Unit I: Introduction to inclusive Education:

• Concept & history of special education, integrated education and inclusive Education & their relation.
• Philosophical, Sociological, Economical & Humanitarian dimensions of inclusive education.
• Advantages of inclusive education for the individual and society.
• Factors affecting inclusion.

Unit II: Legal and policy perspectives:

• Important international declarations / conventions / proclamations- BMF(1993-2012), recommendations of the Salamanca Statement and Framework of Action (1994), UNCRPD (2006).
• National initiatives for inclusive education. National Policy on Education (1968,1986), Education in the National Policy on Disability (2006), RTE Act (2009).
• Special role of institutions for the education of children with disabilities—RCI, National Institute of Different Disabilities.

Unit III: Defining learners with special needs:

• Understanding differently abled learners—concepts, definitions, characteristics, classification, causes and preventive measures of V.I, H.I, SLD, LI.
• Preparation for inclusive education—School’s readiness for addressing learner with diverse needs.
• Assessment of children with diverse needs (MDPS, BASIC-MR, FACP, VSMS, DDST, UPANAYAN and related others) to know their profile and to develop individualized Education Programme (IEP/ITP)
• Identification and overcoming barriers for educational and social inclusion

Unit IV: Inclusion in operation:

• Classroom management and organizations, curricular adaptations, learning designing and development of suitable TLM.
• Pedagogical strategies to respond to individual needs of students: Co-operative learning strategies in the class room, peer tutoring, social learning, buddy system, reflective teaching, multisensory teaching etc.
• Technological Advancement and its applications—ICT, Adaptive and Assistive devices, equipments, aids and appliances.

Unit V: Teacher preparation for inclusive school:

• Problems in inclusion in the real classroom situations; ways for overcoming the problems in inclusions
• Review of existing educational programmes offered in secondary school (General and Special School)
• Skills and competencies of teachers and teacher educators for secondary education in inclusive settings
• Teacher preparation for inclusive education in the light of NCF, 2005 and NCFTE, 2009
• Characteristics of inclusive school