ACT's Certificate in Special Education course in Mumbai for Special Educators

About the courses

Special Education

ACT’s Special Education program emphasises on ADHD, Autism and Learning Disabilities with an aim to acquaint you with the ways to identify and address them in an inclusive classroom. The inclusive education courses Mumbai focus on the inclusive practices and how to effectively deal with learners with disabilities in general education classrooms. The program will train you with the various approaches to teach SEN children while making a significant contribution as an educator.
The course is available in 3 different levels: Certificate, Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma.

Autism

Asian College of Teachers’ specially designed Autism spectrum disorder courses Mumbai have been developed for those willing to pursue a career in teaching in an inclusive classroom. The course equips you with an in-depth knowledge base related to Autism and makes you aware of its various aspects. It prepares both aspiring and working teaching professionals with the techniques to deal with autistic kids in the classroom. It also covers a broader aspect of autism and related disabilities to prepare and provide students with a better learning experience.
The Autism course comprises 3 levels - Certificate, Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma.

ADHD

The detailed courses on ADHD by Asian College of Teachers have been designed and developed by experts in the field, for both aspiring and working teachers to equip them with specific and functional strategies for identifying and strategically handling of learners with ADHD in the inclusive classroom environment. This course aims at educating you with the requisite knowledge regarding ADHD so that you are able to face every challenge with ease and confidence as an inclusive classroom educator or shadow teacher.
The course has 3 levels - Certificate, Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma.

Learning Disabilities (LD)

If you are willing to foray into inclusive teaching and gain an in-depth knowledge regarding Learning Disabilities, then opting for this course would definitely be a smart move for you. Completing any of the three levels is sure to benefit you in making a genuine difference as an educator in an inclusive classroom. It also provides you with a thorough idea and the types of behaviour related with the various types of learning disabilities along with the ways to identify them in learners. Equipping you with the appropriate strategies and approaches to maintain a proper learning environment in the classroom, the course aims to transform individuals into global teaching professionals.
The course is available in 3 distinct levels - Certificate, Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma.

SEN - Live Online Workshop

Asian College of Teacher’s live online workshop is the new addition to Behavior management courses for special education Mumbai and has been developed for teachers willing to stay updated with the latest trends in their profession along with upgrading themselves as efficient educators. The live online mode sees the facilitators and instructors as guides, while creating a platform for participants and peers to become active collaborators rather than being just mere learners. Such online workshop from ACT creates opportunities for trainees across the globe where they get to attend live online classes and interact with their facilitators and peers and learn while collaborating in online activities.

Curriculum

Certificate in Special Education

Learning Disability

Phase 1: Understanding and Identifying Students with LDs
Phase 2: Making sense of the IEPs
Phase 3: Learning the Right Teaching Strategies
Phase 4: Helping Students with Word Identification Problems
Phase 5: Helping Students with Reading Comprehension Problems

ADHD

Phase 1: Understanding Students with ADHD
Phase 2: Understand the Common Characteristics of HFA/AS
Phase 3: Discover How Your Students Think
Phase 4: Nurture Students' Social Skills
Phase 5: Encourage Language Reciprocity

Autism

Phase 1: Meet your Students with Autism
Phase 2: Understand the Common Characteristics of HFA/AS
Phase 3: Discover How Your Students Think
Phase 4: Nurture Students' Social Skills
Phase 5: Encourage Language Reciprocity

Diploma in Special Education

Learning Disability

Phase 1: Understanding Learning Disabilities
Phase 2: Identifying Students with LDs
Phase 3: Modifying Your Classroom
Phase 4: Managing Student Behaviour
Phase 5: Instructional Methods to help students with LD overcome challenges in an Inclusive Classroom
Phase 6: Learning Strategies & Assessment Techniques for students with LD
Phase 7: Dyslexia
Phase 8: Dysgraphia & Dyscalculia

ADHD

Phase 1: Understanding Students with ADHD
Phase 2: Understanding Students with ADHD
Phase 3: Problem-Solving for Academic Performance
Phase 4: Classroom Beliefs and Rules
Phase 5: Preplanning and Facilitating an ADHD-Friendly Classroom
Phase 6: Role of Family
Phase 7: Clinical Diagnosis of ADHD

Down Syndrome

Phase 1: Definition and History
Phase 2: Identifying Down Syndrome in Children
Phase 3: Causes and Complications of Down Syndrome
Phase 4: Teaching Children with Down Syndrome
Phase 5: Inclusive Education for Children with Down Syndrome

