B.Ed. (Hearing Impairment) Community Based Rehabilitation 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 Community Based Rehabilitation
Module 1: Introduction to Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
- 1.1 Concept and definition of CBR
- 1.2 Principles of CBR
- 1.3 Difference between CBR and institutional living
- 1.4 Socio-cultural and economic contexts of CBR
- 1.5 Scope and inclusion of CBR in government policies and programs
Module 2: Preparing Community for CBR
- 2.1 Awareness program-Types and methods
- 2.2 Advocacy - citizen and self
- 2.3 Focus group discussion
- 2.4 Family counselling and family support groups
- 2.5 Corporate social responsibility
Module 3: Preparing Persons with Disability for CBR
- 3.1 Early identification and intervention
- 3.2 Development of Person Centred Plan for education
- 3.3 Individual Transition Plan
- 3.4 Community related vocational training
- 3.5 Skill training for living within community
Module 4: CBR Strategies for Persons with Disabilities
- 4.1 Visual impairment - Orientation and mobility training - Braille
- 4.2 Hearing impairment - Training in sign language and system
- 4.3 Physical impairment and Cerebral Palsy - Training in use of assistive devices - Training in use of augmentative and alternative communication systems
- 4.4 Autism and intellectual disability - Training in functional and survival skills
- 4.5 Access to school and higher education
Module 5: Role of Government and International Agencies
- 5.1 Poverty alleviation and development programs
- 5.2 Disability related legislations & judicial activism
- 5.3 Disability related policies and schemes
- 5.4 United Nation’s Conventions and Declarations
- 5.5 Review of global legislations
Essential Readings
- Loveday, M. (2006). The HELP Guide for Community Based Rehabilitation Workers: A Training Manual. Global-HELP Publications, California.
- McConkey, R. and O’Tool, B (Eds). Innovations in Developing Countries for People with Disabilities, P.H. Brookes, Baltimore.
- Neufelt, A. and Albright, A (1998). Disability and Self-Directed Employment: Business Development Model. Campus Press Inc. York University.
- Peat, M. (1997). Community Based Rehabilitation, W.B. Saunders Company.
- Scheme of Assistance to Disabled for Purposes of Fitting of Aids/Appliances, — Ministry of Social Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
- Scheme of Assistance to Organizations for Disabled Persons, Ministry of Social Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
- WHO .(1982). Community Based Rehabilitation — Report of a WHO International Consultation, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 28 June- 3 July. WHO (RHB/IR/82.1)
- WHO .(1984). "Rehabilitation For AIl" in World Health Magazine, WHO, Geneva
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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