Level:  master academic studies

Upon end of the studies student will receive a title: Ma in special education and rehabilitation

Master academic studies in Special Education and Rehabilitation of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities last for one academic year (2 semesters), granting 60 ECTS points upon completion (30 ECTS points per semester). Total number of lessons in an academic year is 615. The study program for the first semester consists of 12 courses in total, out of which students select 5 – 1 compulsory and 4 elective. Elective courses (11 in total) are divided in two elective groups. The first group, Treatment Models for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, consists of 5 courses, and the second group, Social Models of Intellectual Disability, consists of 6 courses. Students select 2 courses from each elective group. Research study in relevant fields and writing a final (master) thesis are planned for the second semester.

The goals of master academic studies in Special Education and Rehabilitation of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: - Broadening, expanding, and creatively integrating knowledge and skills acquired in undergraduate academic studies; - Acquiring knowledge and skills necessary for competent planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating standard and innovative programs in the fields of primary prevention, secondary prevention, clinical assessment, clinical treatment, education, vocational training, and social integration of persons with different types and levels of intellectual disabilities, during all periods of their lives; - Mastering quantitative and qualitative research methods in the field of special education and rehabilitation of persons with intellectual disabilities; - Training in active participation, information integration and interpretation, decision making and managing a multidisciplinary team; - Training in independent use, critical and comparative analysis, integration, and interpretation of scientific and professional information;

Master academic studies expand students’ knowledge acquired in undergraduate academic studies, in the following fields: independent planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating prevention programs, diagnostics, educational and clinical treatment of persons with intellectual disabilities; methodology of scientific research in oligophrenia; social model of disability (model of providing support in inclusive education, planning and programming in working with autistic persons, assessing education strengths and support needs, self-guidance, self-advocacy ,and mental health of persons with intellectual disabilities) and specific treatment models of persons with intellectual disabilities (methods and techniques in augmentative and alternative communication, movement therapy, sensory-motor method, cognitive learning strategies, social and daily life skills).

Completion of relevant undergraduate academic studies with 240 ECTS points

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