Autism

Phase 1: Meet your Students with Autism
Phase 2: Understand the Common Characteristics of HFA/AS
Phase 3: Nurture Students' Social Skills
Phase 4: Encourage Language Reciprocity
Phase 5: Work with Sensory Sensitivities
Phase 6: Autism and Inclusive Education
Phase 7: Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood
Phase 8:
- Asperger Syndrome (AS)
- High Functioning Autism (HFA)
- Fragile X Syndrome (FXS)

Post Graduate Diploma in Special Education

Learning Disability

Phase 1: Understanding Learning Disabilities
Phase 2: Identifying Students with LDs
Phase 3: Modifying Your Classroom
Phase 4: Managing Student Behaviour
Phase 5: Instructional Methods to help students with LD overcome challenges in an Inclusive Classroom
Phase 6: Learning Strategies & Assessment Techniques for students with LD
Phase 7: Dyslexia
Phase 8: Dysgraphia & Dyscalculia
Phase 9: Language Processing Disorder

ADHD

Phase 1: Understanding Students with ADHD
Phase 2: The Emotional Impact of ADHD
Phase 3: Problem-Solving for Academic Performance
Phase 4: Preplanning and Facilitating an ADHD-Friendly Classroom
Phase 5: Problem-Solving for Academic Performance
Phase 6: Role of Family
Phase 7: Clinical Diagnosis of ADHD
Phase 8: Role of Teacher and Parents

Down Syndrome

Phase 1: Definition and History
Phase 2: Identifying Down Syndrome in Children
Phase 3: Causes and Complications of Down Syndrome
Phase 4: Teaching Children with Down Syndrome
Phase 5: Inclusive Education for Children with Down Syndrome

Autism

Phase 1: Meet your Students with Autism
Phase 2: Understand the Common Characteristics of HFA/AS
Phase 3: Nurture Students' Social Skills
Phase 4: Encourage Language Reciprocity
Phase 5: Work with Sensory Sensitivities
Phase 6: Autism and Inclusive Education
Phase 7: Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood
Phase 8:
- Asperger Syndrome (AS)
- High Functioning Autism (HFA)
- Fragile X Syndrome (FXS)
Phase 9: Types of Play Skill for Autistic Learners

Autism

Certificate level

Phase 1: Meet your Students with Autism
Phase 2: Understand the Common Characteristics of HFA/AS
Phase 3: Discover How Your Students Think
Phase 4: Nurture Students & Social Skills
Phase 5: Encourage Language Reciprocity
Phase 6: Work with Sensory Sensitivities
Phase 7: Nurture Special Interests
Phase 8: Encourage Homework Completion

Diploma level

Phase 1: Meet your Students with Autism
Phase 2: Understand the Common Characteristics of HFA/AS
Phase 3: Discover How Your Students Think
Phase 4: Nurture Students & Social Skills
Phase 5: Encourage Language Reciprocity
Phase 6: Work with Sensory Sensitivities
Phase 7: Nurture Special Interests
Phase 8: Encourage Homework Completion
Phase 9: Counter Runaway Emotions and Meltdowns
Phase 10: Redirect Violent Fixations
Phase 11: Foster Attentiveness
Phase 12: Plan for the Future
Phase 13:
- Asperger Syndrome (AS)
- High Functioning Autism (HFA)
- Fragile X Syndrome (FXS)
Phase 14:
Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (LKS)
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)
Rett Syndrome (RS)

Phase 15:

Tardive Dyskinesia (TD)
Williams Syndrome (WS)
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)

Phase 16: Counter Runaway Emotions and Meltdowns

Phase 17: Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood.

P G Diploma level

Phase 1: Meet your Students with Autism
Phase 2: Understand the Common Characteristics of HFA/AS
Phase 3: Discover How Your Students Think
Phase 4: Nurture Students & Social Skills
Phase 5: Encourage Language Reciprocity
Phase 6: Work with Sensory Sensitivities
Phase 7: Nurture Special Interests
Phase 8: Encourage Homework Completion
Phase 9: Counter Runaway Emotions and Meltdowns
Phase 10: Redirect Violent Fixations
Phase 11: Foster Attentiveness
Phase 12: Plan for the Future
Phase 13:
- Asperger Syndrome (AS)
- High Functioning Autism (HFA)
- Fragile X Syndrome (FXS)
Phase 14:
- Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (LKS)
- Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)
- Rett Syndrome (RS)
Phase 15:
- Tardive Dyskinesia (TD)
- Williams Syndrome (WS)
- Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
Phase 16: Counter Runaway Emotions and Meltdowns
Phase 17: Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood
Phase 18: Autism Spectrum Disorder affects Play
Phase 19: Types of Play Skill for Autistic Learners
Phase 20: Life Skills Training
Phase 21: Reading, Literacy and Comprehension for children with autism
Phase 22: Understanding Sensory Processing Issues.

