Various aspects of disability, its impact and management.
To know key aspects of education like goals, function, technology and emerging trends
Educational needs of the children with disability and their management
To know about planning and executing curricular and co-curricular activities.
Methods and techniques of teaching school subjects.
Various areas of child development and the relevant mental processes.
Develop a team approach with families and related interactors (e.g., therapists, doctors, professionals) to provide the child a meaningful programme.
Adapting environments to maximize learning.
Knowledge of best practices in education (e.g., communication, curricula, IEP, team approach).
Knowledge of senses, sensory losses, their impact on learning, and ability to maximize the child’s use of residual senses (e.g, vision, hearing, touch).
Basic understanding of clinical and medical assessments and conditions to interpret findings (e.g., audiogram, eye report, medical reports).
Assess the educational needs of children with deafblindness and children with vision impairment with additional disabilities to provide appropriate interventions.
Understand Governmental legislations and concessions provided to people with disabilities.
Need for teachers to develop self evaluation and professional ethics and standards on an ongoing basis.
