Explore our Learning Intervention courses to make a difference.
Better understand children and young people and learn how to create an inclusive environment to promote effective learning and positive behaviour.
Gain the expertise to enhance your teaching skills in developing learning outcomes for children with neurological differences who need extra support in socialising and collaborating with others.
Courses offered by the Melbourne Graduate School of Education.
Master of Learning Intervention
The Master of Learning Intervention provides training to teachers and early childhood educators in understanding the learning and support needs of children and young people with disabilities, learning difficulties and hearing loss enrolled in educational settings.
This course is also appropriate for allied health and other education professionals engaged in working with this cohort of children and young people, their families and teachers.
Study online or face-to-face.
Graduate Certificate in Education (Learning Difficulties)
Gain the skills to better support the needs of students with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia and dyscalculia. You’ll improve your professional knowledge and understanding of the nature and causes of specific learning difficulties in children.
Enhance your skills in classroom assessment, goal-setting, instructional choices and responsiveness to learning difficulties as you learn how to implement teaching that optimises student learning. Offered Part-time and 100% online so you can balance study with work and other commitments.
Master of Psychology (Educational and Developmental)
One of only four educational psychology courses in the country, the Master of Psychology (Educational and Developmental) will prepare you to work as a registered psychologist supporting individuals with developmental and learning issues.
Suitable for students who want to work in a range of educational settings upon graduation. These settings include being in schools as a psychologist, student counsellor or welfare coordinator. Or within agencies treating children with emotional and behavioural difficulties or aged care.
The accredited course will provide you with valuable skills in counselling, psychological assessment, research methods, intervention, group work, consultation and multidisciplinary team work.
Professional Certificate in Educational Neuroscience
Explore the science of learning and how the brain works with the Professional Certificate in Educational Neuroscience. You’ll examine how this emerging and exciting field can be successfully translated to improve classroom teaching and learning.
You’ll gain a broad understanding of the scientific method behind the design, delivery and evaluation of learning interventions, along with the brain and behavioural mechanisms which underpin learning.
This cutting edge course is built around the work of national and international leaders in the fields of neuroscience, psychology, educational science, and philosophy.
Faces of Education
Get inspired by stories from students and alumni in Learning Intervention programs.
Julia Hall | Doctor of Education
Julia is a current student who hopes to become the first person in her family to complete a PhD. Her research has helped uncover how the pandemic affected children’s development. She shares her journey transitioning from postgraduate studies to a PhD in Education, and her exciting research grant for the Minds@Play project.
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Jill Whitehead | Master of Learning Intervention (Deaf Education)
Jill had over two decades of experience in deaf education when she was awarded the Beth MacLaren Smallwood Scholarship, allowing her to take her skills to the next level. Jill shares her time studying Master of Learning Intervention and hopes to dedicate the remainder of her teaching career to deaf education.
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Leah Manning | Master of Learning Intervention
After completing her undergraduate studies 34 years ago, Leah returned to the Faculty of Education to complete her Master of Learning Intervention. On graduating, she aspires to become a teacher of the deaf in the Yarra Valley, Victoria.
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Ethel Hao | Master of Learning Intervention
An international student, Ethel is pursuing a Master of Learning Intervention with MGSE. As a sibling of an autistic child and a medical professional, she noticed a lack of resources for children with learning difficulties in her homeland of Taiwan, which inspired her to make a difference in this space.
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