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Meaning and Definition of Special Education.pptx

The document provides an overview of special education, defining its meaning, principles, objectives, and historical context, with an emphasis on catering to the unique needs of children with disabilities. It discusses various categories of disabilities recognized under IDEA, objectives aimed at facilitating adjustment and skill acquisition among special children, and principles guiding their education. Notable historical figures like Dr. Mithu Alur and important milestones in the history of special education are also highlighted.

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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
• Special Education – Meaning – Concept – Definition – Principles – Objectives – Scope – Types • Historical Perspectives in Special Education
SPECIAL EDUCATION
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
MEANING • It refers to the education of persons who are … • Physically • Intellectually • Emotionally • Socially • Sensorily
SPECIAL EDUCATION • Special education is instruction that is specially designed to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability.
TERMS RELATED TO SPECIAL CHILDREN IMPAIRMENT DISABILITY HANDICAP
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
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
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.
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
PRINCIPLES OF SPL EDU  ZERO REJECTION  NON-DISCRIMINATORY EVALUATION  APPROPRIATE EDUCATION  LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT  PARENT AND STUDENT PARTICIPATION  PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS
ZERO REJECTION  It ensures that no child can be denied a free, appropriate public education.
NON-DISCRIMINATORY EVALUATION  schools to evaluate students fairly to determine if they have a disability
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.
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.
PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS  Gives parents and professionals educational rights to ensure the best educational practices for the students
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.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES  Pedro Ponce de Leon, in 1500s, set an example by teaching the art of speaking, reading, and writing to deaf pupils.
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.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES  In 1784, Valentin Haüy opened the National Institution of Blind Youth in Paris with 12 blind pupils.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES  Scientific attempts to educate and train children with intellectual disabilities can be traced back to 1807.
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)
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".
Meaning and Definition of Special Education.pptx