Children with Special Needs

Paper Code: 
ECE 331
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
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
 
5.00
Unit I: 
Disability
Impairment, Disability, Handicap: Concept & Definition
UN Charter of Rights of Person with Disabilities
 
15.00
Unit II: 
Sensory Impairment
Physical and health impairments- Orthopedic, neurological, cerebral palsy, spinabifida, limb deficiency, epilepsy, diabetes, asthama, cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, AIDS
Visual impairment, legal blindness, Braille
Hearing impairment, sound, audiometry, degree, dactylologyt
Mental Retardation
 
15.00
Unit III: 
Communication Disorder
Communication disorder- speech disorder ( articulation, fluency disorder, voice disorder), language disorder- aphasia
Giftedness
Emotional disturbance
Autism
Learning disability
 
15.00
Unit IV: 
Rehabilitation Perspectives
Education for independent living
Job opportunities
Housing & residential facilities
Gender issues and disabilities
 
10.00
Unit V: 
Integration
Integration – advantages and disadvantages
Prevention of disabilities- Techniques for pre natal assessment, chorionic villus sampling- fetoscopy, amniocentesis, ultrasound, maternal blood analysis, genetic counselling.
Counselling parents of children with special needs.
 
References: 
Gedkar,E.Disabled in India,somaiya,1983.
Lilly Stephen,M. Children with Exceptional Needs,Holt,Rinehart,1979.
CroockShank,W.M. Psychology of Exceptional Children and youth, "New Jersey,Prentice Hall", 1958.
Baker,H.J.,Introduction to exceptional children,NewYork,Macmillan Co.,1959.
Dunn,L.M.(ed) "Exceptional children in the schools", Holt Rinehart & Winston,1963.
Kirk,S.A.Education "Exceptional children" Hinghton,Miffhir,1962.
Heek,A.O., "Education of Exceptional children", New York,McGraw Hill,1953
 
Academic Year: 
2014-2015
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