Bachelor of Education in Special Education

Special Education is one of the programs that have been newly developed in the College of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences at al Ain University to become part of a recently developed department called the “Department of Humanities and Social Sciences”. This Bachelor’s Degree Program was developed upon a request from Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. This reflects the needs for this specialty in the UAE as it is also needed in the Arab world as a whole. However, this program aims to rehabilitate the teachers to qualify them to teach students with special needs in regular classrooms or in resource rooms, or in special education classes to help them solve their learning problems.
Program Goals The Bachelor of Education in Special Education program aims to: *Clarify the relationship between disability, development and learning and making use of this relationship in providing teaching experiences that are challenging to individuals with disabilities. *Create safe and comprehensive teaching and learning environments that respond to cultural diversity, and make individuals with special needs active and effective learners characterized by positive social and emotional maturation. *Employ the knowledge of regular and special education curricula for individualizing teaching process to students with special needs. *Use multiple assessment methods and a variety of data sources in making educational decisions. *Adapt and modify instructional strategies to fit the characteristics and capabilities of students with special needs to enhance their learning process. *Employ knowledge, skills and ethical and professional principles in teaching students with special needs. *Collaborate and communicate with families, educators and service providers for the benefit of individuals with special needs. *Develop the relationship between individuals with special needs and the various institutions in the community in a manner that is culturally responsive to meet their needs across a range of teaching and learning experiences.