Early Inclusions
UndergraduateLTU-EDU4EI2025
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 20 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Start dates
- 28 Apr 2025,
- 28 July 2025
- Price from
- $578
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Early Inclusions
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Identify and understand a range of motivations and neurological differences that influence physical, sensory, intellectual or autism spectrum disorder, behavioural or psychological disorder, communication, learning or developmental delay. Describe and identify a variety of ways to accommodate children with diverse and special needs when planning learning activities.
- Analyse a range of pedagogical principles and practices, including communication strategies, that build relational agency and promote student wellbeing, positive behaviours and learning participation.
- Validate curriculum decisions, partnership with families and other professionals to ensure all children participate in and learn from the everyday routines, interactions and play and learning experiences that occur in early learning settings.
- Identify and understand the significance of inclusion and strategies for intervention and opportunities for all children.
- Introduction to Inclusion
- Barriers to Inclusion
- Adaptations and Support
- Inclusion in Practice
In this subject, preservice teachers will investigate the social, emotional and educational needs of children. The neuroscience associated with developmental trauma and impact on learning will be examined. Social justice-based principles of inclusion will be promoted to allow educators to actively include children according to diverse backgrounds, genders and abilities. A holistic perspective informed by sound theoretical and applied models will form the foundation of the investigation and choice of appropriate strategies. Proactive and reactive strategies will be examined within an inclusive education framework. Educator resilience and relational skills required to enable successful inclusion will be examined.
- Diagnostic task (equivalent to 400 words). This assessment task will be undertaken within the first 2 weeks of the term. (10%)
- Inclusion rationale (1600 words). (40%)
- Individualised Learning Plan (ILP) and evaluation (equivalent to 2000 words). (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- LAT-ECE-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in the following course: EBECEO.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
UndergraduateLAT-ECE-DEG