1. To satisfy general entrance requirements for admission to the course for the Trained Special Teacher's Certificate, a candidate must have:
(a) (j) successfully completed an approved course of teacher training;
or
(ii) such qualifications and/or experience approved by the Academic Board;
(b) suitable personal qualities.
2. To be awarded the Trained Special Teacher's Certificate, a student shall have pursued his/her studies in the course for the equivalent of one full academic year.
3. The subject of the course and the conditions on which subjects may be taken shall be as prescribed from time to time by the Academic Board.
4. The regulations of the course together with the details of subjects and their prerequisites and special entry conditions shall be published in the Handbook of the Melbourne College of Advanced Education or supplements thereto.
5. No student may pursue a course of study or receive credit for subjects taken unless his/her proposed selection of subjects has been approved by the Academic Board. It is the responsibility of each student to obtain this approval before embarking on subjects.
6. A student who, having completed part or all of another course of study at the tertiary level, enrols in the course for the Trained Special Teacher's Certificate, may, with the approval of the Academic Board, be given credit for subjects the equivalent of which have been passed in the other course.
7. The Academic Board may allow a student to include in his/her course subjects offered by another institution which are. in its opinion, of an appropriate standard, and relevant to the student's course of study.
8. Students enrolled in the course may undertake studies on either a full-time or part-time basis provided that the total duration of such studies does not exceed three years.
9. The Trained Special Teacher's Certificate may be granted to a student who has complied with the prescnbed regulations and has gained a cumulative score of 36 points, as follows:
Group 1:22 Group 2: 14.
10. Subjects of the course shall be:
Group 1 Points
SPE01 Development of Communication Skills 2
SPE02. Intellectual Development 2
SPE03 Physical Development 2
SPEO4 Development of Professional Skills and Relationships 2
SPEO5 Social-emotional Development 2
SPEO6 Remediation Studies 4
SPE07 School Experience Program 8
Group 2
SPE 11 Art and the Exceptional Child (Advanced) 2
SPE12 Art and the Exceptional Child (Basic) 2
SPE13 Assessment and Remediation of Difficulties in Language 2 SPE52 Assessment and Remediation of Difficulties in Mathematics 2' SPE51 Assessment and Remediation of Difficulties in Reading 2
SPE14 Behaviour Modification in Special Education 2
SPE15 Childhood Aphasia 2
SPE23 Consumer Education Curriculum Development 2
SPE18 Drama and the Handicapped Child 2
SPE 19 Early Childhood Development and Education 2
SPE54 Early Childhood Development Intervention Program 2
SPE17 Educating the Culturally Different Child 2
SPE50 Educating the Emotionally Disturbed Child 2
SPE20 Educating the Mentally Retarded Child 2
SPE21 Educating the Physically Handicapped Child 2
SPE40 Educating the Socially Disadvantaged 2
SPE24 Food Study and Health Education 2
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SPE25 Giftedness 2
SPE26 Human Genetics 2
SPE27 Human Sexuality 2
SPE28 Independent Study 2
SPE16 Instructional Approaches for Teaching Reading to the Handicapped 2
SPE57 Instructional Technology in Special Education 2
SPE38 Mathematics Education for the Handicapped 2
SPE30 Mental Retardation 2
SPE32 Motor-sensory Development 2
SPE33 Organisational Procedures for Special Settings 2
SPE34 Parent Counselling 2
SPE35 Psycholinguistics 2
SPE36 Psychometrics 2
SPE37 Psychotherapy 2
SPE41 Social Disadvantage 2
SPE22 Social Forces Influencing Personality, Language and Cognition 2
SPE42 Social Work in Education 2
SPE43 Socialisation, Employment and Independence of the Handicapped 2
SPE45 Studies in Intelligence 2
SPE46 Teaching English as a Second Language 2
SPE48 The Teacher and Human Relations 2
SPE53 Theoretical Bases of Learning Difficulties 2
SPE47 Threads and Textiles for Handicapped Persons 2
SPE56 Vision Impairment 2
SPE55 Welfare Law 2
These regulations should be read and interpreted in conjunction with all documents relating to procedures of the Academic Board.
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Introduction
The Trained Special Teacher's Certificate is a one-year post-graduate course and is only available to continuing students.
Note: There will be no new entrants to this course In 1984 or subsequent years.
The course aims to give the student a deeper understanding of the particular needs of the exceptional child, and it concerns itself with the development of skills needed to qualify the student for appointment in remediation centres; opportunity remedial centres; special schools for mentally, physically, socially and emotionally handicapped children; demonstration units: special education units; and for itinerant consultant roles.
Considerable emphasis is placed on the active participation of the student. This entails wide reading, individual group research, involvement in discussion groups, and visits to special education settings. The student will be encouraged to pursue his/her special education interests, as well as following a general program of core studies.
1. Group 1: Core Studies (See Regulation 10, page 179) 2. Group 2: Elective Studies (See Regulation 10, pages 179-80) 3. Remediation Studies
4. School Expenence Program.
Assessment requirements for the subjects of the course are as set down for the 1984 Graduate Diploma in Special Education subjects, except that in each instance one element will be eliminated. Precise details will be given at the beginning of each subject.
Subject Descriptions
The subject descriptions are as given for the 1984 Graduate Diploma in Special Education, with the exception of the assessment details, as explained above. Copies of the content details are available on request from the Head of the Department of Special Education at the College address.