ICT In Special Needs Education

description

Using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education can significantly contribute to a good quality of education and its effectiveness. This course is for special needs teachers, who desire to increase their proficiency in using technology in their classroom. Learn to use open educational resources, gain new skills, create a sample lesson and gain awareness of possible downsides of ICT in special needs education and to avoid them.

You will not only improve your theoretical knowledge and expertise in the area but also get practical tips and methods which will help you create a supportive learning environment that is beneficial for all pupils, not only for special needs children.

target group

• Teachers (primary, secondary, vocational, adult, special needs)
• Teacher trainers
• Headteachers
• Principals and school managers

methods

• Lectures and seminars
• Practices
• Project works
• Collaborative teamwork
• Q & A activities

modules

• Module 01 – Special needs: theoretical background (physical disorders, psychiatric disorders, emotional problems, behavioural problems, learning disorders (or disabilities, gifted and talented children)
• Module 02 – Introduction to ICT in Special Needs Education
• Module 03 – Integration and inclusion, exclusion, mainstreaming, identification risks, factors and barriers
• Module 04 – Using online applications
• Module 05 – Communication and cooperation with parents and family, examples of the best practices
• Module 06 – Safety issues (plagiarism, health, cyber bullying, cyber stalking)
• Module 07 – Information easy to read and understand
• Module 08 – ICT in different subjects, finding resources for lessons
• Module 09 – Structural learning for students with autism, Individual Education plan
• Module 10 – Using mobile devices to support learning
• Module 11 – Efficient presentations
• Module 12 – Dealing with Dyslexia and ADHD in an Inclusive classroom,
• Module 13 – Creation of posters
• Module 14 – Drama and Art activities for cognitive learning
• Module 15 – Activities for gifted and talented children
• Module 16 – Use of ICT, Project Based learning and cross curricular activity in an inclusive classroom
• Guided City Tour

learning outcomes

The participants of this course will

• understand the advantages and disadvantages of ICT in order to enhance good quality of education and training for all learners,
• gain ICT skills and knowledge necessary to work with heterogeneous classrooms and communities, deal with increased diversity of learners, support inclusion of various minorities into mainstream education,
• generate ready to use materials and methods using ICT to improve educational practices in the field of special needs children education, promote universal access to education with regards to non-discriminatory values,
• support open educational resources (OER) and open learning environment in education, foster collaboration between educational sectors including disadvantaged learners,
• develop key competences such as critical thinking through media and digital literacy, promote use of ICT to enhance quality and relevance of special needs education,
• identify risk factors and different types of barriers, improve primary, selective and indicated prevention, increase synergies between education, research and innovative interventional activities,
• revise and develop personal and professional competences, build confidence in promoting use of ICT in special needs education, support innovative and active pedagogies responsive to social diversity,
• meet colleagues of different nationalities within the EU, engage in cross-cultural learning experience, exchange ideas and build a network for future international cooperation and
• enrich communication skills, improve foreign language competencies, broaden professional vocabulary and promote EU’s broad linguistic diversity.

We can offer you both 5 and 10 day courses. For the availability of dates please contact us using the button below!