托伦斯大学

This course thoroughly prepares educators to support individuals with a range of special educational needs in mainstream classrooms and fills a much-needed gap in professional development for teachers in the field. We use a Design Thinking approach to analyze issues and challenges faced by persons with a range of additional learning needs. In particular, it focuses on problem solving, informed by advanced theoretical knowledge, from a person first perspective.

WHY STUDY AT TORRENS

It’s study that suits you, with flexible online delivery taught by leading industry experienced lecturers, to provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to achieve your career goals.

International students on a student visa must not enroll into any more than a third or 33% online subjects over their course and must study at least one subject that is face to face in each trimester.

COURSE OVERVIEW

The course highlights three distinct streams; all of which address the challenges and issues faced by mainstream teachers in 21st Century educational practice:

Autism stream – provides educators with advanced knowledge and skills in supporting individuals with Autism.

Mental Health stream – provides educators with advanced knowledge and skills in supporting individuals with Mental Health challenges, in particular, the three most prominent issues facing contemporary educators, Anxiety, Depression and Eating Disorders.

Learning stream – provides educators with advanced knowledge and skills in supporting individuals with a range of learning needs.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Demonstrate mastery of the ‘person first’ perspective to critically analyze and problem solve issues and challenges associated with a range of special educational needs
• Advanced understanding of Allied Health, career support and collaboration skills necessary to improve educational outcomes
• Employ complex cognitive, technical and creative skills to plan, implement and evaluate innovative project-based or research-based change/transformation.