Second – Third Year hdfs

Faculty of Family and Community Sciences

Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Fatehgunj, 0265-2795522

ACADEMIC YEAR

2015-2016

HDF 1503

Introduction to Children with Special Needs

OBJECTIVES

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  Orienting students to different disabling conditions and how needs of these children differ from others.
  
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  Develop an awareness of the basic terms, issues and concepts in the area.
  
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  Orienting students to the educational and welfare programs, facilities and services being provided and the efficacy of the same.
  
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  Developing sensitivity towards parental coping and acceptance of the whole situation.
  

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  History of the field
  

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  Stone age period
  
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  Middle ages
  
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  Emergence as a separate field
  
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  Interlinkages with other areas of study.
  
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  Present position of the filed
  
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  Pioneers in the field
  

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  The Indian context
  

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  Governmental policies and services available
  
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  Issues in the area of special needs in the Indian set up.
  
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  Identification of different areas- census data and the loopholes
  

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  Rights of the disabled child.