The Institute for Special Needs Education is an academic institution of the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences at the Heidelberg University of Education. It is responsible for conducting research, teaching and studies in the departments and other areas of special education.
The Institute of Special Needs Education is represented by five special needs education specialisms in research and teaching. You can get to know them on their own pages.
The special educational fields of action in the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes include language and communication, inclusive education and early intervention. Specialisations such as Braille, sign language or augmentative and alternative communication prepare students specifically for professional practice in the teaching profession.
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The special educational fields of action in the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes include language and communication, inclusive education and early intervention. Specialisations such as Braille, sign language or augmentative and alternative communication prepare students specifically for professional practice in the teaching profession.
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The Pedagogical Audiology and Sign Language Centre (APAG) is the didactic workshop for the Hearing and Communication specialisation. Here, students can consolidate what they have learnt in theory in small groups under the guidance of tutors and combine it with practice (e.g. audiometry with virtual patients, testing and checking hearing technology, using sign language).
Where: Old building of the University of Education in room 225a and audiometry room -106
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Among other things, the Learning and Behaviour Support Unit advises on the development of support diagnostic concepts in the areas of reading, writing, arithmetic and behaviour and supports the implementation of didactic and methodological variants of individualised German and mathematics lessons.
In addition to targeted support for pupils with learning difficulties in maths and German, the working group also offers special support services for children with behavioural problems. These include both individual and small group support programmes, which are based on the principles of application, development and competence orientation and are carried out by students as part of their teacher training.
In addition, the working group has extensive diagnostic material for learning and behavioural support, which can be borrowed by students and tested in practice as part of the LWI offer.
Where: Old building of the University of Education in room 307.
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The Specialised Library for Education of the Blind and Visually Impaired (SOB) at Heidelberg University of Education contains more than 6,400 titles of specialist literature for the blind and visually impaired from the fields of didactics, education, psychology, diagnostics and medicine.
The library is located at Zeppelinstraße 1 in Heidelberg.
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The former Lernwerkstatt Sonderpädagogik LWS (rooms 303, 304, 306, 308) at the Institute of Special Education and the former Grundschulpädagogische Arbeitsstätte GPA (room 112) at the Institute of Educational Science became the Lernwerkstatt Inklusion LWI. With this merger, the LWI is part of the network of didactic workshops at the PH Heidelberg. It combines the areas of university didactics, school practice and research. With the addition of the Montessori collection (room 301), the LWI's range of loanable materials and collections extends in part to rooms 301, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308, 218a, 225a in the old building.
The other special education facilities form subject-specific interfaces to the LWI. These special education rooms are primarily used for (therapy) sessions and counselling sessions for special education subjects. Room 112 in the old building of the former GPA primary school education centre has become the 'Green Room', the School and Teaching Research Centre at the Institute of Educational Science.
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The language learning workshop is a facility of the special educational focus on language and communication. It has learning materials for language and written language support that can be borrowed by students for use in lessons or for extracurricular learning support. In addition, diagnostic materials and extensive specialised literature are available for teaching/learning purposes.
Where: Old building room 218b.
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Are you interested in studying Special Needs Education at the Heidelberg University of Education? Perhaps you would like to have credits from your previous degree programme recognised? If so, you can find out more and find suitable contacts on our study counselling pages.
Student Counselling Special Education
Our student council is made up of dedicated special education students. It is in close contact with the faculty of the subject and contributes the students' perspectives on various topics relating to the degree programme. In addition, our student council organises regular meetings for students and lecturers. Find out more about our student council or become part of the team yourself!
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