Field of study: Special pedagogy (by types of activity)

 Special Education / Special Pedagogy (by types of activity)

  The Special Pedagogy programme is designed to equip students with profound professional knowledge and practical skills
   in teaching, raising, and socially adapting children with various developmental disorders or disabilities. The
  curriculum covers fields such as deaf education, visual impairment education, intellectual disability pedagogy, and
  speech therapy, and meets modern requirements of inclusive education.

  Programme Objectives

  To train highly qualified special education specialists capable of conducting correctional-pedagogical activities
  taking into account the psychophysiological characteristics of children with special educational needs, facilitating
  their integration into society, and creating conditions for inclusive education.

  Core Subjects:

  • Fundamentals of Special Pedagogy and Psychology
  • Deaf Education (working with children with hearing impairments)
  • Education for the Visually Impaired
  • Intellectual Disability Pedagogy
  • Speech Therapy and Correction of Speech Disorders
  • Child Neuropsychology and Psychodiagnostics
  • Inclusive Education Methodology
  • Sensory Integration and Alternative Communication (PECS, AAC)

  Skills Acquired:

  • Conducting psycho-pedagogical diagnostics of a child's developmental level
  • Designing and implementing individual correctional-developmental programmes
  • Correcting speech, hearing, visual, and intellectual impairments
  • Teaching in inclusive classrooms and working with parents
  • Applying modern correctional-pedagogical technologies

  Career Opportunities

  Graduates can work as special education teachers in specialised boarding schools, tutors in inclusive classrooms of
  mainstream schools, speech therapists and correctional teachers in children's rehabilitation centres, special
  pedagogues in preschool institutions, child-care specialists in healthcare organisations, researchers in scientific
  centres, as well as establish their own rehabilitation centres or speech-therapy practices.

  Duration: 4 years (Bachelor) | Mode of study: Full-time