Special Education
SYLLABUS

UNIT- I : INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION

Special Education: Meaning, concept, definition,
principles, objectives, need, scope & types; – Historical
Perspectives in special education – exclusion, acceptance,
prohibition, institutionalisation, special school,
integration and inclusion.

UNIT-II : UNDERSTANDING DISABILITIES AND
ITS EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS
Understanding disabilities; types, causes and
characteristics of disabilities as per RPWD Act 2016 –
Physical disability; Intellectual disability; Mental
behaviour; Chronic Neurological Conditions; Blood
disorder; Multiple Disabilities; Educational implications
and needs of Persons with Disabilities

UNIT- III: IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT
Identification and Assessment of persons with Physical
Disability- VI/HI/PH; Intellectual Disability- LD/ASD/ID;
Mental Behaviour (MI); Chronic Neurological Conditions:
Blood Disorders; Multiple Disabilities; Screening,
Diagnostic. Functional and Educational assessment and
referral.

UNIT – IV: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME AND
OTHER SUPPORTIVE THERAPEUTIC
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES
Functional and educational programmes based on Medical
& Health Care. Therapeutics, and use of Technology for
Persons with Physical disability; Intellectual disability;
Mental behaviour; Chronic Neurological Conditions; Blood
disorder; Multiple Disabilities

UNIT – V: ACTS AND POLICIES
United Nations Convention of Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (UNCRPD) (2006) – RCI Act 1992 – Persons
with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of
Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, PWD Act 1995,
National Trust Act 1999, Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (RPWD) Act, 2016; Provisions and
Concessions given by State and Central Government.