Children with Special Needs

Paper Code: 
ECE 331
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the student to-

  • Understand past and existing status of child in Indian context
  • Know about the needs of special children
  • Provide practical solutions to common pre-school behavior problems
  • Role of different organizations towards early childhood care for normal and special children
Unit I: 
  1. Distinction between  impairments, disability, handicap
  2. Children with special needs- concept, definition, causes, needs, problems and classification  of special children.
  3. Legislations and act  for disabled in India-RCI act 1992, PWD act 1995 and National Trust  act (1999) and Mental Health Act (1987)
  4. Special features of Right of person with Disability Act, 2016.
Unit II: 
Definition, Type, Causes, symptom, diagnosis and Remedial measures
  1. Physical and health impairments- Orthopedic, neurological, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, limb deficiency, epilepsy, diabetes, asthama, cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, AIDS
  2. Visual impairment, legal blindness, Braille
  3. Hearing impairment, sound, audiometry, degree, dactylology
  4. Intelletual Disability
Unit III: 
Definition, Type, Causes, symptom , diagnosis and Remedial measures
  1. Communication disorder- speech disorder ( articulation, fluency disorder, voice disorder), language disorder- aphasia
  2. Giftedness
  3. Emotional disturbance
  4. Autism
  5. Learning disability
Unit IV: 
Rehabilitation Perspectives
  1. Education for independent living
  2. Job opportunities
  3. Housing & residential facilities
  4. Gender issues and disabilities

 

  • Prevention of disabilities- Techniques for pre natal assessment, chorionic villus sampling- fetoscopy, amniocentesis, ultrasound, maternal blood analysis, genetic counselling.
  1. Integration – advantages and disadvantages
  2. Counselling parents of children with special needs
Essential Readings: 
  1. Gedkar,E.Disabled in India,somaiya,1983.
  2. Lilly Stephen,M. Children with Exceptional Needs,Holt,Rinehart,1979.
  3. CroockShank,W.M. Psychology of Exceptional Children and youth, "New Jersey,Prentice Hall", 1958.
  4. Baker,H.J.,Introduction to exceptional children,NewYork,Macmillan Co.,1959.
  5. Dunn,L.M.(ed) "Exceptional children in the schools", Holt Rinehart & Winston,1963.
  6. Kirk,S.A.Education "Exceptional children" Hinghton,Miffhir,1962.
  7. Heek,A.O., "Education of Exceptional children", New York,McGraw Hill,1953.
  8. Garrison,K.C.andForce,Dewy,G.the Psychology of Exceptional children,NewYork,fourthedition,theRonals Press Co.,1965
  9. Frampton and Rowell,Education of the handicapped.
  10. Good enough,Florence,Exceptionalchildren,NewYork,appleton century Lnafhs,1956.
  11. Ellis,N.(ed) Hand book of Mental deficiency Psychological theory & Research.

 

Academic Year: 
2019-2020
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