The Master in
Education - Psychoeducational Approaches to Disabilities
trains students to treat and find responses to a multitude of challenges in the field of special education. This may consist of current questions surrounding the inclusion of children, adolescents and adults who have serious difficulties, disorders or impairments at school, in institutional settings and/or in the working world, as well as in society at large. It may also involve helping to rebuild the social connections of people who, as a result of various difficulties over the course of their lives, now find themselves on the margins of society. In this Master's programme, students develop their theoretical knowledge and their analytical and intervention skills with regard to these issues, with the primary aim of improving the living standards of people who frequently find themselves in situations of disability. This MA offers several internships to help students translate what they learn into practical skills.
Programme length
2 years (4 semesters)
Language of instruction
French
Passive knowledge of English is required.
Conditions of registration
Admission Conditions
Bachelor's in Educational Sciences or Psychology. Candidates who hold Bachelor's degrees in Human Sciences other than Educational Sciences and Psychology but who can prove 60 credits in education or psychology in their curriculum, may be admitted subject to approval by the programme committee. If admitted, said students must simultaneously enrol, from the first semester, in the non-specialised Complementary Certificate in Educational Sciences.
Applications
Deadline for Fall Semester for candidates that hold a foreign bachelor's degree: 28 February 2024
(30 April 2024 for candidates that hold a Swiss bachelor's degree at the start of the next academic year AND, according to their nationality, are not subject to a visa for entry into Switzerland for more than 90 days, according to Swiss government requirements and regardless of their current place of residence, or for candidates holding a Swiss residence permit that is valid beyond 30 April.)
Deadline for Spring Semester: to be checked on the website of the Admissions Office
The Master in Education - Psychoeducational Approaches to Disabilities
- Foundations of psychoeducational perspectives (12 credits):
- Concepts, systems of classification and methods of evaluation of situations and types of disability
- Multiple viewpoints and collaborations
- Social welfare, legislation and service quality management
- Lectures in thematic areas (30 credits):
- Early inclusion and intervention
- Juvenile delinquency and deviance
- Learning disabilities
- Cognitive intervention for individuals suffering from learning difficulties
- Autism: education-based research and intervention
- Social and adaptive skills and integration in people with special education needs
- Psychological approaches to visual impairments, etc.
- Practical domain (21 credits)
- Research preparation (21 credits)
- Option classes (12 credits)
- Thesis (24 credits)
Mobility
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Professional Prospects
- Research in a university, higher-education institute or research centre
- Education at a university or higher-education institute
- Reintegration counseling
- Project management
- Educational management at a specialised or ordinary institute of education
- Management of communal, cantonal or federal administrative services/structures
- Advise for a regional or national association protecting the rights of people in situations of disability
- Education within a teaching staff
Contact information
Ms Pascale Pasche-Provini
T. +41 (0)22 379 90 11
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