Become the best support for student development, integrating diversity in a real way, from the most innovative vision of teaching in the 21st century”

In this worldwide panorama, it a great challenge for education professionals to attend to a large group of students with Learning Difficulties (LD), as these difficulties manifest themselves in a variety of ways and the cause is often multifactorial and not always detectable. This professional master’s degree emerges as an answer to the increased demand for professionals (both in the health and educational fields) well-prepared with up-to-date and relevant knowledge. It provides the necessary skills to successfully face the challenges posed by the integral development of personality among diverse children and adolescents, with their different needs, styles, interests and conditions, but especially those with difficulties in learning to read, write, do mathematics and adapt to different environments.  

In this way, learning difficulties are assessed from an integrative view of neurobiological, linguistic, psycho-pedagogical and social factors. We also assess their relationship with cognitive activity (perception, attention, memory, emotions, imagination, motivation, thinking, language and intelligence), deficiencies in teaching methodologies and practices, social conditions of development, as well as their manifestations in the basic instrumental areas (reading, writing and mathematics) and in school, social adaptation and interaction.   

The design of the program a was developed by an academic committee composed of specialists with experience in the clinical, educational and social fields. These professionals contribute their expertise to support the postgraduate education needs of teachers working in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams, school management structures and specialized care. All this condensed in the most up to date theoretical and practical content of the current academic market and in an efficient and comfortable format, totally online so that the student can determine their own pace and can combine it with the rest of their obligations.

You will have access to the most modern study system of online teaching in order to advance rapidly in your learning”

This professional master’s degree in Management of Learning Difficulties and Attention to Diversity contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. Its most notable features are:

• Practical case studies presented by experts
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• The most interesting innovations in the sector
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• 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

Created to be affordable, this program will allow you to learn without losing motivation throughout the process, with the enthusiasm that comes from seeing the results of your efforts”

The teaching staff includes professionals from the psychology and education sector, who contribute their experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.   

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive educational experience designed to train for real-life situations.   

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

A teaching method proven for its educational impact that provides you with the most complete study materials available on and off line"

A highly skilled course that will allow you to acquire the knowledge and practical tools required to work effectively with learning difficulties"

The main objective of the program is the development of theoretical and practical learning, which prepares the student to apply the techniques they learned in a practical and thorough way. An objective that you will see fulfilled in a systematic, efficient and complete way by passing this learning process. 

Achieve your objectives of professional improvement with the support of the most up-to-date professional development systems in online teaching”

General Objectives

• Increase theoretical-practical and educational-methodological knowledge related to psychology, teaching and education in relation to students with LD in the context of diversity, with an innovative, creative and integral vision for school management
• Develop professional skills, abilities and competences for the scientific management of the comprehensive educational care of schoolchildren with learning difficulties within the framework of diversity with a high level of specialization

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Theoretical and Methodological Fundamentals in Attention to Diversity and Learning Difficulties in Children

• Determine the theoretical positions that support Psychology and Pedagogy as sciences
• Identify the essential relationships between psychological sciences and pedagogical sciences based on their convergent and divergent elements
• Recognize the challenges that exist in the development of psychology and teaching in the global school environment
• Categorize learning theories to facilitate theoretical understanding based on established assumptions
• Recognize the potential of education for integral formation from a developmental point of view

Module 2. Learning Disabilities: Historical Approach, Conceptualization, Theories and Classification

• Interpret the historical development of the field of learning disabilities, taking into account the different events that delimit its stages
• Explain the term learning disabilities from its historical controversies, its conceptual differentiation and the characterization of the schoolchild with this condition
• Compare the various classifications of learning difficulties from a current perspective
• Analyze the different theoretical approaches to learning disabilities and their relationship with care models

Module 3. Reflections on the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Learning Difficulties

• Understand the diagnostic procedures and teacher evaluation in the field of learning difficulties and the relationship between them
• Identify the different stages of diagnosis and evaluation, the variables to consider and the most pertinent techniques and evaluation instruments
• Apply evaluation techniques and instruments to schoolchildren with possible learning difficulties in reading, writing and mathematics
• Characterize the functioning of the evaluative committee and the role of each one of its members
• Communicate in a structured, descriptive and analytical way the results of the diagnostic and evaluation process with the aim of guiding the educational care of a schoolchild with learning difficulties

