Psychological Bases of Diversity Attention

Special Education

Purposeful intervention to prevent, eliminate and/or overcome the obstacles that might prevent an individual from learning and full active participation in school and society.

SEN students

Require temporary or permanent support, and specific educational attention due to disability or severe behavioral disorders

How can SEN be established?

By 2 processes: psychoeducational assessment and opinion of schooling

Special Education Needs (SEN)

They are inside SESN. They include cognitive, physical and sensorial disabilities and also severe conduct, communication and language disorders (ASD)

Specific Educational Support Needs (SESN)

Includes:

* Learning disabilities + ADHD
* Development disorders related to language and comunication
* Development delay
* High intellectual abilities
* Lack of knowledge of the learning language
* Socio-educational vulnerability
* Late entry and personal conditions
* SEN

Psychoeducational Assessment

It’s an official, slow and long process where it is analyzed a kid with a problem. It’s not a permanent document. It’s about the collection, analysis and evaluation of relevant information about the student, and the different components or contexts that affect learning and teaching processes

Psychoeducational Assessment Aims

* To identify the needs that students show
* Make decisions to favor the student’s development

Process of PA

* Performed by psychologists, or other professionals from school counseling
* Take into account opinion and experiences of teachers and families
* It is done after a request of assessment
* It’s a confidential document
* The results of the assessment must be included in a psychoeducational report
* Must determine a student’s needs and specific support resources
* Must be reviewed and modified when needed
* Must provide clues for intervention

Techniques and tools for PA

* Interviews
* Observation
* Standarized tests
* Questionnaires
* School records
* Curricular level

Opinion of schooling

* Always accompanied by PA


* It’s only required for SEN.
* Prepared by the school psychologist
* The result of schooling must be in agreement with teachers and families’ consent
* It’s confidential but it will be visible
* Issued when the student has a very important difficulty that doesn’t allow him learn as the rest

Aims of Opinion Schooling

* Determine the SEN of the student
* Assign the student the most advisable modality of schooling and a provision of specific resources