Postgraduate Diploma in

Teaching Children with Learning Disabilities

About 5 to 15 per cent of children in classrooms in India have a learning disability. Policies mandate that all children need to be part of the regular school system, irrespective of their learning needs. But due to lack of awareness and poor implementation of the policies, children with disabilities are often forced to drop out of school. Teacher preparedness is critical for ensuring that children with learning disability become a part of an inclusive school system.

Teachers need to understand the nature and characteristics of the condition as well as possess the necessary knowledge to adapt the curriculum and modify teaching strategies to help the children cope with the demands of a regular school curriculum and become lifelong autonomous learners. This requires the creation of a collaborative and inclusive school environment where teachers, parents, school administrators and the community work together in making education meaningful and enriching for every child in the classroom

Teaching Children with Learning Disabilities - Teaching Children with Learning Disabilities
Course structure

Diploma is offered in a blended mode. with on-line and on-campus interaction. Successful completion of the four certificate programmes leads to award of the Diploma. The Diploma can be completed with a maximum time period of 2 years.

Key features of the programme
  1. Deepen the understanding of teachers about the nature and needs of students with learning disabilities and related conditions in classrooms.
  2. Provide knowledge about the processes of curriculum adaptation, assessment, and educational programme planning for students with learning disabilities.
  3. Enhance teachers’ ability to apply research-based teaching methods for children with learning disabilities in regular school classrooms.
  4. Develop competencies needed to function as effective inclusive school teachers
Syllabus

Learning Disabilities in the Classroom

  • An overview of Learning
  • Introduction to Learning Disabilities
  • Learning Disabilities and Associated Conditions

Learning Disability: Identification and Assessment

  • Growth and Development
  • Screening, Identification and Assessment of Learning Disability
  • Observing and Nurturing the Whole Child

Learning Disability: Teaching Methods and Strategies

  • Planning for Intervention and Learning
  • Intervention: Process based and Curricular areas
  • Intervention: Social, Emotional Behaviour

Inclusive Education for Children with Learning Disability

  • Inclusive Education
  • Universal Design of Learning and Differentiated Instruction
  • Collaboration and Support for Inclusive Education

FAQs

What does the programme offer?

The diploma is designed for school teachers and school functionaries to understand learning disability as a condition and develop skills for identification, assessment and application of evidence-based teaching methods in inclusive classrooms.

Who should join?

This diploma is open to practicing regular school teachers, special educators, counsellors and school heads working in private and public school systems in India.

What’s the Eligibility?

The programme is open to practicing regular school teachers, special educators, counsellors and school heads working in private and public school systems in India with minimum 2 years of relevant work experience.

  • Undergraduate in any discipline (Preferred)
  • Working knowledge of English (reading, writing, and speaking)