472-401 Developmental Differences

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472-401 Developmental Differences
Availability	Not available in 2002
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Jennifer Standish
Prerequisites	472-301 Social and Emotional Development
Semester	Not Offered (view timetable)
Contact	Lectures and tutorials totalling 36 hours
Subject Description	This subject is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of current philosophies, structure, levels of support and developmental and educational evaluation informing curriculum and behavioural interventions required to educate and support students with additional needs in regular settings. It will entail a study of the effects of a range of developmental and acquired differences commonly found in children and the implications of these for learning and teaching.
Assessment	Assignment(s) totalling 2000 words, and a 2-hour written examination.
Prescribed Texts	A Talay-Ongan, Typical and Atypical Development in Early Childhood: The Fundamentals. Memo, 2000. A Ashman & J Elkins (eds), Educating Children with Exceptional Needs. 3rd ed, Prentice Hall, 1998.

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