Presentation of the historical evolution of the discipline. Presentation of the developmental disabilities and of the related interventions for inclusive education.
Basic book: -Zappaterra T., Special needs a scuola. Pedagogia e didattica inclusiva per alunni con disabilità, ETS, Pisa 2010. Two texts chosen from: - Fontani S. I Disturbi dello spettro Autistico. Percorsi per la didattica inclusiva. ETS, Pisa, 2014. -Fontani, S. (2016). Comunicazione Aumentativa Alternativa e Disabilità. Proposte differenziate per interventi educativi, scolastici e abilitativi inclusivi. Junior, Bergamo, 2016.- Trisciuzzi L., Zappaterra T., La dislessia. Una didattica speciale per le difficoltà nella lettura, Guerini, Milano, 2014 (Nuova edizione ampliata)
Learning Objectives
Knowledge and understanding (knowledge and understanding): To know the basic theoretical and methodological aspects of special education.
2. Knowledge and understanding applied (applying knowledge and understanding): To know the most effective educational models for the inclusive education.
3. Making judgments (Making judgments): To develop critical thinking on inclusive educational and on the teaching planning, based on scientific evidences.
4. Communication skills (communication skills): Development of basic skills for the network educational work.
5. Ability to learn (learning skills): Competences of orientation in the epistemological aspects of inclusion for the educational planning.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge on the historical and methodological foundations of the Special Education.
Teaching Methods
Frontal teaching with slides derived from the e-book, provided by teacher in pdf format.
Further information
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Type of Assessment
Oral test aimed to verify the orientation skills connect to cognitive and social profiles of the disabilities presented, and to the related educative intervention models.
Course program
Historical foundations of the discipline. ICF perspective. Sensorial disabilities. Intellectual disabilities. Autism Spectrum Disorders. Genetic syndromes. Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity. Specific learning disabilities. Metacognitive perspective in the educational intervention. Augmentative Alternative Communication Systems in the communicative disabilities. Family and disability: Family Education models.