The Language of Special Educational Needs: Learning from the Past to Build the Future

Author(s):  
Caroline Jones
Author(s):  
Olena Kolosova ◽  
Anna Hilya ◽  
Irina Sarancha

In the article, the authors analyzed the research on the problem of preparing the future preschool teachers for professional activities in an inclusive education. The barriers to the implementation of inclusive education in the practice of general education institutions have been identified. The conditions and ways to overcome obstacles and difficulties in the solving the problems of inclusion are highlighted. Attention is focused on the importance of the forming the professional and personal qualities of the future preschool teachers, required for working with children with special educational needs. It is proved that for effective implementation of the inclusive education in the practice of general education institutions by the future preschool teachers it should make some changes to the methodology of the organization of the educational process of the university in the process of their preparing. A number of tasks aimed at the preparing future preschool teachers for the professional activities in the inclusive education have been identified.  


Author(s):  
Athanasios Drigas ◽  
Chara Papoutsi

During the past decades there have been considerable innovations with the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in many fields and sectors. In many settings ICTs have become an important element of the learning and teaching process. All social groups have been helped including children and adults with special educational needs. In this paper we provide a brief overview of the most representative articles for applications used for assessment, intervention and development of empathy which is an important skill that researches indicate that people with special educational needs lack of it. Empathy is a complex form of psychological inference in which observation, memory, knowledge, and reasoning are combined to yield insights into the thoughts and feelings of others.


2020 ◽  
pp. 124-129
Author(s):  
Shevtsiv Z.M. ◽  
Filonenko M.M.

Статтю присвячено теоретичному дослідженню проблеми реабілітаційної компетентності фахівця соціономічних професій (учителя, психолога, соціального працівника, логопеда, дефектолога, реабі-літолога, вузькопрофільного фахівця). На основі теоретичного аналізу наукової літератури виділено сутнісні характеристики реабілітаційної діяльності фахівців соціономічних професій в умовах інклю-зії. Встановлено мету реабілітації як особливого виду діяльності, скерованого на розкриття потенцій-них можливостей дітей з особливими освітніми потребами, на корекцію порушень психофізіологічного розвитку, компенсацію втрачених функцій, організацію здорового способу життя і відновлення взаємо-дії між особистістю та учнями класу, соціумом.Розкрито доцільність формування готовності фахівця соціономічної сфери до реалізації командної взаємодії в умовах інклюзії. Визначено компетентність командної роботи, що передбачає здатність пра-цювати в міждисциплінарній команді у ході розроблення індивідуальної програми розвитку учня з осо-бливими освітніми потребами, взаємодіяти з іншими членами соціуму; усвідомлювати цінності спільної роботи, партнерських стосунків, власної відповідальності за створення успішної комунікації взаємодії.З позицій методології комплексної реабілітації та компетентнісного підходу сформульовано терміни «корекційно-розвиткова робота», «психолого-педагогічна робота», «анімаційна робота», які визнача-ють поняття освітньої реабілітації.Акцентовано увагу на необхідності формування реабілітаційної компетентності у майбутнього вчи-теля початкової школи інклюзивного навчання як висококваліфікованого фахівця з інклюзивної освіти, здатного до організації інклюзивного навчання в закладі загальної середньої освіти. Теоретично обґрун-товано реабілітаційну компетентність та дано визначення реабілітаційної компетентності у майбутньо-го фахівця соціономічної професії як здатність сприйняти дитину з особливими освітніми потребами такою, якою вона є, дати їй можливість повноцінного відновлення в соціумі, зняття психолого-педаго-гічних комплексів і фобій, удосконалення діяльності вищих психічних процесів, утрачених пізнаваль-них умінь та навичок особистісних якостей, що уможливить реалізацію інклюзивної освіти в Україні. The article is devoted to the theoretical study of the problem of rehabilitation competence of a specialist in socionomic professions (teacher, psychologist, social worker, speech therapist, speech pathologist, rehabilitologist, specialist). On the basis of the theoretical analysis of the scientific literature the essential characteristics of rehabilitation activity of specialists of socionomic professions in the conditions of inclusion are allocated. The purpose of rehabilitation as a special type of activity aimed at revealing the potential of children with special educational needs, correction of psychophysiological development, compensation for lost functions, organization of a healthy lifestyle and restoration of interaction between the individual and students, and society.The expediency of formation of readiness of the specialist of the socionomic sphere to realization of command interaction in the conditions of inclusion is opened. The competence of team work is determined, which presupposes the ability to work in an interdisciplinary team during the development of an individual program of student development with special educational needs, to interact with other members of society; be aware of the values of joint work, partnerships, personal responsibility for creating successful communication of interaction.From the standpoint of the methodology of complex rehabilitation and competence approach, the terms “correctional and developmental work”, psychological "and pedagogical work”, “animation work” are formulated, which define the concept of educational rehabilitation.Emphasis is placed on the need to form rehabilitation competence in future primary school teachers of inclusive education as a highly qualified specialist in inclusive education, able to organize inclusive education in general secondary education. Rehabilitation competence of the future specialist of the socionomic profession is defined as the ability to perceive a child with special educational needs as he is, to give the opportunity to fully recover in society, remove psychological and pedagogical complexes and phobias, improve mental performance, lost cognitive skills and personal qualities, opportunity to introduce inclusive education in Ukraine.


