Course code

KAT7050.HR

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Hariduslike erivajadustega õppija

Course title in English

Learners with Special Educational Needs

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2025/2026 Spring semester

Tiiu Tammemäe (language of instruction:Estonian)
Helin Puksand (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2026/2027 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To create opportunities for students to obtain an overview of the forms of special needs and possible methods of classification.
- To provide an understanding of the definition and identification of a special need, its severity levels, and rehabilitation.
- To cultivate readiness to support students with special needs, depending on their peculiarities.

Brief description of the course

Disorder, disability, and special need. General principles of inclusive education. Legal acts related to the SEN field. Essence, characteristics, reasons and expression of special needs. Role of the teacher in including children with special needs. Supporting a special needs child’s development in the kindergarten, supporting a special needs child’s development at school. Medical devices. Closer development zone and taking it into account. Map for monitoring individual development. Support services in an educational institution. Selecting suitable possibilities arising from special needs.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- finds their way around the legal acts related to the SEN field, understands and uses the common terminology used in the SEN field:
- knows the study regulations options related to special educational needs;
- knows the types of learners with special needs and knows the options for supporting such individual learning needs;
- has teamwork skills and can explain the acquired knowledge to the others.

Teacher

Helin Puksand, PhD; Tiiu Tammemäe, PhD

Study programmes containing that course

Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/24.HR)
Early Childhood Education (KAALM/26.HR)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/23.HR)
Arts Therapies (KUKTM/26.LT)
Vocational Teacher (KAKPM/26-o.HR)
Arts Therapies (KUKTM/25.LT)
Vocational Teacher (KAKPM/25.HR)
Inclusive Education (KAKHM/26-o.HR)
Early Childhood Education (KAALM/25.HR)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/22.HR)
Vocational Teacher (KAKPM/24.HR)
Teacher of Several Subjects (KAMOM/24.HR)
Science Teacher (MLGLM/24.LT)
Teacher of Foreign Languages (GRVOM/24.HT)
Teacher of Computer Science (IFIOM/24.DT)
Inclusive Education (KAKHM/25.HR)
Teacher of Estonian Language and Literature (EKEOM/24.HT)
Teacher of History and Civic (AIAOM/24.HT)
Arts Therapies (KUKTM/24.LT)
Early Childhood Education (KAALM/24.HR)
Teacher of Mathematics (MLMOM/24.DT)
Teacher of Russian Language and Literature (SKVOM/24.HT)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/21.HR)
Teacher of Physical Education (TSKOM/24.LT)
Primary School Teacher (KAKLI/20.HR)
Teacher of Foreign Languages (GRVOM/23.HT)
Teacher of Russian Language and Literature (SKVOM/23.HT)
Vocational Teacher (KAKPM/23.HR)
Early Childhood Education (KAALM/23.HR)
Science Teacher (MLGLM/23.LT)
Teacher of Estonian Language and Literature (EKEOM/23.HT)
Teacher of Several Subjects (KAMOM/23.HR)
Teacher of History and Civic (AIAOM/23.HT)
Teacher of Technology Education (KUIKM/23.LT)
Teacher of Computer Science (IFIOM/23.DT)
Teacher of Physical Education (TSKOM/23.LT)
Teacher of Mathematics (MLMOM/23.DT)
Inclusive Education (KAKHM/24.HR)
Teacher of Computer Science (IFIOM/22.DT)
Teacher of History and Civic (AIAOM/22.HT)
Science Teacher (MLGLM/22.LT)
Teacher of Physical Education (TSKOM/22.LT)
Vocational Teacher (KAKPM/22.HR)
Teacher of Several Subjects (KAMOM/22.HR)
Teacher of Mathematics (MLMOM/22.DT)
Early Childhood Education (KAALM/22.HR)
Teacher of Estonian Language and Literature (EKEOM/22.HT)
Teacher of Russian Language and Literature (SKVOM/22.HT)
Teacher of Foreign Languages (GRVOM/22.HT)
Teacher of Technology Education (KUIKM/22.LT)
Teacher of Physical Education (TSKOM/21.LT)
Teacher of Technology Education (KUIKM/21.LT)
Teacher of Foreign Languages (GRVOM/21.HT)
Teacher of Russian Language and Literature (SKVOM/21.HT)
Teacher of Estonian Language and Literature (EKEOM/21.HT)
Vocational Teacher (KAKPM/21.HR)
Teacher of History and Civic (AIAOM/21.HT)
Science Teacher (MLGLM/21.LT)
Teacher of Mathematics (MLMOM/21.DT)
Teacher of Computer Science (IFIOM/21.DT)
Teacher of Several Subjects (KAMOM/21.HR)
Early Childhood Education (KAALM/21.HR)
Early Childhood Education (KAALM/20.HR)
Teacher of Several Subjects (KAMOM/20.HR)
Teacher of Estonian Language and Literature (EKEOM/20.HT)
Teacher of Mathematics (MLMOM/20.DT)
Teacher of History and Civic (AIAOM/20.HT)
Teacher of Russian Language and Literature (SKVOM/20.HT)
Science Teacher (MLGLM/20.LT)
Teacher of Computer Science (IFIOM/20.DT)
Teacher of Physical Education (TSKOM/20.LT)
Teacher of Foreign Languages (GRVOM/20.HT)
Teacher of Foreign Languages (GRVOM/19.HT)
Teacher of Mathematics (MLMOM/19.DT)
Teacher of Computer Science (IFIOM/19.DT)
Vocational Teacher (KAKPM/19.HR)
Teacher of Physical Education (TSKOM/19.LT)
Teacher of Technology Education (KUIKM/19.LT)
Teacher of History and Civic (AIAOM/19.HT)
Teacher of Estonian Language and Literature (EKEOM/19.HT)
Teacher of Russian Language and Literature (SKVOM/19.HT)
Teacher of Several Subjects (KAMOM/19.HR)
Science Teacher (MLGLM/19.LT)