PdF:SPDA017 Education of physical imp - Course Information

SPDA017 Speciality - wider scientific basis - Education of individuals with physical impairment

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Mgr. Dagmar Opatřilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Ilona Fialová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Special Education (programme PdF, D-SPZPA) (2)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to widen the knowledge about intervention in individuals with physical impairment, special diagnostics and supportive measures. Furthermore, aimed the support from early age to adulthood. The course topics connect the knowledge from other fields, such as education of individuals with mental and visual impairment, speech disorders and other medical fields (neurology, physiotherapy, orthopaedics, psychiatry, ENT and ophatlmology).

Learning outcomes

A successful graduate is able to:
• Adapt deep knowledge of the specifics of interventions with individuals with physical impairment
• Adapt special diagnostics skills and supportive methods
• Focus and provide the support from early age to adulthood
• Combine gained information with other disciplines – education of individuals with mental and visual impairment, speech therapy, and medical fields (neurology, orthopaedics, psychiatry, otorhinolaryngology, phoniatrics, ophthalmology)
• Demonstrate the ability of working with academic and expert literature concerning the specialization domain (including Czech and foreign literature, as well as electronic forms)

Syllabus

• * General questions of education of individuals with physical impairment
  • Society approach towards individuals with physical (health) impairment
  • Categorization of individuals with physical impairment • Social dimension of physical impairment
  • Education of individuals with physical impairment in the Czech Republic
  • The picture of physical impairment in various stages of life • Special pedagogical diagnostics in individuals with physical impairment
  • Therapy in special educational practice (medical rehabilitation in individuals with central motor neurone disorder, occupational therapy, basal stimulation, hipotherapy).
  

Literature

• BARTOŇOVÁ, Miroslava. Approaches to students with learning disorders in inclusive school environment. 1st ed. Brno: Masaryk University, 2014, 163 s. ISBN 9788021071100. info
• BARTOŇOVÁ, Miroslava, Marie VÍTKOVÁ and Martin VRUBEL. Inclusion in Education for Students with Special Educational Needs from the Perspective of Research. Petr Kovařík. 1st Edition. Brno: Masaryk University, 2014, 161 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7152-0. info
• BARTOŇOVÁ, Miroslava, Marie VÍTKOVÁ and Martin VRUBEL. Inclusion in Education for Students with Special Educational Needs from the Perspective of Research. Petr Kovařík. 1st Edition. Brno: Masaryk University, 2014, 161 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7152-0. info
• AINSCOW, Mel, Alan DYSON, Tony BOOTH, Peter FARRELL, Jo FRANKHAM, Francis GALLANNAUGH, Andy HOWES and Roy SMITH. Improving schools, developing inclusion. First published. New York: Routledge, 2006, vi, 218. ISBN 9780415372794. info

Teaching methods

Consultation, self-study.

Assessment methods

Write up a seminar thesis in the extent of 10 – 15 pages concerning selected topic from the field of general questions.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.

Teacher's information

Literature will be specified by the teacher at the beginning of the semester.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
  
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