SOp481 Therapeutic Gardens

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Gulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Dana Křivánková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lenka Gulová, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Dana Jakubjanská, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar will offer a thematic and methodological insight into the field of garden therapy (CT). Students will gain an overview of the opportunities that garden therapy offers in social work and in the work of a social educator. They will get acquainted in more detail with the concept of Green Care and its importance for education and activation in   21. century. At the same time, students will be introduced to the possibility of integrating methods and procedures of ZT into education, upbringing and social services. They will acquire basic competencies associated with methodological approaches to various target groups. Emphasis will be placed on interactive teaching methods and methods that activate students to collaborate, as the seminars will provide space for model lessons that students will be able to experience as participants. Students will be familiar with the existing materials for the practice of CT, understand the goals and concept of CT, will be able to assess various sources of information about CT and critically reflect on them. They will get acquainted with the current legislative framework of joint education. Students are familiar with the current concept of development of natural gardens and their possibilities for therapeutic use, in the methods of activating clients and the method of communication and transfer of horticultural know-how to various clients. Students will get acquainted with the possibilities of involving clients in selected gardening activities or the use of garden space and natural materials grown here for sensory activation of clients. In the practical part, they will try not only activities for all five senses (with seeds, aromatic plants, sound elements, etc.) but also training in memory and orientation in time (garden as a calendar or astronomical clock).
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student will be able to:
• describe the goals and effects of ZT
• describe the specifics of individual target groups of ZT and evaluate their needs in the implementation of ZT in the field of social services
• explain the basic principles for the creation of therapeutic gardens with regard to the target group and the purpose of therapy
• be familiar with the trends of contemporary garden pedagogy and interactive methods
• characterize institutions and organizations that deal with the issue of CT
• work with the principles and methods of ZT not only in the environment of social services
• actively use supporting information and methodological materials
• apply ZT methods of sensory activation in the preparation of one's own teaching / lesson / workshop
Syllabus
  • 1. Origin and development of ZT in the world and in our country. The concept of Green Care and the system of education in ZT, inspiration examples of good practice from the EU, use in the field of social services
  • 2. Aims and effects of ZT, division according to target groups and according to the purpose of therapy.
  • 3. Basic methods of sensory activation, increasing the comfort and attractiveness of staying in gardens.
  • 4. Therapeutic garden as a natural classroom as a space for social involvement, communication and activation.
  • 5. Suitable assortment of plants for ZT and dangerous plants. Soil as a therapeutic medium.
  • 6. Possibilities of using rehabilitation, occupational therapy, art therapy, activation and relaxation potential of gardens.
Literature
    required literature
  • Putz, M. Příroda jako životní prostor a Zahradní terapie pro seniory. Prachatice, DS Mistra Křišťana, 2013
  • Haubenhofer,D., et al. Zahradní terapie – teorie, věda, praxe. Brno: Lipka, 2013. 247s. ISBN 978-80-87604-45-8
  • Hemmelmeier-Handel, B., et al. Venkovní prostory u domovů pro seniory. Chaloupky o.p.s., 2013.
    recommended literature
  • HOOGVELTOVÁ, B. Zahradní styly. Čestlice: Rebo, 1999. 144 s. ISBN 80-7234-020-4
  • SEMPIK, J. et al. Green Care: A Conceptual Framework A report of the Working Group on the Health Benefits of Green Care. Loughborough: Loughborough University, 2010. 119 s. ISBN 978-1-907382-23-9
  • Úvod do environmentální výchovy a globálního rozvojového vzdělávání: soubor učebních textů. 1. vyd. Brno: Lipka - školské zařízení pro environmentální vzdělávání, 2012. 2 s. ISBN 978-80-87604-01-4.
  • GULOVÁ, Lenka. Sociální práce : pro pedagogické obory. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2011, 208 stran. ISBN 9788024733791. URL info
  • KRIVOŠÍKOVÁ, Mária. Úvod do ergoterapie. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 364 s. ISBN 9788024726991. info
  • NIEPEL, Andreas and Thomas PFISTER. Praxisbuch Gartentherapie : [umfasst Programme aus den Bereichen Gärtnerisches Handwerk, Pflanzenverwendung und Floristik sowie Arbeitsbücher und weitere Materialien]. Idstein: Schulz-Kirchner, 2010, 266 s. ISBN 9783824806515. info
  • ŠIFFELOVÁ, Daniela. Rogersovská psychoterapie pro 21. století : vybraná témata z historie a současnosti. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2010, 192 stran. ISBN 9788024729381. URL info
  • JELÍNKOVÁ, Jana, Mária KRIVOŠÍKOVÁ and Ludmila ŠAJTAROVÁ. Ergoterapie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2009, 270 s. ISBN 9788073675837. info
  • MÜLLER, Oldřich. Terapie ve speciální pedagogice : teorie a metodika. 1. vydání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2005, 295 stran. ISBN 8024410753. info
  • ALBRICH. Současná arteterapie v České republice a v zahraničí. 2000. ISBN 80-7290-004-8. info
Teaching methods
Block lessons in the form of seminar exercises requiring activity, involvement in prepared exercises and tasks and individual preparation. Deepening self-study of students leading to the presentation of their own socially oriented project.
Assessment methods
Individual work of students: to create a seminar work - essay reacting to a selected book from the field, group work on own eco-educating project (practical demonstration by students)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 3 dny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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