Cursos / 2º Ciclo / Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences :: Educational Psychology
DIFICULDADES DE APRENDIZAGEM - 2023/2024
1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 6
Teachers
Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Joana Cruz
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Joana Cruz
Class type and School hours
Prática Laboratorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas
Teaching Language
Portuguese
Main Aims/Objectives
This course aims to promote the acquisition of knowledge about the concept of learning disabilities (LD) and its evolution over time. It also seeks to enhance the knowledge about the assessment of learning disabilities and the appropriate intervention.
Specific Aims/Objectives
Students should master the conceptual and methodological tools necessary for its intervention as educational psychologists in promoting differentiated educational responses in an educational context.
Skills to be acquired
Identify LD, intervention strategies and any necessary referrals due to the identified problems
Know and distinguish the role of different actors in the educational assessment and intervention in LD
Know how to administer, quote and interpret the results of standardized tests and measures based on the curriculum for the assessment of difficulties in learning reading, writing and/or mathematics;
Know how to implement and evaluate preventive and remeditative interventions in the MTSS framework.
Teaching Procedures
Exposure lessons. Practical exercises. Interview to educational/scholar psychologists Psychological evaluation. Case studies. Study visit.
Programme
1. Learning Disabilities
1.1 Definition and evolution over time
1.2 Multi-tier Systems of Support. Response to intervention (RTI)
2. Reading and writing
2.1 Conceptual models: emergent literacy and reading and writing
2.2 Assessment of learning disabilities
2.3 Reading and writing learning difficulties: conceptualization and evaluation
2.4 Intervention in reading and writing learning difficulties
2.5 Reading and writing intervention programs
3. Learning Mathematic
3.1 Formal and informal mathematical knowledge
3.2 Construction of number sense
3.3 Mathematic learning difficulties: conceptualization and evaluation
3.4 Intervention in mathematic learning difficulties
3.5 Math intervention programs
Evaluation Type
a) Attendance; b) Participation in initiatives and work done in class; c) Interventions; d) Individual work and / or group work.
Teaching Resources
Library. Classroom assessement. Pedagogical supervision. Theoretical and bibliographic support.
Sustainability Objectives
Keywords
Learning disabilities;
Response to Intervention;
Reading, writing and math.
Main Bibliography
Author | MacGuinness, D. |
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Title | Language development and learning to read. The sci |
Place | Cambridge |
Editor | The MIT Press |
Year | 2005 |
Author | Elliott, J. G., & Grigorenko, E. L. |
Title | The dyslexia debate. |
Place | New York |
Editor | Cambridge University Press |
Year | 2014 |
Author | Alves, R. A. & Leite, I. (Eds.) |
Title | Ensino da Leitura e da Escrita Baseado em Evidênci |
Editor | Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo. |
Year | 2022 |
Complementary Bibliography
Author | Iolanda Ribeiro, Fernanda Leopoldina Viana, Adrian |
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Title | AINDA ESTOU A APRENDER. As tecnologias no apoio à |
Author | M. J. Snowling & C. Hulme |
Title | The science of reading: A handbook |