Postgraduation Special Education and Inclusive Education: Cognitive and Motor Domain

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  Start date 28 Sep, 2026

  End date 20 Mar, 2027

  Application start 1 Jan, 2026

  Application end 9 Oct, 2026

• What will I learn in this course?

  What will I learn in this course?

  This postgraduate course is centred on training special education professionals and teachers to support children and students with Learning Support and Inclusion Measures The course conceives of Inclusive Education as a fundamental right of all students, who must be welcomed and respected in their diversity, regardless of their condition. It is based on values such as social justice, respect for diversity and collaboration, as well as principles such as the common good and equal opportunities, which guide an equitable and inclusive education. It has a highly qualified teaching staff with an international calibre. With a duration of 6 months, the online and face-to-face classes combine pedagogical and technological innovation and make it possible to combine studies, work and personal life.

• Entry requirements and conditions

  Entry requirements and conditions

  - Holders of a bachelor's degree or legal equivalent; - Holders of a foreign academic degree awarded following a 1st cycle of studies organised in accordance with the principles of the Bologna process by a State adhering to that process; - Holders of a foreign higher academic degree that is recognised as meeting the objectives of the bachelor's degree by the statutorily competent body; - Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognised by the statutorily competent body of Universidade Lusófona - Centros Universitários Lisboa e Porto, as attesting to the ability to undertake this course.

• Technical and professional skills that I will acquire

  Technical and professional skills that I will acquire

  The aim is for trainees to gain in-depth knowledge, develop skills and attitudes that will enable them to develop: 1. Critical Analysis Skills: - Use scientifically supported fundamental concepts about Special Education and Inclusive Education. - Use research and innovation processes as a basis for decision-making within the scope of their professional speciality. - Conceive of Inclusion as a process of identifying and removing barriers to everyone's presence, participation, learning, integral development and sense of belonging. 2. Intervention Competences: - Adapting the curriculum, content, strategies, methods and learning environments to promote access, permanence, participation, integral development and progress in the common curriculum for all students. - Participating in the design and development of projects and interventions that promote inclusion and respond to the characteristics, potential and needs of students. - Designing, implementing and evaluating curricula and intervention processes that are flexible, innovative and facilitate learning and participation, with the aim of inclusion. 3. Training, Supervision and Assessment Competence: - Being part of training, supervision, assessment, intervention and support teams for learning and inclusion in educational, social and community contexts. 4. Consultancy skills: - Supporting schools and other educational, social and community bodies in the design and implementation of educational and curricular projects that promote inclusion, with particular attention to students with specific educational, cognitive and motor needs. - Advising and supporting the training centres of school associations and other training bodies in the planning and implementation of professional development programmes for teachers throughout their careers. Transversal competence: - Developing an ethical and reflective attitude, based on values such as social justice, democracy and respect for diversity, and on principles such as the common good and equal opportunities, assuming attitudes of empathy, collaboration and social responsibility in promoting a more equitable and inclusive school and society.

• Main reasons for choosing this course on ULusófona

  Main reasons for choosing this course on ULusófona

  • Specialised training in 6 months Intensive course with face-to-face and online classes, allowing you to reconcile your professional and personal life. Focus on specialised training to support students with specific educational needs in the cognitive and motor areas.
  • Direct link to practice in schools Includes fieldwork with observation of practices in a real and inclusive school context, enabling an understanding of the complexity of the roles of Special Education teachers.
  • Highly qualified and experienced teaching staff The team is made up of specialists of national and international renown, including directors of Special and Inclusive Education in Portugal, teacher trainers and teachers with consolidated practice in inclusive contexts.
  • Hybrid and flexible teaching model Articulation between face-to-face, synchronous and asynchronous online sessions, promoting dynamic and accessible professional development, with the support of e-tutors in distance learning.
  • Active and collaborative academic community Opportunity to expand professional networks with students and teachers from the University Centres of Lisbon and Porto, encouraging the sharing of practices and experiences.
  • Continuing studies Possibility of continuing studies towards a Master's degree, with the advantage of obtaining equivalence to several of the UCs of the Master's in Special Education: Cognitive and Motor Sciences, currently in operation at the University Centre of Lisbon.

• Program

  Program

  • [1º Semestre]
  • Curriculum, Assessment and Inclusion 8 ects
  • Digital Techonologies and Augmentative Comunication 6 ects
  • Functional diversity and Human Development 8 ects
  • Fundamentals of Special Education and Inclusive Education Inclusive Education 4 ects
  • Intervention in Inclusive Contexts 8 ects
  • Seminar on Research and Action in Inclusive Education 7 ects

• Course Team

  Course Team

  David Rodrigues

  Louise Lima

  Luzia Rodrigues

  Maria Franco

  Maria Costa

  Maria Veiga

  Rita Laranjeira

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• Career opportunities and career prospects

  Career opportunities and career prospects

  - Access to the competition for recruitment group 910 - cognitive and motor domain -, in 1st priority, provided that, on the date of entry to the course, you meet the requirements for specialised training (DL 95/97, of 23 April). - Collaboration with social solidarity institutions, rehabilitation centres, support associations for people with disabilities and public or private bodies that develop inclusion projects. Participation in community and inter-institutional projects aimed at supporting people with specific cognitive and motor needs. - Technical-pedagogical consultancy, training and support for intervention projects with people with specific learning and inclusion needs in the cognitive and motor fields. - Participation in research centres and teams in Special Education and Inclusive Education.

• Observations

  Observations

  Applicants wishing to enter the competitive examination for recruitment group 910 (special education: cognitive and motor domains) must, as of the date of admission to the program, meet the requirements set forth in the legal framework governing specialized training, namely that they ¿be early childhood educators, elementary school teachers, or secondary school teachers who have completed professional training and have at least five years of teaching experience,¿ pursuant to Article 4(2) of Decree-Law No. 95/97 of April 23. Upon application, they must submit a biographical record indicating the schools and length of service.

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Accreditation

Accreditation registration number CCPFC/CFE-3847/25.