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Special Education Part 1 (Elementary Focus) AQ (OISE, Winter 2025, Online)

January 16, 2025 to March 6, 2025

  • Category: AQ, Online
  • Region: Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA, Northern Ontario, Outside Ontario, Southern Ontario
  • Topic: Special Education/Exceptionalities
  • Grades: Intermediate (grades 7-10), JK-SK, Junior (grades 4-6), Primary (grades 1-3)

Special Education Part 1 provides an overview of special education. This includes an introduction to the various exceptionalities, working with program planning and delivery challenges, awareness of assistive technology, classroom management skills, as well as knowledge of other issues related to teaching students with special needs in a variety of settings. This course will be of greatest interest to those teachers who wish to deepen their knowledge regarding exceptional students noting the Ministry of Education’s move to greater inclusion. Participants leave the course with a number of valuable resources to enhance their teaching practice.

Required Textbooks

Special Education Part 1: “Special Education in Ontario Schools”-7th Edition; Sheila Bennett, Don Dworet with Ken Weber; Highland Press

Available from Parentbooks, 121 Harbord Street, Toronto M5S 1G9 (Local 416 537-8334 or Toll Free 1 800 209 9182) www.parentbooks.ca

Notes

Teachers holding qualifications in technological education is eligible to take this Three-Session Qualification course.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for Part 1:

  1. Certificate of Qualification:
    Must be registered with the Ontario College of Teachers.  It is no longer necessary to send in a copy of your Certificate of Qualification. We have access to this information via the OCT Public Registry.

Please Note:

Any exceptions and additional requirements are noted below.

  • Part I courses do not lead to a divisional entry on the Ontario College of Teachers’ Certificate of Qualification. See Primary, Junior/Intermediate, and Senior Basic Qualifications.