Objectives

To understand the etymology and classification of mental disability.

To analyze the psycho-evolutionary development of students with mental disabilities.

To know the importance of language development in mental disability.

To identify the specific needs of students with mental disabilities.

To design programs of attention to the specific needs of the mental disability.

To evaluate the special educational needs of students with mental disabilities.

Content

Methodology

Entre el material entregado en este curso se adjunta un documento llamado Guía del Alumno dónde aparece un horario de tutorías telefónicas y una dirección de e-mail dónde podrá enviar sus consultas, dudas y ejercicios. La metodología a seguir es ir avanzando a lo largo del itinerario de aprendizaje online, que cuenta con una serie de temas y ejercicios. Para su evaluación, el alumno/a deberá completar todos los ejercicios propuestos en el curso. La titulación será remitida al alumno/a por correo una vez se haya comprobado que ha completado el itinerario de aprendizaje satisfactoriamente.

What does it prepare you for?

This course in Educational Care for People with Mental Disabilities prepares you first of all to meet the specific needs that occur in the context of mental disability. It also provides you with key knowledge to face the design of educational intervention programs focused on these specific needs and the evaluation of the preliminary objectives for the intervention.

Who is it aimed at?

This Course in Educational Care for People with Mental Disabilities is aimed at professionals who deal with special educational needs, specifically the dimension of mental disability. It is also aimed at those who wish to acquire key knowledge to design specialized programs to meet these needs.

Career opportunities

The professional opportunities of this Course in Educational Care for People with Mental Disabilities are framed in the areas of education at different levels, as well as pedagogy, psychopedagogy, speech therapists, social educators, therapeutic educators and managers of educational care centers specialized in mental disabilities.