SPRn5009 Social Work with People With Disabilities

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Daniela Jaklová Střihavková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miloš Votoupal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Daniela Jaklová Střihavková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course focuses on two areas. Firstly, defining the relationship between disability and contemporary society and secondly, introducing the key areas and methods of social work practice. Within the first area, models of disability are a key concept for us. We will use this lens to look at specific types of disability and the Czech context of social work in the course. In the second part, students are introduced to specific ways and possibilities of supporting people with disabilities in different areas of their lives (housing, employment, integration into the local community, support for independence). The aim of the course is then to orient students in the issues of providing social work services to people with disabilities in the contemporary Czech context and to teach them to identify and apply the available support options in different areas of their disability.
Learning outcomes
Orientation of students in the field of social work with people with disabilities, knowledge of basic concepts (models of disability, inclusion, types of disability, objectives of social work). Orientation in the Czech context of social work service provision (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities vs. support system and Social Services Act) Orientation in the possibilities of support available to persons with disabilities from social policy systems, within social services, as informal resources in the local community. Ability to apply the above concepts to thinking about setting up an adequate type of support for a person with a disability in a variety of specific areas.
Syllabus
  • 1. Models of disabilities, inclusion, objectives of social work 2. Types of disability and insight into them using disability models 3. Conditions of social work with people with disabilities in the Czech Republic 4. Methods of social work with people with disabilities 5. Areas of social work intervention - housing 6. Areas of social work intervention - employment 7. Areas of social work intervention - integration into the local community 8. Areas of social work intervention -support for independent living
Literature
    required literature
  • Mojžíšová, A. (Ed.). (2019). Sociální práce s lidmi se zdravotním postižením. ZSF JU v Českých Budějovicích.
  • Úmluva OSN o právech osob se zdravotním postižením, 2010
  • Tøssebro, J. (2004). Introduction to the special issue: Understanding disability. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 6(1), 3-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/15017410409512635
  • VOTOUPAL, Miloš. Konceptualizace mentálního handicapu v prostředí sociální práce (Conceptualization of Intellectual Disability in the Social Work Environment). Sociální práce - Sociálna práca. Brno: Asociace vzdělavatelů v sociální práci, 2020, vol. 20, No 5, p. 69-87. ISSN 1213-6204. URL info
  • JAKLOVÁ STŘIHAVKOVÁ, Daniela. Služby pro lidi se smyslovým postižením : rozdíly mezi nabídkou a poptávkou (Services for People with Sensory Impairment : Differences between Supply and Demand). Sociální práce - Sociálna práca. Brno: Asociace vzdělavatelů v sociální práci, 2020, vol. 20, No 6, p. 107-121. ISSN 1213-6204. URL info
  • TITCHKOSKY, Tanya. Disability, self, and society. Toronto: University of Toronto press, 2003, xiv, 283. ISBN 0802084370. info
  • ROTHMAN, Juliet C. Social work practice across disability. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2003, xxi, 346. ISBN 020537462X. info
  • MICHALKO, Rod. The difference that disability makes. Philadelphia: Temple university press, 2002, x, 194. ISBN 1566399343. info
    not specified
  • Zaviršek, D. (2009). Social Work with Adults with Disabilities: An International Perspective. The British Journal of Social Work, 39(7), 1393–1405. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23724442
  • Elspeth Slayter and Lisa Johnson: Social work practice and disability communities: An intersectional anti-oppressive approach, https://pressbooks.pub/disabilitysocialwork/
  • o Independent Living for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 36 NOTRE DAME J.L. ETHICS & PUB. POL'y 315 (2022)
  • Hrdá, J. (2007). Zaměstnávání lidí se zdravotním postižením. Jedličkův ústav a školy.
Teaching methods
Lecture, group work of students, work with case studies, discussion.
Assessment methods
Oral examination, evaluation of written seminar work
Language of instruction
Czech
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