Special Educational Needs and Inclusion (Autism Pathway) MA
University of NorthamptonWaterside Campus, Northampton
Course overview
This course will help you to develop your knowledge and skills in the field of Special Educational Needs and Inclusion, specialising in the autism spectrum, including Asperger syndrome. This specialist pathway is ideal for professionals working in early years, primary or secondary schools, further and higher education, voluntary sector, advisory roles, and residential settings. You can also study this course if you have a personal interest, subject to entry requirements.
Special Educational Needs and Inclusion will give you in-depth knowledge and understanding of various aspects related to autism. Our modules will help you to understand autism from the perspective of the individual and the family, focusing on theories that explore the strengths and needs of individuals. In order to help you evaluate best practice, including your own, we will take you through a thorough analysis of evidence-based approaches.
Overall, we aim to help you to reduce the barriers that individuals with autism face in education and wider society.
Key highlights
- Specialist focus on the autism spectrum, including Asperger syndrome
- Explores autism from individual and family perspectives
- Theories examining the strengths and needs of autistic individuals
- Thorough analysis of evidence-based approaches to evaluate best practice
- Aims to reduce barriers autistic people face in education and society
- Suited to professionals from early years to residential settings
Entry requirements
- Additional condition: interview — In this case the applicants will be interviewed and must demonstrate suitability for the course by providing: portfolio evidence of significant professional engagement in education or services for chi…
- Additional condition: portfolio — …interviewed and must demonstrate suitability for the course by providing: portfolio evidence of significant professional engagement in education or services for children at graduate equivalent level and/or a…
Scholarships
Alumni PGCE Bursary Award
This will be a £500 cash payment that will not have to be repaid and does not affect the payment of a student’s maintenance loans.
Up to £500Chevening Scholarships
Sir John Lowther Scholarship
The Sir John Lowther Scholarship provides financial awards of up to £2,000 to a postgraduate student within the Arts.
Up to £1,000
Careers this course leads to
- Special educational needs coordinator (SENCO)
- Specialist autism teacher
- Autism advisory teacher
- Learning support practitioner
- Inclusion manager
- Autism outreach worker
Cost of study
UK/Home: £8,700 per year | International: £19,000 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Northampton, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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