Semester Second: B.S. in Special Education University of Karachi

Major: EXCEPTIONALITIES: An Overview

Course Code:    312

Credit Hours: 03

 

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

This course provides students with an opportunity to understand knowledge about each category of exceptionalities. Through this course, emphasis has been laid upon the part played by special school in detecting, identifying, assessing and meeting the needs of children with different special educational needs.

 

ADVANCE ORGANIZERS

1. Compare categorical and non-categorical perspectives of students with disabilities.
   
2. Discuss general cross categorical characteristics of students with disabilities
   
3. Make comparisons about students with different categories.
   
4. Discuss organic and environmental causes of various disabilities
   

 

UNIT – 1:    Classification System of Exceptionalities

1. U.S. Department of Education's Classification
   
2. International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
   
3. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)
   
4. World Health Organization Classification
   

 

UNIT – 2:    Psycho-intellectual Exceptionalities

1. Mental Retardation
   
2. Learning Disability
   
3. Gifted and Talented
   
4. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
   
5. Autism
   
6. Behavior Problem
   

 

UNIT – 3:    Sensory Impairment

1. Hearing Impairment
   
2. Visual Impairment
   
3. Deaf-Blind
   

 

UNIT – 4:    Physical Disabilities

1. Orthopedic Impairments
   
2. Health Impairments
   
3. Multiple Disabilities
   

UNIT – 5:    Emotional Disorder

1. Definition, Concept, Prevalence
   
2. Classification
   
3. Characteristics
   
   1. Anxiety
      
   2. Obsessive
      
   3. Temper Tantrums
      
   4. Social Problems
      

 

Recommended Books

1. Haring, N.G. (1986) Exceptional Children and Youth. Columbus: Merrill.
   
2. Heward, B.
   (2000)
   Exceptional Children, New Jersey: Prentice Hall
   
3. Smith D.D. (1998)
   Introduction to Special Education. Boston: Allyn & Bacon