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Specific Affective, Emotional and Behavioural Educational Needs

Code: 102028
Credits: 6
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Primary Education OP 4

Contact lecturer

Name :
Mario Montero Camacho
Email :
mario.montero@uab.cat

Teaching staff

Maria Carme Cirera Amores

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

  • In order to qualify for the Special Educational Needs (SEN) specialisation, it is necessary to: (a) have passed all core and compulsory subjects, (b) have passed the four subjects specific to the specialisation, and (c) have successfully completed one of the following two subjects: Mediation Strategies or Linguistic Reception in Schools.

  • It is recommended that students have passed the subjects Learning and Development I-II and Differences and Inclusion in the case of the Primary Education degree; and the subjects Educational Inclusion: SEN and Personality Development 0–6 in the case of the Early Childhood Education degree.

Objectives

This subject is part of the Inclusive Education subject. In the context of the current inclusive school, it is necessary to have a context in which the educator is an innovator agent and manager of the diversity that eases the transformation of the ordinary school with the aim to increase its capability to attend all the students giving emphasis to students with specific cognitive learning needs.

The two aims to achieve are:

 1. Adapt the teaching-learning process to solve the students educational needs in diversity contexts

2. Energize the educational inclusive process in a collaborative context in multiprofesional areas

Learning outcomes

  1. Contribute ideas and know how to integrate them in whole work of the team.
  2. Understand the process of educational inclusion to analyse teaching practice and the institutional context that it encompasses.
  3. Analyse experiences of good practice in the process of educational inclusion to address collaborative processes between different educational agents.
  4. Establish work teams to develop activities independently.
  5. Displaying a positive attitude in recognising the importance of taking part in the process of transforming into the inclusive school, as a constant goal of teaching and throughout the teacher's professional life.
  6. Analyse and identify the educational needs of pupils to design teaching and learning strategies in the context of inclusive schooling.
  7. Understand the different learning capacities and rhythms of students to apply educational resources and services which improve attention to educational and social diversity.
  8. Analyse the indicators of sustainability of academic and professional activities in the areas of knowledge, integrating social, economic and environmental dimensions.
  9. Weigh up the impact of any long- or short-term difficulty, harm or discrimination that could be caused to certain persons or groups by the actions or projects.

Contents

1. Special needs related to the affectivity, emotions and behavior in the school.

2. conceptualisations of the different Disorders / alterations

2.1. Features

2.2. Etiology and development.

2.3. The role of prevention

3. Relationships between school and family

3.1. Detection of needs.

4. Psychoeducational  Strategies in the inclusive school

4.1. Educational Needs Assessment.

4.2. Management Curriculum: specific programms

4.3. teaching strategies to attend eduactional needs.

5. Planning and Management of the educational services

5.1. The collaboration between the services: a strategy by the inclusive education

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Mandatory tutoring group, individual and group work are required 24 0.96
Reading theoretical texts, test preparation, preparation and analysis of cases, other activities 75 3
Sessions by teachers for key content. It is done for the whole group class and it allows the presentation of the main content through an active participation by students. 45 1.8

The methodological approach is the principle of the variety of methodological strategies. It must facilitate active participation and learning of the students. In this sense, keynote sessions will arise with large group, and some activities to work in small groups using cooperative learning and self-employment will be strengthened. The lecturer has to support students in this methodological approach, providing some resources to mediate their learning process. The tutorials will be considered as a fundamental part in this methodological approach.

 

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Individual practical activities 15% 0 0 1, 2, 4, 7, 8
Written test 50% 6 0.24 2, 7, 8, 9
Individual/Group practical activities 10% 0 0 1, 5, 7
Group practical activities 25% 0 0 1, 3, 6, 7, 9

Continuous Assessment:

First Block of the Course

Weekly submission of session summaries (25%). Individual. Submission: session of the following week.

Individual written test (25%) with multiple-choice questions. Date: 16/12/2026.


Second Block of the Course

Individual (in some cases group) classroom practices (10%). Submission: session of the following week.

Group practical intervention project (15%). Submission and presentation date: 09/12/2026.

Individual written test (25%) with multiple-choice questions. Date: 16/12/2026.


Single Assessment:

Individual written test (50%) with multiple-choice questions.

Individual practical intervention project (30%) applied to a case.

Oral defence of the individual intervention (20%).

Date: 16/12/2026.


Resit:

The recoverable assessment components are the written test and the practical intervention project.

Resit date for both continuous and single assessment: 27/01/2027.


Important Considerations:

• All assessment components must achieve a minimum score of 5 in order to calculate the final average.

• Feedback, reviews or grading of assessment components must be published on the virtual campus within a maximum of 15 days after completion, and a review date must be offered within the 10 days following publication.

• An assessment will be considered \"Not gradable\" when the student has not submitted 100% of the written test and coursework, and at least 75% of classroom activities.

• From the second enrolment onwards, students may opt for a synthesis exam consisting of a case study and a written test. In this case, the subject grade will correspond to the synthesis test result.

• For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed exclusively for: bibliographic or information search, translations, and idea generation for practical work. Each student must clearly identify which parts were generated using such technologies, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these influenced the process and final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency in AI use will be considered academic dishonesty and the component will be graded with a 0, without resit possibility.

• Students must be proficient in the language in which assessment tasks are presented. Spelling errors or difficulties in expression in the vehicular language will be taken into account in each assessment.

• According to UAB regulations, plagiarism or copying of any assignment or written test will be penalised with a final grade of 0 for the subject, with no option to resit, whether the work was individual or group-based (in the latter case, all group members will receive a 0).

• Students are expected to display a professional attitude: active listening, respect, participation, empathy, punctuality, critical thinking, and appropriate use of electronic devices, among others. This course adopts the ethical principles of the profession.

• It is recommended to review that sources, notes, quotations, and bibliographic references are written correctly following APA guidelines, in accordance with the UAB summary documents: https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/guibib/113512/modelapa_a2021a.pdf

• Questions, doubts, suggestions, or personal case handling should be addressed to the corresponding block professor.

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Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(TE) Theory 90 Catalan first semester afternoon
(PAUL) Classroom practices 901 Catalan first semester morning-mixed