Special Needs Support in Early Education (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

Students will recognize and have the capacity to encounter diversity in society and educational communities. They will understand the importance of appreciative encounters for supporting the development of a child. Students will apply the basic concepts of disability work and special education, key legislation and services. They will identify the most important work practices of special support needs. They will be able to reflect on their professional activity.

Content

Inclusion. Experiencing and encountering special needs. The three-tier model of early education support measures. Disability, chronic illness, and the specific support needs of childhood and family. Disability legislation as a safe-guard for the fundamental rights of the individual. Guiding principles of organising special education and disability services.

Teaching methods

activating lecture
discussions
peer learning
exam
assignment

Location and time

schedule:

Learning materials and recommended literature

1. The materials will be found from the platform
2. Litterature for the exam will be found from section exam
3. Material for the learning assignment will be given in the orientation

Alternative completion methods of implementation

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Internship and working life connections

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Exam dates and retake possibilities

Material to the exam (SSDP students)
1) material used during the lessons
2) Pihlaja, P. (2008). ´Behave yourself!´ Examining meanings assigned to children with socio-emotional difficulties. Disability & Society Vol.
23, No. 1, January 2008, 5–15
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09687590701725518
3) Syrjämäki, M., Sajaniemi, N., Suhonen, E., Alijoki, A., & Nislin, M. (2017). Enhancing Peer Interaction: An Aspect of a High Quality Learning Environment in Finnish Early Childhood Special Education. European journal of special needs education., 32(3), 377-390. DOI: 10.1080/08856257.2016.1240342
All the electric material is found from the platform as well

International connections

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Student workload

5 h x 27 h , total 135 h
The course is implemented on the 2nd period during the srping semester 18.3. - 26.5.2019
Lesson schedule will be given later.

Content scheduling

- lectures and workshops 32 h (the mandatory presence: orientation lectures and workshops when students present their learning tasks)
- exam 4 h
- independent work 99 h

Further information for students

Course is primarily for groups SXH18K1 and SXH18K2.
Teacher responsible: Anna-Riitta Mäkitalo (anna-riitta.makitalo@metropolia.fi )
If you have questions, contact her.
Information about course and materials will be in the platform before the orientation lesson.
The other teacher: to be announced

Assessment methods and criteria

assesment scale 0-5
Both the exam and the assignment affect the grade
Details in the beginnig of the course

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment:
Assessment criteria as the attachment of the curriculum.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Assessment:
Assessment criteria see the attachment.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.