This programme of study is also offered on a part-time basis. Please consult the Registrar's website for more information pertaining to courses offered by the University.
The course aims to help you build professional skills required by Learning Support Educators to assist and support the teacher in the general classroom. The programme equips you with the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to support teachers in creating an effective classroom experience for all students. The programme will focus on knowledge and skills to be able to support individuals with mild to severe disabilities, mild to severe learning difficulties and mild to severe challenging behaviour and the prevention thereof. It also aims to improve the competencies, skills, effectiveness and confidence that learning support educators seek to bring to your work.
The course is designed to allow you to develop an understanding of the curriculum, education policy, principles of education, knowledge of the challenges met in classrooms when supporting learning of children with learning difficulties and the implementation of positive behavioural approaches.
Communication and Academic Skills Programme
The communication and academic skills programme complements students’ main course of study. It introduces them to writing and presenting as situated within academic contexts sensitive to specific disciplines and develops their competences for future careers.
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IAL2002 | Practice Placement 2 | 8 ECTS   |   | ||
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IAL2003 | Observation Techniques for Assessment and Support for Learning | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL2004 | Low-Incidence Disabilities | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL2005 | Parental Involvement | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream - Primary specialisationElective Unit (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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EPE2014 | Curriculum Knowledge: Early Years | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream - Secondary specialisationElective Unit (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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IAL2009 | Curriculum Knowledge: Language Learning in Secondary Years | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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IAL2013 | Effective Interventions for Managing Positive Behaviour Support: A Whole School Approach | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL2014 | The Development of Communication and Language | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL2016 | Study-Skills for Inclusive Education | 3 ECTS   |   | ||
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IAL2017 | Maltese Sign Language: Communication Made Simple | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL2018 | Technologies for Indusion in the School and in the Community for the Blind and Partially Sighted | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL2019 | Including Students with Physical and Multiple Disabilities | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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IAL2006 | Children Agency and Voice for Self-Determination | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL2011 | Cooperative and Collaborative Learning | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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IAL3000 | Practice Placement 3 | 8 ECTS   |   | ||
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IAL3002 | Children and Social Welfare: Rights and Legal Issues with Special Reference to Persons with Disabilities | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL3004 | Early Childhood Intervention: A Family Centred Approach | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL3012 | Understanding Special Health Procedures | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream - Primary specialisationElective Unit (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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IAL2008 | Designing and Evaluating IEP in the Primary Classroom: Advanced | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream - Secondary specialisationElective Unit (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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IAL2010 | Designing and Evaluating IEP in the Secondary Classroom: Advanced | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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EDS2001 | Research Methods and Skills | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL2012 | Supporting Gifted and Talented Learners | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL3011 | Preventing and Responding to Mental Health Issues in Schools | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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IAL3003 | Aids for Daily Living: Towards Autonomy and Self-Determination and Quality of Life | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL3008 | Specific Learning Difficulties | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream - Primary specialisationElective Unit (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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IAL3005 | Curriculum Knowledge: Primary Years (Language and Humanities) | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Stream - Secondary specialisationElective Unit (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) | |||||
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IAL3006 | Curriculum Knowledge: Secondary Years (Math and Science) | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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IAL3001 | Long Essay | 12 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL3007 | The Multilingual and Multicultural Classroom | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL3009 | Exclusion, Inclusion and Schooling | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
IAL3010 | Assistive Technologies for Learning: Advanced | 4 ECTS   |   | ||
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This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Undergraduate Awards, 2019 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Facilitating Inclusive Education - B.A. (Hons) - under the auspices of the Faculty of Education.