Contribute to the education of students with neurodevelopmental disorders and be a fundamental pillar in the process of understanding and reasoning for the needs of their future"

Intellectual disabilities pose a very demanding challenge for the teachers, since they will have to deal with special cases of students with different cognitive disorders. Thus, it is important to know the latest updates in the sector in order to address various cases and bring them to their maximum academic demand.

Faced with this need, TECH has designed this postgraduate diploma, where you will delve into the latest methodologies and techniques of education in the classroom for special cases. In this way, it will delve into those disorders that affect neurodevelopment, such as attention deficit or hyperactivity.

Finally, the teachers will be able to delve into those relevant aspects that allow them to strengthen the students' disabilities. Likewise, they will be able to implement new educational models in their daily practice, which will seek to strengthen the skills of students diagnosed with cognitive disabilities.

To this extent, the program becomes an important source of information, which aims to provide a complete training through an innovative 100% online format, nourished by audiovisual material, self-knowledge exercises and complementary readings. This will allow the teachers to review the syllabus as many times as they wish, as well as to go deeper into those aspects that catch their attention.

Implement to your daily praxis the new updates in the educational field and contribute to the strengthening of the cognitive abilities of the special student"

This postgraduate diploma in Intellectual Disability, Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder  contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in Intellectual Disability, Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
• The graphic, schematic and eminently practical contents with which it is conceived provide information and practice on those disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Identify the main cognitive disorders that affect students and strengthen their academic abilities"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals in the sector who contribute their work experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professionals with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professionals must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the students will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts.

Update your knowledge to face the professional challenges of the future, so you will need to know the newest and most recent educational techniques and methodologies"

You will have at your disposal a compendium of valuable information, accompanied by audiovisual material, practical exercises and complementary readings”

The main objective of this program focuses on providing updated information to the education professionals in order to update their knowledge in Special Education. Thus, according to the new learning techniques and methodologies, they will acquire skills that will allow them to establish new didactic strategies for the cases of students with intellectual disabilities and deficit disorders. In this way, you will identify new tools that will allow you to perform a better deployment of the praxis, so this postgraduate diploma is a unique opportunity for teachers who wish to delve into specific cases of cognitive disabilities.

Enroll and specialize in techniques and methodologies to address special cases of students with hyperactivity in the classroom"

General Objectives

• Learn how Special Education has evolved, especially regarding international entities such as UNESCO 
• Use a scientific vocabulary adjusted to the demands of multiprofessional teams, participating in student coordination and monitoring
• Collaborate in supporting families / legal guardians in the development of students
• Participate in the assessment and diagnosis of special educational needs
• Elaborate the adaptations required by students with special educational needs
• Use the methodology, tools and material resources adapted to the individual needs of students with special educational needs
• Learn the basics of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Neurology both to read reports from other professionals and to establish specific guidelines for the appropriate response at school to the needs posed by students
• Establish measures both in the classroom, school and environment for students with special educational needs to enable their full inclusion in today's society

Specific Objectives

Module 1. History and Evolution of Terms up to Functional Diversity

• Describe changes throughout history using vocabulary adjusted to historical time
• Compare changes and advances throughout the history of Special Education
• List the most commonly used classifications in interdisciplinary work, both ICD-10 and DSM-V
• Analyze and reflect on UNESCO's approaches
• Define the essential concepts in current psycho-pedagogy
• Know and describe the most important milestones in the evolutionary development of healthy children to establish comparisons with children who have special educational needs

Module 2. Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Intellectual Disability

• Know and compare the evolution of the concept of intellectual disability
• Differentiate and recognize developmental variables and differential aspects
• Understand and appreciate multiprofessional coordination
• Differentiate and analyze special educational needs
• Know the tools and materials to be used
• Recognize and reflect on the different evaluations and prognoses to be established

Module 3. Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Attention Deficit Disorder/Hyperactivity Disorder 

• Define and differentiate the concepts associated to attention deficit disorder with and without hyperactivity
• Understand and appreciate multiprofessional coordination
• Adapt tools and materials related to learner needs
• Recognize the different evaluations and prognoses to be established

You'll achieve your goals thanks to innovative academic upgrade models, so you'll take your career to the next level"