B.Ed. (Hearing Impairment) Introduction to Locomotor and Multiple Disabilities Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the University of Mumbai syllabus for the Bachelor of Education - Special Education (Hearing Impairment), the Choice Based two-year programme in force from the academic year 2016-17. It is the scheme currently examined: the University set all four of its semesters in Winter 2025 and Summer 2026, and has published no revision of it since. The University no longer hosts the document on mu.ac.in, which is why it is mirrored here in full.
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Syllabus for Introduction to Locomotor and Multiple Disabilities
Printed in the syllabus as “INTRODUCTION TO LOCOMOTOR AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES”.
Unit 1: Cerebral Palsy (CP)
- 1.1 CP: Nature, Types and its Associated Conditions
- 1.2 Assessment of Functional Difficulties of CP including Abnormalities of Joints and Movements (Gaits)
- 1.3 Provision of Therapeutic Intervention and Referral of Children with CP
- 1.4 Implications of Functional Limitations of Children with CP in Education
- 1.5 Creating Prosthetic Environment in School and Home: Seating Arrangements, Positioning and Handling Techniques at Home and School
Unit 2: Amputees, Polio, Spinal Cord Injuries Spina-bifida and Muscular Dystrophy
- 2.1 Meaning and Classification
- 2.2 Basic understanding of Assessment of Functional Difficulties
- 2.3 Provision of Therapeutic Intervention and Referral
- 2.4 Implications of Functional Limitations for Education
- 2.5 Creating Prosthetic Environment in School and Home: Seating Arrangements, Positioning and Handling Techniques at Home and School
Unit 3: Multiple Disabilities and Other Disabling Conditions
- 3.1 Multiple Disabilities: Meaning and Classifications
- 3.2 Various Combinations of Multiple Disabilities and Associated Conditions (Epilepsy, Motor and Sensory Conditions)
- 3.3 Basic understanding of other Disabling Conditions such as Leprosy Cured Students, Tuberous Sclerosis and Multiple Sclerosis
- 3.4 Implications of Functional Limitations for Education
- 3.5 Creating Prosthetic Environment in School and Home: Seating Arrangements, Positioning and HandlingTechniques at Home and School
Module 4: Facilitating Teaching-Learning in school
- 4.1 Introduction to early intervention and multidisciplinary team
- 4.2 Introduction to functional and vocational education
- 4.3 Government Concessions, schemes and facilities- educational, aids and appliances, transport
- 4.4 Introduction to IEP and TLM for children with CP, Amputees, Polio, Spinal Cord Injuries, Spina-bifida and Muscular Dystrophy and Multiple Disabilities and Other Disabling Conditions
- 4.5 Facilitating social and peer group relationships
Module 5: Introduction to Therapeutic Intervention
- 5.1 Problems & Management of hand function
- 5.2 Assistive Technology to Facilitate Learning and Functional Activities for CP, Amputees, Polio, Spinal Cord Injuries, Spina-bifida and Muscular Dystrophy, Multiple Disabilities and Other Disabling Conditions
- 5.3 Universal Design for accessibility
- 5.4 Partnership with individuals and families
- 5.5 Alternative and Augmentative Communication in classroom
Essential Readings
- Banerjee, Arundhati. Infant assessment (0-2 years) Calcutta: Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebral palsy grast bachchon ke liye aao ek sath padhe Majumdar, Manjulika Sen Reena . Calcutta : Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy
- Audiovisual training kit on cerebral palsy part 1-14 Calcutta: Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebral palsy : a complete guide for care giving / Miller, F ; Bachrach, S J .-2nd Ed. . Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press Health Book , 2006
- Manual (series-Curriculum guidelines for students with multiple disabilities) : physical and neurological / Choudhary, Sipra Roy ; Banerjee, Ranu and Dutt, Vijaya Calcutta : Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy , 1999
- Vocational rehabilitation for persons with Locomotors disabilities / Goel, Sushil Kumar; Parameshwar, Kannekanti. Agra: Harprasad Institute of Behavioral Studies, 2012
- Training module on multiple disabilities / Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan . New Delhi : Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan
- Training module on cerebral palsy and locomotors impairment / Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan . New Delhi : Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan
- Physical assessment of child with cerebral palsy part 3-4/ IICP, Calcutta: Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy
- Bridge Course manual locomotors impairment and associated disabilities /Goyal, H C,; Ramachandran, B . New Delhi : RCI
- Miller, F. and Bachrach, S.J. (2012). Cerebral Palsy: A Complete Guide for Caregiving.A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book.
- SarvaSikshaAbhiyan. Module on Cerebral Palsy. http://ssa.nic.in/inclusiveeducation/ training-module-for-resource-teachers-for-disablechildren/ Module%205%20Cerebral%20Palsy.pdf/at_download/file
- SarvaSikshaAbhiyan .Module on Multiple Disabilities. http://ssa.nic.in/inclusiveeducation/ training-module-for-resource-teachers-for-disablechildren/ Module%203%20Multiple%20Disability.pdf/at_download/file
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Ed. Spl. Ed. (Hearing Impairment), in force from the academic year 2016-17. Wording, module numbering and the reading list are as printed in that syllabus. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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