Graduate Certificate in Special Needs Education

The course explores key issues concerning the definitions of special needs and inclusion, and national and global perspectives on diversity. It also lays the preliminary groundwork for analyzing the legal, historical, social, and medical frameworks of disability studies, along with the different categories of exceptionality, definitions, etiologies, levels, and types; and the effects of disabilities on the social, emotional, and psychological development of learners with special needs (LSEN). At the end of the course, the students should be able to demonstrate their knowledge of special and inclusive education through the development of a comparative analysis of inclusive practices in local and international settings.

The course explores the nature, principles, practices, perspectives and strategies in relation to the assessment of a diverse student population. Through this course, the students will be assisted in the formulation of a Response to Intervention (RTI), to aid in the development of a more appropriate, balanced and relevant curriculum for learners with special needs (LSEN). At the end of the course, the
students should be able to demonstrate their knowledge and skills learned in the course by analyzing and assessing cases of LSEN, and by writing assessment plans and assessment reports, as a basis of traditional and inclusive education placements in the Philippines.

The course explores key issues concerning the definitions of special needs and inclusion, and national and global perspectives on diversity. It also lays the preliminary groundwork for analyzing the legal, historical, social, and medical frameworks of disability studies, along with the different categories of exceptionality, definitions, etiologies, levels, and types, and the effects of disabilities on the social, emotional, and psychological development of learners with special needs (LSEN). At the end of the course, the students should be able to demonstrate their knowledge of special and inclusive education through the development of a comparative analysis of inclusive practices in local and international settings.