORY EVALUATION schools to evaluate students fairly to determine if they have a disability

15. APPROPRIATE EDUCATION schools to provide individually tailored education for each student based on evaluation At least one non special education teacher and one special education teacher o   A qualified representative from the school who is knowledgeable about special education as well as general education.

16. LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT In early intervention ages 0 through 2 favours the child being educated in their natural environment, which can be home or at a out of home center .

17. PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS Gives parents and professionals educational rights to ensure the best educational practices for the students

18. PARENTAL AND STUDENT PARTICIPATION Parents have the right to access school records of their child and also they have the say as to who has access to the children’s rights.  Parental consent is required before a child may be evaluated for the first time Parents must be included in the decision making of the goals for their child.

19. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Pedro Ponce de Leon, in 1500s, set an example by teaching the art of speaking, reading, and writing to deaf pupils.

20. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Juan Pablo Bonnet supposedly published the first book on this matter in 1620 by listing the method used by Pedro Ponce de Leon.

21. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES In 1784, Valentin Haüy opened the National Institution of Blind Youth in Paris with 12 blind pupils.

22. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Scientific attempts to educate and train children with intellectual disabilities can be traced back to 1807.

23. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Louis Braille, who was blinded at the age of three, invented the system in 1824 while a student at the Institution National des Jeunes Aveugles (National Institute for Blind Children )

24. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Charles-Michel de l'Épée  (French: [ ʃaʁlmiʃɛl dəlepe ]; 24 November 1712 – 23 December 1789) was a philanthropic educator of 18th-century France who has become known as the "Father of the Deaf".