Special Needs Education (in Dutch only)

The advanced bachelor's programme Special Needs Education is a practice-oriented course. You learn how to stimulate the development of children and young people with specific needs. In both mainstream and special needs education.

Is this programme right for you?

You want to stimulate students in their development. That means all students, including those who, for whatever reason, find it more difficult to learn.

Do you want to expand your expertise? Do you want to more effectively meet the expectations imposed by the new comprehensive special needs policy? Do you want to meet others who share this responsibility of care with you? Then the advanced bachelor's programme Special Needs Education is right for you.

We want to pull out all the stops when it comes to care: care for students in mainstream and special needs education.

What will you learn?

The various options allow you to map out your own learning path, so that the content of the lessons meets your training needs.
You learn, for example,

• to draw up a specific action plan for every student, together with a team of professionals
• to formulate teaching techniques, learning pathways etc. for heterogeneous class groups
• to become a real partner to all people involved in providing care to these students
• to share your expertise by coaching your colleagues
• to reflect on your own working practice with these students. 

Where can you work?

With the advanced bachelor Special Needs Education, you can work in special needs or mainstream education. Or you can work as a special needs teacher in mainstream education (GON - Integrated Education).
Your original bachelor degree determines the role you can take on: teacher, paramedic, orthopedagogics expert, social worker etc. If you do not yet have a teaching diploma, the diploma of the advanced bachelor's programme is regarded as a Certificate of Teaching Competence (GPB).

Study programme

You can choose between the study programme for the daytime courses or the study programme for the weekend courses.

Exemptions

You may be eligible for exemptions. Click for more info on exemptions and short-track programmes at Leuven University College.

Enrolment

Convinced? Find out how you can enrol at Leuven University College.