Not offered in 1996. 16.7 Twelve 3-hour lecture/seminars. On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• identify a wide range of learning difficulties currently encountered in post-primary schools and TAFE colleges;
• apply simple techniques for identifying learning difficulties;
• apply strategies to help in a practical way those students who experience learning difficulties; and
• evaluate the effectiveness of agencies both inside and outside schools and technical and further education institutions which assist students with learning difficulties, including current government policy, both State and Federal, on the integration of disabled students into the school and TAFE systems.

Intellectual handicaps; specific learning difficulties; emotional disturbance; identification of learning difficulties and appropriate forms of remedial assistance. A paper of 1,500 words (30 per cent); a case study of 3,000 words (70 per cent).