Courses

SOPAN’s Suvidya College of Special Education

NAAC Accredited

I. B.Ed. Special Education (Autism Spectrum Disorders)

Suvidya College of Special Education (erstwhile known as Suvidya Centre of Special Education) was the first college in India to conduct the B.Ed. Special Education (ASD) Program when its curriculum was developed by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), New Delhi in 2015.

This full-time program prepares students to become teachers competent to teach children with disabilities and in particular children with Autism in special and inclusive school settings.

Course Duration:

The duration of the B.Ed. Special Education (ASD) is 2 years consisting of 4 semesters

Course Content:

It provides a credit-based holistic curriculum that enables a trainee teacher to be eligible for teaching children at both primary and secondary school levels. The prescribed curriculum consists of Core papers (e.g. Education in Contemporary India, Human Development, and Psychology of Learning) that are also taught in B.Ed. (General Education) Program. Besides preparing the trainee teachers to work with children with autism, the curriculum includes courses that prepare them to work effectively with children with other disabilities. This curricular provision has been made in response to the inclusive education movement. The course content ensures enhancement of professional capacity of teacher trainees by inculcating practice of reading and reflecting, scientific thinking, and employing art and drama for effective teaching and learning. The Theory and Practicum components of the curriculum are mutually relevant and complementary.

Recognition:

The 2-year program is affiliated to University of Mumbai, and recognized by the RCI. As per the RCI norms the Program has 30 seats only.

Eligibility:

Admission to the B.Ed. Special Education (ASD) program is open to graduate/postgraduate of arts, science, commerce and humanities (with minimum 50% marks), and graduate/postgraduate of Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Business administration, Engineering, Computer Science , Information Technology (with minimum 55% marks) from University of Mumbai or any other University recognized by UGC. A candidate must pass the B.Ed. Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by Government of Maharashtra. The details about CET are available at www.dhepune.gov.in

Job Opportunities:

After acquiring a Degree in B.Ed. Special Education (ASD), a teacher can work

In general schools (including international schools) as resource room teacher or itinerant teacher
In a special school (including intervention centres or clinics)
As an independent practitioner

Admission for B.Ed. Special Education (ASD)

As per the guidelines of Government of Maharashtra, candidates desirous of seeking admission to the B.Ed. Special Education (ASD) Course must appear and pass the Common Entrance Test (CET) held by State Common Entrance Test Cell. Information about CET registration, application, examination date etc. is available on http://dhepune.gov.in/bed.html https://cetcell.mahacet.org/ by April every year.

Eligibility for Admission

Graduates / Post graduates from the following disciplines:
Science, Maths, Social Sciences (History, Geography, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Education, Library Science), Humanities (Languages and Literature) with minimum 50% (49.50% to 49.99%) for Open category and 45% (44.50% – 44.99%) for Reserved category (subject to producing caste certificate).
Graduates / Post graduates from the following disciplines:
Commerce, Engineering, Computer Science, Law, IT, Agriculture, B.B.I., Medical Science, Fine Arts, Performing Arts – Music, Dance, Drama with minimum 55% (54.50% – 54.99%) and 50% (49.50% – 49.99%) for Reserved category (subject to producing caste certificate).
B.Com. and M.Com. New Eligibility:
Candidates with minimum 50% (49.5% to 49.99%) for Open Category and minimum 45% (44-5% to 44.99%) for Reserved Category.
All rules and regulations regarding the selection of candidates for admission in a College of Education affiliated to the University of Mumbai will apply to the B.Ed. Special Education (ASD) course.

Seats
The Rehabilitation Council of India has sanctioned a total of 30 seats.

Admission Process
Candidates who have passed the Common Entrance Test will be eligible for admission. The final confirmation of admission will depend upon the payment of fees within the notified period, and will be subject to approval by the University of Mumbai.

For Program Learning Outcomes and Curriculum of the B.Ed Special Education (ASD), click to view.

Student Code of Conduct , click to view.

