Special education is to educate special objects by using special methods, equipment and measures. Special education in a narrow sense refers to the special education scope for the physically and mentally handicapped, that is, education for the blind, hearing-impaired (deaf) children, mentally retarded children and problem children, and supports such education from the aspects of economic investment, scientific research, teachers and equipment. Generally speaking, the institutions that carry out this kind of education in various countries are: schools for the blind, schools for the deaf, schools for physically disabled and deformed children, training centers for children with language disabilities, forest schools, rehabilitation schools, special schools, schools for the mentally handicapped, work-study schools, children's reformatory schools and special classes attached to ordinary schools.
In 20021year, there were 2288 special education schools in China. All kinds of special education students 149 10000, students 9 19800. There are 69,400 full-time special education teachers.
Introduction to special education, psychology and education of blind children, psychology and education of deaf children, psychology and education of mentally retarded children, abnormal development and education of children, pathology of special children, rehabilitation of special children, Chinese sign language, Braille, research methods of educational science, introduction to sports for disabled people, sports games for special children, game teaching for special children, sports items and rules for disabled people, and medical and functional classification of disabled people.