Adhd

Certificate level

Phase 1 : Understanding Students with ADHD
Phase 2 : The Diagnostic Process
Phase 3 : Are They Putting in the Effort?
Phase 4 : ADHD and Brain Activation
Phase 5 : ADHD and Activity Level
Phase 6 : Attention and ADHD
Phase 7 : The Emotional Impact of ADHD
Phase 8 : Memory

Diploma level

Phase 1 : Understanding Students with ADHD
Phase 2 : The Diagnostic Process
Phase 3 : Are They Putting in the Effort?
Phase 4 : ADHD and Brain Activation
Phase 5 : ADHD and Activity Level
Phase 6 : Attention and ADHD
Phase 7 : The Emotional Impact of ADHD
Phase 8 : Memory
Phase 9 : Problem-Solving for Academic Performance
Phase 10 : Classroom Beliefs and Rules
Phase 11 : Preplanning and Facilitating an ADHD-Friendly Classroom
Phase 12 : Student Self-Reliance
Phase 13 : Previous Understanding about ADHD was a myth
Phase 14 : Role of Family
Phase 15: Clinical Diagnosis of ADHD

Down Syndrome

Phase 1: Definition and History
Phase 2: Identifying Down Syndrome in Children
Phase 3: Causes and Complications of Down Syndrome
Phase 4: Teaching Children with Down Syndrome
Phase 5: Inclusive Education for Children with Down Syndrome

Post Graduate Diploma level

Phase 1: Understanding Students with ADHD
Phase 2: The Diagnostic Process
Phase 3: Are They Putting in the Effort?
Phase 4: ADHD and Brain Activation
Phase 5: ADHD and Activity Level
Phase 6: Attention and ADHD
Phase 7: The Emotional Impact of ADHD
Phase 8: Memory
Phase 9: Problem-Solving for Academic Performance
Phase 10: Classroom Beliefs and Rules
Phase 11: Preplanning and Facilitating an ADHD-Friendly Classroom
Phase 12: Student Self-Reliance
Phase 13: Previous Understanding about ADHD was a myth
Phase 14: Role of Family
Phase 15: Clinical Diagnosis of ADHD
Phase 17: Role of Teacher and Parents
Phase 18: Deafness
Phase 19: Orthopaedic Impairment
Phase 20: Intellectual Disabilities
Phase 21: Multiple Disabilities

Learning Disabilities

Certificate level

Phase 1 : Understanding Learning Disabilities
Phase 2 : Identifying Students with LDs
Phase 3 : Making Sense of the IEP
Phase 4 : Understanding Service Locations
Phase 5 : Learning the Right Teaching Strategies
Phase 6 : Helping Students with Word Identification Problems
Phase 7 : Helping Students with Reading Comprehension Problems
Phase 8 : Helping Students with Written Expression Problems

Diploma level

Phase 1: Understanding Learning Disabilities
Phase 2: Identifying Students with LDs
Phase 3 : Making Sense of the IEP
Phase 4 : Understanding Service Locations
Phase 5 : Learning the Right Teaching Strategies
Phase 6 : Helping Students with Word Identification Problems
Phase 7 : Helping Students with Reading Comprehension Problems
Phase 8 : Helping Students with Written Expression Problems
Phase 9 : Helping Students with Math Reasoning and Calculation Problems
Phase 10 : Modifying Your Classroom
Phase 11 : Managing Student Behaviour
Phase 12 : Linking Home and School
Phase 13: Instructional Methods to help students with LD overcome challenges in an Inclusive Classroom
Phase 14: Learning Strategies & Assessment Techniques for students with LD
Phase 15 : Visual and Auditory Processing Disorder

Spatial Relation
Visual Agnosia
Visual Closure
Visual Discrimination

Phase 16 : Non Verbal Disability
Phase 17 : Specific Learning Disabilities:
- Dyslexia
- Phonemic Awareness
- Phonics
- Fluency
- Vocabulary
- Text Comprehension
Phase 18:
- Dysgraphia
- Dyscalculia

