Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
UndergraduateLTU-EDU4LDD2024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Identify educational and social implications for children with diverse learning needs.
- Describe and identify a variety of ways to accommodate children with diverse and special needs when planning learning activities.
- Implement and plan individual learning programs that utilise best practice teaching strategies and interventions and maximise learning outcomes for children with special needs, while reflecting non-discriminatory practice.
- Diversity in the Preschool Classroom
- Program Planning for Children with Disabilities
- Evidence-Based Strategies
- Adaptive Learning Experiences
Children may experience a range of learning difficulties or learning disabilities that will interfere with learning. In this subject students explore strategies to identify and reduce the impact of learning problems in early childhood contexts.
- Part A: Individualised Education Plan Diagnostic task (approx. 200 words) (10%). This assessment task will be undertaken within the first 2 weeks of the term. Part B: Individualised Education Plan (approx. 1800 words) (40%) (50%)
- Reflective essay (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-2024 - Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in the following course: EBECEO.
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed EDU4SNL (Supporting The Needs of All Learners) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
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