Basic subjects
Philosophical module; Module on information and communication technologies and information security; Economic and legal module; Module of foreign language communicative competence; Disciplines on physical culture and sports; Introduction to project activities; Project activities; Psychological and pedagogical module.
Specialized subjects
Module "Medical and biological foundations of defectology"; Module "Fundamentals of correctional pedagogy and psychology"; Module "Speech therapy"; Module "Special diagnostics"; Module "Correctional and developmental education and upbringing of young children with disabilities"; Module "Correctional work with persons with visual impairments"; Module "Correctional work with persons with intellectual disabilities"; Module "Psychological and pedagogical support for children with ASD"; Module "Correctional work with persons with disabilities"; Module "Correctional work with persons with hearing impairments"; Module "Technologies of correctional activity"; Module "Education and upbringing of persons with severe and multiple disabilities"; Course work; Educational introductory practice; Educational practice: Research work (obtaining primary skills of research work); Production practice: Production pedagogical practice; Production practice: Research work; Production pre-graduate practice; Production pedagogical (guidance counselor) practice (on the organization of recreational recreation for children with disabilities); Execution and defense of final qualifying work.
Program Overview
Nowadays, it is very important to educate physically disabled people. The FSES (Federal State Educational Standards) consider the educational needs for this group of people. It aims to create special conditions in educational institutions for their learning and development. This includes providing support and helping them full or partial overcome developmental disorders. It is especially important to prepare teachers who are trained to work with children who have special needs.
The training program includes studying core and specialized disciplines, practices, elective disciplines and state final examination.
Program Benefits
The program is interdisciplinary, and the educational system is built on a modular basis. The taught disciplines reflect important key components aimed at teaching students the medical and biological foundations of defectology, the philological and psychological foundations of defectology education. Modules focused on the complex psychological and pedagogical support of educational activities for people with disabilities. During the education students can learn about the work of teachers and special education teachers. These professionals help people with different disabilities. Students conduct research on children’s psychology and methods for correcting and developing people with disabilities.
A defectologist works with people with disabilities. They do two things: they diagnose and treat mental and psychic problems; they prevent and correct developmental disorders. They also do Parent-Focused-Treatment on issues of mental development and appropriate education for children with disabilities.
The program is innovative because it combines different approaches to create training modules. These modules help students develop the skills they need to work with different children.
The educational program is implemented by scientific and pedagogical staff with basic education in the subject they teach. These staff members are also actively involved in scientific and methodological activities.
Prospects. Career & Employment
The bachelor's degree program offers knowledge for working in different types of public and private schools, healthcare and social protection institutions. Students will know how to work with children with intellectual, hearing, vision, speech disabilities, mental retardation etc.
The Bachelor's degree program is interdisciplinary and connected with different subjects. It allows graduates to continue studying and get a master’s degree not only in the field of special defectological education but also in several others related spheres. The graduates can also continue their education in postgraduate studies.
Why is it important to pursue a higher education?
The educational program trains teacher-logopedists and speech pathologists. Our goal is to provide quality training for professionals in the following fields: teaching, education, correction and restoration of lost psychophysiological and mental functions.
- Provide emotional and educational support to people with disabilities through schools, social and healthcare facilities.
- Training to become teacher-logopedists and speech pathologists
- Training to become a professional in the correctional and pedagogical, diagnostic and advisory, research and cultural and educational spheres
Training is done based on the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education for the 44.03.03 Special defectological education program. This program was approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on February 22, 2018 (Order No. 123) and by Southern Federal University on March 17, 2020 (Order No. 58-OD).