Graduate School | Department of Special Education | (Non-Thesis) Master of Arts (MA) Degree

Education of Children with Developmental Disabilities

Developmental disabilities include children with mental deficiency and autism spectrum disorder.

In recent years, there is significant increase in the number of schools and centers for the education of children with developmental disabilities in our country. However, the number of personnel equipped with adequate skills in teaching is limited in these institutions and organizations.

The purpose of the Master's Degree Programme (non-thesis) in Education of Children with Developmental Disabilities is to provide graduate-level education that contains new developments about characteristics, needs and education of these children. The target audience of the programme is those who work at private educational institutions and organizations and who want to improve themselves in this area. The programme is open to teachers who want to be trained and develop themselves in the field.

Those who complete this programme take the title of specialist in the area of the education of children with developmental disabilities. Although this programme does not give a teaching diploma, graduates of this programme can work as non-permanent teachers at private educational institutions which provide services for children with developmental disabilities. However, currently the Ministry of Education does not assign graduates of this programme as teachers.

This programme is a non-thesis master’s programme which offers education through distance education. To apply for the programme the applicants must be a graduate of any programme of a Faculty of Education.