[frankieangel]

Hey there, From September I will be studying the BA (Hons) Special Needs and Inclusion Studies. I just wondered if anyone is studying or has studied this course?

Any tips/hinters etc.
What could I learn more on beforehand?

Thanks

[emmablue29]

Hey I did it combined with Childhood and Family Studies - graduating in September. I must say I love the SEN side of the course or SNIS as the uni refer to it. It opens loads of career options and not only do you learn about disabilities/learning needs you learn about the history of it, how society constructs disability, how it affects professionalism, how to be professional when working with children with SEN. Of course, I only did half of the SEN modules but I did:
Year 1
Introduction to Inclusion
Perspectives in Communication
Understanding Physical Disability
Year 2
Professionals in Context
Including Young Children
Year 3
Mentoring
Specific Learning Difficulties: : Label of Life Sentence?
Critical and Social Issues: Facial Disfigurement, Impairment or Disability?

Other friends have done disability in the media, bullying... I really wanted to do the media module but I didn't have a choice so I'm not sure you will either but it might be different now. Any questions, let me know

[l.west191]

Just wanted to say hi.

I should be there too from September doing joint special needs and inclusion studies with Deaf studies.

Have you spoken to anyone else going this year?

[frankieangel]

That's good. I didn't know you could do deaf studies as well.

I have spoken to a few people on the yougo website. Have you spoken to anyone?


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[frankieangel]

Emmablue29

That sounds good. I have seen what the modules are and I am looking forward to doing it so much. What jobs can you get with it?
Have you graduated now?


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[emmablue29]

I graduate in September but I received my results yesterday and I will be graduating with a 2:1

In terms of jobs, you could go into any job with special needs - teacher assistant, private care, public care or you could go into social work but you'd need to do your Masters in Social Work. You could also go into SENCo work (Special Educational Needs Coordinator - in primary/secondary) or teaching but you would need to do a PGCE course after your degree. Your degree will cover both SEN of adults and children so you don't necessarily have to stick to children. You could work with adults.

Personally, I am starting PGCE course at Wolves in September to go into Primary teaching. I might see you lot around on Walsall campus!

[frankieangel]

Well done on your 2:1

Oh that's good, didn't realise there was so many different jobs, yeah think I specifically want to go on to work with children after. I am considering doing a PGCE afterwards. That would be good, I can't wait to meet new people and make new friends.


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[l.west191]

(Original post by frankieangel)
That's good. I didn't know you could do deaf studies as well.

I have spoken to a few people on the yougo website. Have you spoken to anyone?


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Gosh this has taken a long time for me to reply to (sorry )

Erm yeah, it's joint honours, so I assume double the workload, which is a little bit scary.

I've spoken to someone doing Deaf studies and social care, but other than that not really.

I'm a little bit worried, everything on the website says I'm at city campus, but then isn't special needs and inclusion studies at the walsall campus? I don't know what to do

Ahhh well, have you sorted out accommodation yet?

[frankieangel]

It's okay chick, no worries
Joint honours is usually 50% for each part of the degree, so same work load just two subjects I think.

I'm sure we will be overloaded with new people in fresher's week :s
Yeah Special needs and Inclusion studies is at Walsall Campus, hopefully they will let you know where you and stuff.

I'm not living in accommodation, as I don't live that far away. Are you living in accommodation?

[l.west191]

I hope so, because they both seem like full on courses

Everything I have says City, hopefully the majority of it is at city because I just got city accommodation. It'll be a right pain to have to commute to walsall most of the time if I could have just got accommodation there and then just commuted into the city every so often.

Ah well. Have you started getting excited yet?

[katiek87]

Hi everyone, Im due start next week but am having difficulty finding out where the induction is. Does anyone know. I was supposed be on the Social Care and Deaf Studies but have swapped to DS with Special Needs Inclusion. The transfer hasn't gone through yet so haven't been told where the induction is. Can anyone help??

[l.west191]

(Original post by katiek87)
Hi everyone, Im due start next week but am having difficulty finding out where the induction is. Does anyone know. I was supposed be on the Social Care and Deaf Studies but have swapped to DS with Special Needs Inclusion. The transfer hasn't gone through yet so haven't been told where the induction is. Can anyone help??

Hi Our induction starts monday morning at city university as long as you are "owned" by the school of law, social sciences and communications which I think you are seeing as I'm on the same course as you and I'm "owned" by the lssc.

http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=31833 is where you can find our timetables, you need to pick integrated joints and then afterwards joint and specialist degrees for our induction timetables.

If you need help figuring out the integrated joints timetable, let me know