TAMIL NADU TEACHERS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY-B.ED SYLLABUS-SEMESTER IV- ELECTIVE -SPECIAL EDUCATION-UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION PART 1 - IT IS VERY USEFUL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TAKE SPECIAL EDUCATION AS ELECTIVE - MEANING AND DEFINITION OF 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. • Meaning
• Concept
• Definition
• Principles
• Objectives
• Scope
• Types
• Historical Perspectives in Spl.
Edu
4. FATHER OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
• Dr. Mithu Alur (Born
27, March 1943)
• ADAPT – Able Disable
All People Together.
• 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.
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