Course aims:

- Identifying and analysing the main domains/ components of the special psychopedagogy;- Identifying and understanding the specific of the main categories of persons with special needs or in difficulty;- Knowing the main categories of intervention and action for persons with special needs, especi
- Debates upon the main types of deficiencies
- Debates upon the evolution of the children presenting disabilities and the possibilities for their integration in the mass educational system - Case studies for children presenting various types of deficiencies. The role of the dedicated interventional plans. Examples of adapted curricula

Course Entry Requirements:

Achieving psychopedagogical interventional strategies for children with special educational needs, based on the psychological particularities/ specific development particularities for these children

Course contents:

1. Conceptual delimitations and specific terminology 2. Elements of psychopedagogy for the mentally disabled 3. Sensorial visual deficiencies 4. Sensory auditory deficiencies 5. Motor deficiencies 6. Language disorders 7. Socio- affective and behavioural disorders 8. Related deficiencies a) Deafness - ablepsia b) Autism c) Psychomotor and emotional instability; ADHD syndrome d) Instrumental disorders: dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification

Learning outcomes:

- Debates upon the main types of deficiencies - Debates upon the evolution of the children presenting disabilities and the possibilities for their integration in the mass educational system - Case studies for children presenting various types of deficiencies. The role of the dedicated interventional plans. Examples of adapted curricula

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written exam 70%, Seminar works 30%

Recommended reading:

Gherguţ, Alois, Psihopedagia persoanelor cu cerinţe speciale.Strategii diferenţiate şi incluzive în educaţie, Editura Polirom, Iași, 2009, 1-75.
44. Verza, E.; Verza, F.E., Tratat de psihopedagogie specială,, Editura Universităţii, Bucureşti, 2011, 1-50.
Petrovan R, – Elemente de psihopedagogie specială și psihopedagogia integrării, Seria Didactica, Alba Iulia, 2018, 40.
Vrăsmaş, T., Învăţământul integrat şi/sau inclusiv,, Ed. Aramis, București, 2001, 1-65.
20. Magerotte G, Willaye E, Intervenţia comportamentală clinică. Formarea în A.B.A, Editura ASCR, Cluj Napoca, 2012, 1-45.