Author(s):  
Оlena Demchenko ◽  
Galina Kit ◽  
Oksana Holiuk ◽  
Nataliia Rodiuk ◽  
Natalia Pakhalchuk ◽  
...  

The relevance of the selection and development of the independent component of the preparing the future specialists of psychological and pedagogical profile in a higher educational institution, the purpose of which is to develop students’ competence in developing children’s giftedness, is substantiated. The arguments according to the need of the development of requirements and complex of qualities and skills for identifying and developing of children’s giftedness by the future teachers, starting with teachers of preschool education institutions, are given. The complexity and inconsistency of the forming the gifted individuals, the presence of special educational needs due to high abilities, original thinking, special worldview, asynchrony and other manifestations of giftedness are shown. The results of a students’ questioning regarding the using the business games in the process of preparing them for working with gifted children are presented. The significance of quasi-professional activity in general and business games in particular during the preparing the future teachers for the development of children’s giftedness is revealed. On the basis of the generalization of working experience, the pedagogical conditions of its successful organization in teaching the basic disciplines are highlighted. 


1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
Christopher Wardle

The Education Act (1981) was brought into effect on 1 September 1983. Explanatory and guidance documents were published in 1983. The Education Act has effects on the work of child and adolescent psychiatrists in two ways. Firstly it affects those in-patient and day units that have education on the premises. Secondly it affects the placement of children who have special educational needs because of emotional or behavioural problems, the children who in the past would have been deemed maladjusted. While child psychiatrists should be involved in all cases where emotional and behavioural problems are the main issue, they will also be involved with some of the children who have special educational needs because of intellectual and learning difficulties, children who in the past were deemed educationally subnormal. These children between them constitute a high proportion of those who will, under the new Act, be subjects of statements of need.


Dela ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 89-122
Author(s):  
Tatjana Resnik Planinc ◽  
Karmen Kolnik

In recent times characterised by rapid changes in knowledge, technology and also in values systems, children and adolescents with special educational needs have taken on a different place and role in the world compared to the past. Along with these changes, when it comes to people with special educational needs the ideas of integration, normalisation and, more recently, of inclusion have emerged and borne fruit. Through a qualitative pilot study we aimed to determine how geography teachers who teach in primary and secondary schools in Slovenia evaluate their own ability to work with students with special educational needs and garner their previous experience doing so. Geography teachers are aware of the importance of their tasks and accept them with full responsibility although they are critical about their own competencies. Among the main shortcomings of the current work in the inclusive school teachers mention an excessive number of pupils with special needs since the involvement of more than two pupils with different special needs can have a significant impact on their ability to achieve high quality teaching standards.


1980 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-28

During the past few years we have seen increasing interest in the training of anthropologists preparing for careers in practice outside academia. Several important themes have emerged. These include: 1. Do anthropologists who work (or will work) outside academia have special educational needs which cannot be met in the programs of more traditional anthropology departments? To what extent are conventional models for training anthropologists (the four field approach, extensive field research, and so on) useful to the anthropologist who will practice outside academia? 2. If anthropologists working outside academia do have special educational needs, what are these? To what extent can these needs be generalized to the experience of most practicing anthropologists? Are there specific skills which these anthropologists should be encouraged to acquire? 3. How well are the educational needs of practicing anthropologists being met, and what are avenues for improvement? This question pertains both to academic degree programs and to less formal training activities in continuing education, as well as to the availability of suitable published work and other training material.


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