Module Details

Module Code: STUD
Module Title: Educational Needs
Title: Educational Needs
Module Level:: 7
Credits:: 5
Module Coordinator: Eileen Doyle
Module Author:: Mary Beare Aust
Domains:  
Module Description: To give students an understanding of a range of educational needs and their effects on children and their families. To develop the student’s knowledge of best practice and contemporary issues regarding educational and specific needs and to engage in self-reflection and self-evaluation of their own practice.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Critically examine the medical and social models of care. Discuss and consider the application of relevant legislation, social policies, and contemporary issues regarding children with educational and specific needs in Irish society
LO2 Define and discuss a range of educational and specific needs and their effects on children. Identify and evaluate the range of approaches to use and develop strategies for working with children and their families to best meet their needs.
LO3 Analyse the benefits of a multi-disciplinary approach and critically evaluate the range of services and the role of other professionals in meeting the needs of the child and family.
LO4 Critically evaluate the role of play for children with educational and specific needs in an early childhood education service.
LO5 Reflect upon experience as a learner in practice to highlight and develop best practice, in supporting parents and guardians as the primary caregivers.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
Educational Needs: Definations and Classifications
Definitions • Physical health and development • Intellectual or cognitive development • Language and communication • Emotional and social development • Complex conditions and syndromes • Gifted children
Educational and Care Approaches
Social and medical model of care • Approaches and strategies • Teaching strategies • Communication strategies • IEP Process • Individual plans • Use of technology • Strategies involving play
Role of Other Professionals and Services
AIM specialist •The National Council for Special Education • Special Education Needs Organiser (SENO) • The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) • State Examinations Commission (SEC) • Special needs assistants • Better start Mentor • Physiotherapy/ speech and language therapists etc • Medical professionals • Social workers • Community care teams etc • Multi-disciplinary team workers
Working with parents and families
Best practice • Meetings and communication with parents and guardians • Principles of effective partnership and valuing parental involvement
Contemporary Issues
Anti-bias Education • Inclusion • Discrimination • Advocacy • Social policy and Legislation • EPSEN Act 2004 • Disability Act 2005 • UN Convention Rights of the Child • Irish Constitution • Aistear • Síolta • Code of Professional Responsibilities and Code of Ethics for Early Years Educators
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment50.00%
End of Module Formal Examination50.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Case Studies % of Total Mark 50
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 2,3,4,5
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Case study relating to an educational or specific need and the development of approaches and strategies used to promote active, and meaningful participation for the child within an early childhood education service.
No Project
No Practical
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 50
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcomes 1
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
n/a
Reassessment Requirement
Exam Board
It is at the discretion of the Examination Board as to what the qualifying criteria are.

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description 12 Weeks per Stage 2.00 24
Independent Learning Time Non Contact No Description 15 Weeks per Stage 6.73 101
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description 12 Weeks per Stage 1.50 18
Independent Learning Time Non Contact No Description 15 Weeks per Stage 7.13 107
Total Weekly Contact Hours 1.50
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Cederman, K. Synergy: an exploration of high-quality early intervention for children with special needs in diverse Early Childhood Care and Education settings, executive summary, 2006. CECDE, Dublin.
  • Griffin, S. and Shevlin, M.. (2011), Teaching Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin.
  • Martin-Denham, S. (2015), Teaching Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Sage, London.
  • Ring, E., O’Sullivan, L., Ryan, M. and Daly, P. ). Leading Inclusion from the Inside Out; A Handbook for Parents and Early Childhood Teacher in Early Learning and Care, Primary and Special School Settings. [online], https://www.mic.ul.ie.
  • Quigley, U., Moloney, M. and Mc Carthy, E.. (2010), ). 'What difference?’: working effectively with children who have special needs in early years settings: resource book., Limerick: Curriculum Development Unit, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick City Childcare Committee.
  • B. White. Essays in the History of Irish Education, Palgrave Macmillan, England, [ISBN: :1137514825,].
  • Winebrenner, S. (2009), Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented., Hawker Brownlow Education, [ISBN: 1862999996, 9].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
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