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

3. SPECIAL EDUCATION

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.

7. TERMS RELATED TO SPECIAL
CHILDREN
IMPAIRMENT DISABILITY
HANDICAP

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