Inclusive Education (Cert.) (30 credits)
Offered by: Faculty of Education
Program credit weight: 30 credits
Program Description
The Certificate in Inclusive Education is intended for regular class teachers, special educators, adult educators, and other educational personnel. The program provides a sequence of courses that will ensure a sound foundation for adapting curriculum and instruction for students with varying abilities, learning styles, and special needs. It strives to meet the needs of educators who must adapt to their changing roles in contemporary schools:
- for general educators, to educate students with diverse needs in their heterogeneous classrooms, and
- for special educators, to collaborate with other professionals working with exceptional students.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Required Courses (24 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EDPI 309 | Diverse Learners. | 3 |
Diverse Learners. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Inclusion debates; review of the evolution of the history of inclusive education; models of development ( eco-systemic models); characteristics, teaching practices; teachers' roles in inclusive classrooms. Overview of characteristics, causes, needs, and teaching strategies for diverse and exceptional students, teaching and learning for differences in intellectual, emotional, behavioural, sensory, physical and learning domains found in effective inclusive classrooms. Working with families. | ||
| EDPI 341 | Instruction in Inclusive Schools. | 3 |
Instruction in Inclusive Schools. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Developing, planning, implementing and evaluating effective learning programs for diverse learners, and consideration of their more general applicability. Adapting curriculum and instruction for learners with varying abilities, learning styles, and needs. Collaboration with students, families, and other educators (or stakeholders) in the instructional process. Application of adaptations at the classroom and school level for all students in inclusive schools. | ||
| EDPI 344 | Assessment for Instruction. | 3 |
Assessment for Instruction. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Assessing student strengths, problems and needs; functions and use of different types of student assessment (traditional and alternative assessments); assessing the classroom environment; issues in assessment. Application component: application of assessment process with exceptional students, and use of results for planning and adapting instruction. | ||
| EDPI 440 | Managing the Inclusive Classroom. | 3 |
Managing the Inclusive Classroom. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Comprehensive approach to classroom management, including management of student learning and behavior, classroom environment, material and human resources, and teacher growth. Focus on research-based practices, including behavioral approaches, for effectively managing a classroom with diversity of students. Application component: application of classroom management principles in the field. | ||
| EDPI 441 | Students with Behaviour Difficulties. | 3 |
Students with Behaviour Difficulties. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Theoretical approaches and specific teaching methods appropriate to the needs of students with emotional or behaviour problems, including students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Multimodal team intervention approaches are emphasized. Application component: application of teaching methods with students experiencing behaviour difficulties. | ||
| EDPI 442 | Students with Learning Difficulties. | 3 |
Students with Learning Difficulties. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Commonalities and differences between students with specific learning disabilities, and related teaching approaches. Emphasis on methods, materials, and technology for teaching academic content as well as social skills. Application component: modifying and teaching content areas to students experiencing learning difficulties. | ||
| EDPI 526 | Supporting Students' Strengths and Talents. | 3 |
Supporting Students' Strengths and Talents. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The psychology and practice of supporting the strengths and talents of all students across educational and community settings . Strength and talent-based programs and activities, assessments to discover student strengths and talents, classroom adaptations, application of strength and talent-based approaches to curriculum design. | ||
| EDPI 543 | Family, School and Community. | 3 |
Family, School and Community. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Focus on the examination of three important systems in a child’s life; namely family, school and community, as well as societal influences on student growth, development, and adjustment. Emphasis will be on evidence-based practices in collaborating with families and community organizations to form partnerships, classroom interventions and school-based initiatives to enhance well-being. | ||
Complementary Courses (6 credits)
6 credits from:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EDPE 496 | Individual Reading Course. | 3 |
Individual Reading Course. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Supervised individual reading course on an approved subject. | ||
| EDPI 527 | Creativity and its Cultivation. | 3 |
Creativity and its Cultivation. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Recent research, theory, and educational practice concerning creativity, with special attention to creativity in students and educational settings. | ||
| EDPI 539 | Field Work 1. | 3 |
Field Work 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Supervised experience in an approved relevant educational setting. | ||
| EDPI 540 | Field Work 2. | 3 |
Field Work 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Supervised experience in an approved relevant educational setting. | ||
Other courses may be approved by the Program Director. Further information may be obtained by emailing ecpundergrad.education@mcgill.ca. Courses listed above are not necessarily offered on a regular basis. Check Minerva for course availability.