II. Short-Term Certificate Courses

Short-Term Courses are a means through which individuals acquire information and skills to build their capacities in order to fulfil their own development objectives over time. In India, the human resource development programs in the area of disability rehabilitation typically focus on specific disabilities. Hence, disability professionals are trained either in intellectual disability or visual impairment or learning disability or hearing impairment etc. But once employed, they are expected to work with all children with special needs. Many of them feel the need to obtain and strengthen their knowledge about disabilities other than the one in which they have specialized. The Short-Term Courses at Suvidya are designed to meet this need.

a) Certificate Course in Autism

is a capacity building program for professionals, and parents of children with autism. The Course purports to develop an understanding about the nature and needs of children with autism, and focuses on availing hands on experience of working with such children. It has been a popular choice as a continued professional development program for a range of practitioners, such as teachers, therapists, psychologists, counsellors and doctors.

Eligibility: A participant should have a minimum qualification of HSC or12 th Standard. Preferably, he/she should be familiar with English or Hindi Language

Duration: The course runs for 12 weeks. It is conducted once a week for 6 – 7 hours.

Credits and hours: The course carries 6 credits of Theory (3 credits) and Practicum (3 credits) with 90 hours of contact time and 180 hours of self-study.

Medium of Instruction: English and Hindi

Certification: All participants, who have attended the entire course and have successfully completed the theory and practicum assignments, are awarded a Certificate issued by Suvidya College of Special Education.

b) Certificate Course in Specific Learning Disability (SLD):

Maharashtra Prathmik Shikshan Parishad has prioritized Samagra Shiksha with the objective of quality inclusive education for all as one of its objectives. In order to translate the policies into a reality for each and every child we need to strengthen the in-service teacher’s capacity and provide support to general education teachers in their classrooms so that they can successfully meet the job
demands.

Suvidya College of Special Education runs a Certificate Course in Specific Learning Disability to upscale teacher’s knowledge and skills to provide suitable education to children with SLD effectively in inclusive classroom. The capacity building programme is aimed to support the learning needs of children with learning disability as mandated in NEP 2020.

This course aims to enhance the participants’ knowledge about SLD as a type of disability, and develop their skills for assessment and application of curricular transactional methods suitable for children with SLD.

Eligibility: The course is open for general education teachers, special education teachers, allied professionals (e.g. therapists) who work with CwSN, school administrators

Duration: The course runs for 12 weeks. It is conducted once a week for 6 – 7 hours.

Credits and hours: The course carries 6 credits of Theory (3 credits) and Practicum (3 credits) with 90 hours of contact time and 180 hours of practicum.

Medium of Instruction: English and Hindi

c) Course in Shadow Teaching

With the implementation of the Right to Education Act, many children with disabilities are given admission in general schools. However, schools often request that the child be supported by a person to cope with the demands of the curriculum. Such a person, also called ‘shadow teacher’ is expected to help the child within the classroom.

The Certificate Course in Shadow Teaching has been designed to address the need of supporting inclusive education of children with disabilities. It aims to provide the knowledge and skills required by a shadow teacher. The objective is to develop competence and capacity by orienting a course participant to nature and needs of children with disabilities, and exposing him/her to appropriate teaching and management strategies required to help such children.

Eligibility: A participant should have a minimum qualification of HSC or12 th Standard. Preferably, he/she should be familiar with English or Hindi Language

Duration: The course runs for 4 weeks for 10 hours/week

Credits and hours: The course carries 02 credits of Theory (01 credit) and Practicum (01 credit) with 30 hours of contact time and 60 hours of practicum.

Medium of Instruction: English and Hindi

Admissions for Short term Courses in ASD and Shadow Teaching,
The courses are typically announced by June every year. The brochure and the admission forms are uploaded on the website or can also be downloaded from the Facebook account of SOPAN and SOPAN’s Suvidya College of Special Education. The form must be filled and submitted along with course registration fee before the due date as indicated in the form.