SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS-LEARNING DISABILITIES

Course Information
TitleΕΙΔΙΚΕΣ ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΙΑΚΕΣ ΔΙΑΤΑΡΑΧΕΣ / SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS-LEARNING DISABILITIES
CodeΥΒ.1.005
FacultyEducation
SchoolEarly Childhood Education
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorKornilia Hatzinikolaou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID80003379

Programme of Study: UPS of School of Early Childhood Education (2012-today)

Registered students: 122
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
CoreBackround CourseWinter/Spring-6

Class Information
Academic Year2017 – 2018
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600110318
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction)
  • English (Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Learning Outcomes
Students to acquire scientific knowledge and to get training regarding the teaching profession. Students will acquire background knowledge about the child’s typical development and mostly about the various forms of developmental disorders, particularly at preschool age.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
Course Content (Syllabus)
•Initially the course makes an overview to typical and atypical child development and continues with an overall discussion of developmental disorders and of specific developmental disorders and learning disabilities in particular. •It focuses on the distinction between intellectual disabilities and learning disabilities and on their developmental character from preschool age to completion of development. •Teaching is delivered in lectures and seminars where case studies are discussed and analyzed in order for similarities and differences in learning-disabled children, particularly of preschool age, to be detected.
Keywords
Learning disabilities, Intellectual disabilities, Specific language disorders, Attention deficit hyperactivity, Autism spectrum disorders
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Description
power-point
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.6
Seminars150.6
Written assigments361.4
Exams602.4
Total1506
Student Assessment
Description
Evaluation criteria are presented and discussed during lectures
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Τζουριάδου, Μ. (2011). Μαθησιακές δυσκολίες: θέματα ερμηνείας και αντιμετώπισης Norbury, C.F., Tomblin, J.B., Bishop, D.V.M. (2013). Κατανοώντας τις αναπτυξιακές γλωσσικές διαταραχές: Από τη θεωρία στην πράξη
Last Update
24-11-2016