Course Title: Teaching Children with Complex Needs

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Teaching Children with Complex Needs

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

TCHE2474

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

360H Education

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 1 2021

Flexible Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

TCHE2474

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

360H Education

Face-to-Face

UGRDFlex24 (All)

Course Coordinator: Sam Vlcek

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 9728

Course Coordinator Email: samantha.vlcek@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 220.3

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None


Course Description

This course develops your knowledge and skills to work with children with complex and diverse learning needs and severe, profound disability conditions. You will explore strategies for working collaboratively with education aides and other learning and health support facilitators and review arrangements provided by schools and support agencies to meet learners’ needs. You will work in schools with class teachers and allied health providers, gaining experience in assessment, working in teams and developing and documenting individualised plans for successful learning.

This course includes a work integrated learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience. 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes 

For those of you in BP046PDS Bachelor of Education (Primary Education and Disability Studies) this course will help you develop the program level outcomes: 

  • Critically analyse, synthesize and reflect on educational policy and practice in both local and international contexts.
  • Demonstrate creativity, critical thinking and innovation when identifying and solving problems in diverse educational contexts.
  • Apply initiative and judgment in planning, problem solving and decision making to enhance your practice and continuing professional development.
  • Demonstrate the specific knowledge and skills required in working successfully with learners with additional needs. 

 

For those of you in BP320PDI this course will help you develop the program level outcomes: 

  • Demonstrate broad and coherent theoretical and technical knowledge in education 
  • Critically analyse and apply theoretical and practical knowledge and skills to your professional practice in curriculum, pedagogy and assessment across a range of disciplines, reflecting a graduate level of proficiency in teaching 
  • Consolidate and synthesise expert content and pedagogical content knowledge and develop highly effective classroom teaching skills in an area of specialisation
  • Apply initiative, judgement, creativity, critical thinking and problem solving skills and the capacity to work responsibly, ethically and inclusively in individual and collaborative professional contexts to enhance your practice
  • Demonstrate an understanding of and capacity to promote education for a sustainable future and to support diversity in all its forms
  • Communicate effectively with different stakeholders in the eduation firled througha broad range of communication modes and digital technologies in diverse educational contexts 


Course Learning Outcomes 

CLO1: Describe the needs of individuals with complex and often profound needs 

CLO2: Discuss a range of conditions, how they may present, and how they may be managed 

CLO3: Identify and design processes and planning needed to develop successful learning experiences for these learners to meet their potential 

CLO4: Critically evaluate and analyse issues of inclusion and appropriateness of contextual support for children with special needs 


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be engaged in learning that involves a range of activities both face to face and online such as lectures, tutorials, group and class discussion, group activities and individual research.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems. A list of recommended learning resources will be provided by your lecturer, including books, journal articles and web resources. You will also be expected to seek further resources relevant to the focus of your own learning.


Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program capabilities.

Assessment may include reports, projects and presentations, individually and in groups. Assessment will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of your learning. You will be able to develop your work in relation to your own specific areas of interest in your professional practice.

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.

An assessment charter http://mams.rmit.edu.au/kh6a3ly2wi2h1.pdf  summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations and policies.

 

Assessment for this course include: 

Assessment 1

Case study 

Assessment 1: Case Study

Value: 50%

This Assignment allows the student to meet: LO. 1 and 2.

Assessment 2

Formal Report detailing PLSP and planning for 2 learning experiences for a child with complex needs

Value: 50%

This Assignment allows the student to meet: LO. 3 and 4

 You will complete a PLSP and plan 2 learning experiences suitable for that child.

You will describe the learning experiences and the critically analyse how the complex needs are accommodated for and lead to differentiation of classroom activities.

In describing the learning experience, you will describe what outcomes you would be looking for to demonstrate successful learning.

You will also discuss how the planned learning experiences may vary if you were in a mainstream or special school setting.

You will provide rationales for your learning experiences using academic references (journal articles and established chapters referring to research) (APA referencing required).

The assessment will be written as a formal report using APA 6th style.