Post Graduate Diploma level

Phase 1 : Understanding Learning Disabilities
Phase 2 : Identifying Students with LDs
Phase 3 : Making Sense of the IEP
Phase 4 : Understanding Service Locations
Phase 5 : Learning the Right Teaching Strategies
Phase 6 : Helping Students with Word Identification Problems
Phase 7 : Helping Students with Reading Comprehension Problems
Phase 8 : Helping Students with Written Expression Problems
Phase 9 : Helping Students with Math Reasoning and Calculation Problems
Phase 10 : Modifying Your Classroom
Phase 11 : Managing Student Behaviour
Phase 12 : Linking Home and School
Phase 13 : Instructional Methods to help students with LD overcome challenges in an Inclusive Classroom
Phase 14 : Learning Strategies & Assessment Techniques for students with LD
Phase 15 : Visual and Auditory Processing Disorder
- Spatial Relation
- Visual Agnosia
- Visual Closure
- Visual Discrimination
Phase 16 : Non Verbal Disability
Phase 17 : Specific Learning Disabilities:
- Dyslexia
- Phonemic Awareness
- Phonics
- Fluency
- Vocabulary
- Text Comprehension
Phase 18:
- Dysgraphia
- Dyscalculia
Phase 19 : Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
Phase 20 : Language Processing Disorder
Phase 21 : Visual Perceptual/Visual Motor Deficit
Phase 22 : Dyspraxia
Phase 23 :
- Social and Emotional Development of Students with LD
- Social Skill Training
- Decision Making and Problem Solving Skill

SEN-Live Online Workshop: Day-wise schedule

DAY 1

The Typical Classroom
Understanding & Identifying diversity in classrooms
Understanding & Fostering inclusiveness
Glimpses of most common SEN learners (Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, ID, ADHD, ADD, ASD, Impairments, EBD)
Quick Overview – Giftedness

DAY 2

Differentiation* & the significance of IEP
Instructional Strategies that address diverse learner needs
Promoting “The 4Cs” to optimize achievement of learning outcomes for SEN learners

DAY 3

Incorporating educational technology and adaptive learning tools
Managing behaviour in inclusive classrooms
Rights of SEN learners

Details at a glance:

Course Name	Duration	Eligibility	Price
Certificate in Special Education (ADHD, Autism and Learning Disabilities)	4 months	10+2	18,000 INR
Diploma in Special Education (ADHD, Autism and Learning Disabilities)	8 months	10+2	35,000 INR
PG Diploma in Special Education (ADHD, Autism and Learning Disabilities)	12 months	Bachelor's Degree	45,000 INR (ACT + CACHE)
Certificate in Learning Disabilities	4 months	10+2	13,000 INR
Diploma in Learning Disabilities	8 months	10+2	18,000 INR
PG Diploma in Learning Disabilities	12 months	Bachelor's Degree	30,000 INR (ACT)
Certificate in Autism	4 months	10+2	13,000 INR
Diploma in Autism	8 months	10+2	18,000 INR
PG Diploma in Autism	12 months	Bachelor's Degree	30,000 INR (ACT)
Certificate in ADHD	4 months	10+2	13,000 INR
Diploma in ADHD	8 months	10+2	18,000 INR
PG Diploma in ADHD	12 months	Bachelor's Degree	30,000 INR (ACT)

Admission and Support Services

ACT's admission process is quite easy and hassle-free
You can opt for any online payment scheme
ACT's admission department will contact the candidates via mail or over phone
Any form of payment method can be opted (by using debit/credit card or by depositing cash, cheque or demand draft in ACT's bank account)
Experienced and accomplished tutors provide guidance throughout the course
Additional support of online videos and reference materials are given
Candidates may complete the course at their own pace
For any academic queries you can raise a ticket or sent an email

Career Opportunities

After successful completion of any of the courses, you can choose to become an accomplished:

Classroom teacher in an inclusive classroom
Assistant teacher in an inclusive classroom
Shadow teacher
Advisor/ counsellor in inclusive settings
Budding entrepreneur

Successful completion of any of the specially curated course on Special Education assures a world of opportunities to boost your career in the field of inclusive teaching. All of the courses listed here are designed to impart relevant knowledge and lend expertise to keep you one step ahead in the field of teaching.
The qualifications and certificate/s are sure to benefit anyone who has opened or willing to open day care facilities or crèche. Since this course is globally recognized, it will be beneficial for anyone looking for employment opportunities across the globe along with helping you in pursuing your passion of teaching abroad.

Certification & Accreditation:

The candidates will receive a globally recognized certificate from Asian College of Teachers.
All ACT courses are accredited by International Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (QAHE)
ACT SEN courses are certified by CPD Certification Service UK
Most of our Special Education courses are endorsed and accredited by CACHE which is a part of the famous UK based NCFE
Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities (ASIC) a member of British Quality Foundation, has accredited Asian College of Teachers (ACT)
The prestigious Education Quality Accreditation Commission (EQAC) has accredited Asian College of Teachers (ACT) that has met all the standards set by this Commission
Asian College of Teachers is a member of The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
All ACT courses are endorsed by NCC Education, an awarding organisation and a global provider of British education