Special Education, Motor and Cognitive Domain

Master Degree

Ano Letivo 2025/2026

The purpose of this master's degree is to promote specialised training in Special Education (Decree-Law 95/97 of 23 April), capable for responding to the demands of inclusive education that is being implemented in different educational contexts, in accordance with the current Portuguese legal framework, Decree-Law 54 of 2018 of 18 July.
Based on the principles of inclusive education, the master's degree aims to train students to become competent, reflective and interventional professionals, capable of critically analysing educational situations, with a view to planning and evaluating contextualised and socially significant learning opportunities, through which all children and young people can develop their learning potential with their peers. It also aims to foster the construction and development of scientific knowledge and know-how that will enable master's students to contribute to the construction of inclusive educational environments, identifying and eliminating barriers to learning, in line with the Profile of Students Leaving Compulsory Schooling and the use of participatory methodologies.
It also seeks to contribute to the development of cooperation and dialogue skills with and between the many actors involved in the children's educational process (families, head teachers, school management, Multidisciplinary Support Teams for Inclusive Education, Early Intervention Teams and other professionals) with a focus on building an Inclusive School.