Module 4. Fundamentals of the Management of Learning Difficulties

• Analyze the theoretical and methodological fundamentals of managing learning difficulties
• Characterize the processes that integrate the school management of learning difficulties in the context of diversity
• Link the processes of prevention, school organization and comprehensive educational attention based on their conceptualization and establishment of their relationships
• Value the role of psychological activity as an element of integration and consolidation of the theoretical and methodological foundations of managing learning difficulties and attention to diversity
• Develop plans for prevention and comprehensive educational attention for learning difficulties in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics and school adaptation 

Module 5. Language as a Determining Element in the Care of Learning Difficulties

• Understand the concepts of communication, linguistic, speech, language and their relationships
• Understand the link between the development of language and thought based on the theoretical focus and its implication is the teaching-learning process
• Characterize the development of the language in its different components and alterations
• Explain language disorders and their incidence in adapting to school and learning difficulties associated with reading, writing and math
• Consider language disorders in the design and implementation of comprehensive educational care for learning difficulties

Module 6. Learning Difficulties in Reading and their Impact on the Training of a Citizen in the Knowledge Society 

• Analyze the processes involved in learning to read in order to consider them in diagnosis, assessment and teaching
• Reflect on the different methods of teaching reading and their shortcomings, as well as the criteria for their selection and application in different students and contexts
• Implement actions for the promotion of reading and prevention of reading difficulties, incorporating the main educational agencies
• Identify reading learning difficulties through their characterization, diagnosis, evaluation and relationship with the family and social context
• Develop comprehensive educational care plans for students or groups of students with learning difficulties based on their personal, family and contextual characteristics, motivations and their potential

Module 7. Learning Difficulties in Writing as a Possibility of Lasting Communication

• Analyze the processes, stages and levels involved in constructing written language in order to consider them in diagnosis, assessment and teaching
• Reflect on the different methods of teaching writing and their shortcomings, as well as the criteria for their selection and application in different students and contexts
• Implement actions for the promotion of writing and prevention of its difficulties incorporating the main educational agencies
• Identify learning difficulties in producing written language through their characterization, diagnosis and evaluation, considering its relationship with the family and social context
• Develop comprehensive educational care plans for students or groups of students with learning difficulties in written language based on their characteristics, motivation and their personal, family and contextual potential

Module 8. Mathematical Learning Difficulty (MLD)

• Analyze the essential concepts and processes involved in learning math in order to consider them in diagnosis, assessment and teaching
• Reflect on the different methods of teaching math and their shortcomings, as well as the criteria for their selection and application in different students and contexts
• Implement actions for the promotion of math and prevention of its difficulties incorporating the main educational agencies
• Identify learning difficulties in learning math through their characterization, diagnosis and evaluation, considering its relationship with the family and social context
• Develop comprehensive educational care plans for students or groups of students with learning difficulties based on their personal, family and contextual characteristics, motivations and their potential 

Module 9. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as an Associated Condition of Learning Difficulties

• Understand Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), its prevalence, causes and implications for educational and social inclusion across the lifespan
• Characterize a student with ADHD, their needs, interests and motivations for their integral educational care
• Analyze the theoretical models that explain ADHD and their relationship with the diagnosis, evaluation and selection of techniques and instruments
• Reflect on the complexity of the approach to the student with learning difficulties associated with ADHD, the educational implications and its consolidation in integral educational care

Module 10. Emerging Educational Alternatives for the Management of Learning Difficulties

• Reflect on information and communication technologies, chess and meditation as emerging alternatives for the management of learning difficulties in diverse contexts
• Argue the use and scope of ICT as a learning resource in the management of learning difficulties in primary education
• Evaluate the potentials of chess as a resource for management of learning difficulties linked with the main educational agencies: family, school and community
• Value the benefits of incorporating meditation into the school learning-teaching process within the context of learning difficulties

A highly interesting review of the resources that teachers can apply when working with diverse students with learning difficulties”