Unit No.

7 The curriculum needs

of handicapped children
Presented By: Munawar Hussain
(M.A,M.Phil Special Education)
 Introduction

 Curriculum is the sum total of all the experiences

which are to be organized for a particular group.
 A good curriculum evolves its basis from the
needs of the group for which it has been
designed.
 Special education curriculum being the special
needs , is an account of activities to be organized
for handicapped children .
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 emphasizes specialized methodologies teaching

techniques and evaluation which are to be
adopted by the teachers while imparting
instruction

 It is better if a separate methodology to a achieve

content is designed for each category of
handicap.
 objectives

 Define curriculum.
 Describe the special educational needs.
 Describe curriculum design according to nature
of disability.
 Explore teaching methods and techniques.
 State individualized instruction
 What is curriculum

All the learning which is planed and guided by

the school, whether it is carried on in group or
individually, inside or outside the school.
A detailed plan for instruction set by policy-makers.
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 A curriculum consists of the "roadmap" or

"guideline" of any given discipline. Both the
philosophy of teaching of the instructors as well
as of the educational institution serve as two of
the principles upon which a curriculum is based.
 Elements of the curriculum

 Aims and objectives.

 Content.
 Evaluation.
 Teaching strategies
 Curriculum according to Special
Educational Needs
 As you know special educational needs or
individual differences vary according to varying
abilities and disabilities.

 The special educational needs differ according to

the nature of disability.
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 A teacher of handicapped children must have

idea and information about the special
educational needs of his pupils.
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 According to the Brennan Wilfred (1986)

Special educational need as one which require
provision of
 a. access too curriculum through special
facilities, equipments and teaching method.
 b. special or modified curriculum .
 c. suitable learning environment.
 What is Curriculum design

 Curriculum design is the planning period when

instructors organize the instructional units for
their course. 

 Curriculum design involves planning activities,

readings, lessons, and assessments that achieve
educational goals. 
 Curriculum design according to
special needs
 The special curriculum should be organized in
such a way that it includes the essential cognitive
and psychomotor skills necessary for students
success.

 Organizing programs their exceptionality.

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 Additional activity involve in the designing can

only be successful if the environment is
contusive and these activities are organized in
inter disciplinary way.
 Teaching methods and techniques

 Special education classes provide a unique

service to physically or mentally challenged
students. The ideal special education classroom
provides quality instruction to students with
disabilities.
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 special education classes are still needed for

more severely disabled students.
 The purpose of the special education classroom
setting is to provide more intensive,
individualized attention to the students who most
need it
 Individualized instruction

 Individualized instruction focuses on the needs of

the individual student. 
 Teaching is specific and targets one need at a
time. This teaching method can be used on its
own, or it can be part of differentiated teaching.
 Some students who receive individualized
instruction need teachers to help them understand
and learn.
 Some students who receive individualized
instruction need teachers to help them
understand and learn.
 Requirements of individualized
instructions
 Each student learn differently.
 All students are talented in different ways.
 Education children with special needs.
 It is to meet the unique educational needs of
special child.
 Careful and continuous assessment of individual
progress can be carry out.
Any questions……..