Professional Certificate in Special Needs Interventions

Overview

The Professional Certificate in Special Needs Interventions will equip learners with the following competencies:

  • Understanding the needs of clients with neurodevelopmental conditions across the lifespan, with a specific focus on intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
  • Applying behavioural and systemic interventions to the management of clients with special needs, in particular, applied behavioural approaches of functional analysis, positive behavioural support, and active support.
  • Understanding the common mental health issues of anxiety, depression, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in the special needs population.
  • Adapting mental health interventions when working with special needs populations.
  • Understanding and managing behaviours of risk and forensic implications when working with the special needs population.
  • Consulting and collaborating with colleagues from other disciplines in the context of special needs management.

For enquiries, please email Nur Zahirah at zahirah@nus.edu.sg.

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