Learning Disorders

Code:

P830

Acronym:

DA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	28	Official Curricular Structure	4	-	6	54	162
		Official Curricular Structure 2012	4	-	6	54	162
MTP	4	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. To define and to characterize learning disabilities (LD) 2. To get to know explanatory theoretical models of the learning process of reading and writing 3. To identify critical dimensions of the teaching process in the promotion of learning and in the prevention of LD 4. To plan and to implement intervention strategies in LD, in students of elementary school 5. To be able to collaborate with education professionals and others to organize integrated intervention strategies 6. To identify other problems associated with LD

Learning outcomes and competences

To be able to:

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Concepts and relevant models in the domain of Learning Disabilities (LD). The Response-to-Intervention model (RTI) and LD: Promotion, prevention, and remediation. An example of implementation of the RTI model in the area of reading. 2. From emergent literacy to the formal learning – explanatory models of the learning process of reading and writing. Intervention in language and emergent literacy skills. 3. Assessment and intervention in reading and writing disabilities at the beginning of formal schooling. 4. Reading comprehension and intervention strategies to enhance reading comprehension in students with LD 5. The learning process of mathematics. Identification of critical dimensions in the teaching process of mathematics in order to enhance learning and prevent LD. 6. LD and associated problems: Developing behavioral, social and emotional skills.

Mandatory literature

Ginsburg, H. ; Children´s Arithmetic, pro-ed, 1989. ISBN: 0890791813
S. Jimerson, M. Burns, A. VanDerHeyden; Handbook of Response to Intervention. , Springer, 2005. ISBN: 0-387-49052-3
Snowling Margaret J. 340; The^science of reading. ISBN: 1-4051-1488-6
Sucena Ana; Aprender a ler e avaliar a leitura. ISBN: 978-972-40-3919-0

Complementary Bibliography

Santos Maria Thereza Mazarro dos 570; Distúrbios de leitura e escrita. ISBN: 85-204-1354-4
Snowling Margaret 205; Dislexia, fala e linguagem. ISBN: 85-363-0400-6
Greenberg, M. T., Weissberg, R. P., O'Brien, M. U., et al.; Enhancing school-based preventio and youth develoment through coordinated social, emotional, and academic learning., 2003

Comments from the literature

Additional references are indicated during the course.

Teaching methods and learning activities

To participate in the expository sessions prepared by the teacher (presentation of concepts and models, operationalization, and illustration) and to read the bibliography about the different subjects approached in the curricular unit. In the scope of the practical courses, case studies are analyzed in small groups and then presented and discussed in the whole group with feedback from the teacher; instruments are applied with teacher’s support; specific procedures are trained; intervention plans are developed.

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Educational psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	0,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must attend at least 75% of the classes. They have to present a written report about the analyses of a case of a student with LD. The report is individual and should include the assessment and characterization of the situation, as well as an intervention plan. The final classification is obtained by the sum of the report classification (50% weight) and the examination classification (50% weight).

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification is obtained by the sum of the report classification (50% weight) and the examination classification (50% weight).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students in special conditions should contact the responsible for the unit at the beginning of the semester.