IVp104 Support for Adult Persons with Sensory Impairments

Faculty of Education
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Vrubel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pančocha, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Lenka Gajzlerová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
IVp104/Kombi01: Fri 1. 3. 8:00–15:50 učebna 75, M. Vrubel
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
Course objectives
Students of the course should know and work with information about the intervention and counseling of adults and seniors with sensory disabilities. Students will be able to recognize the underlying causes of visual impairment, defining appropriate limitations of visual functions and deduce possibilities of activating people.
Learning outcomes
The graduate will focus on the basic problems of sensory impairment, including their testing too. The graduate will know the possibilities of rehabilitation of people with sensory disabilities; He / she will be able to contact the client with social rehabilitation organizations; He / she will properly communicate with people with sensory disabilities, expertly accompany them and recommend a suitable compensation aid and check the work with the aid. He will also be able to perform reeducation of the eye and the development of compensatory mechanisms. The analyst can assess the suitability of the environment (int x ext) in which the blind or the visually impaired people moves and suggest further modifications.
Syllabus
  • Determination of sensory disability focusing on the most common causes of visual and hearing impairment.
  •  Impact of sensory impairment on the quality of life of adults and seniors.
  •  Influence of sensory impairment on human personality. Disability as a difficult life situation.
  • Disability Acceptance.
  •  Rehabilitation of people with sensory impairment (social, working, visual).
  •  Reeducation of vision, visual therapy, hearing loss.
  •  Advice and interventions in the work of adults and seniors with sensory disabilities.
  •  Special aids for people with sensory disabilities and their use.
  •  Principles of proper communication with persons with sensory disabilities, communication systems.
  •  Fundamentals of the Czech sign language, enlarged black print, reading and writing of Braille.
  •  Principles of safe guiding of adults and seniors with severe visual impairment.
  •  Individual movement and orientation in the area of ​​low vision people and the blind.
  •  Identification and removal of barriers for people with sensory disabilities in public spaces and interiors.
Literature
    required literature
  • VRUBEL, Martin. Facilitátory a bariéry školní a sociální inkluze osob se zrakovým postižením (Facilitators and barriers of school and social inclusion of people with visual impairment). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 186 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8022-5. info
  • PROCHÁZKOVÁ, Lucie, Kateřina SAYOUD SOLÁROVÁ, Marie VÍTKOVÁ, Martin VRUBEL, Petr KOPEČNÝ, Lenka DOLEŽALOVÁ and Miroslava BARTOŇOVÁ. Speciální andragogika. Texty k distančnímu vzdělávání (Special Andragogy). 1st ed. Brno: Paido, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7315-254-3. info
  • HORÁKOVÁ, Radka. Sluchové postižení : úvod do surdopedie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2012, 159 s. ISBN 9788026200840. info
    recommended literature
  • WIENER, Pavel. Prostorová orientace zrakově postižených. 3., upr. vyd. Praha: [Institut rehabilitace zrakově postižených UK FHS], 2006, 168 s. ISBN 8023967754. info
Teaching methods
Organized discussions of topics focusing on the social inclusion of persons with sensory disabilities in Czech society. Preparation and presentation of the project: Barriers for people with sensory disabilities and their removal.
Assessment methods
participation on lectures and field trips, presentation of one proiject, written test, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Zapisují studenti specializace Speciální adragogika osob se zdravotním postižením.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zapisují studenti specializace: speciální andragogika osob se zdravotním postižením
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2019, recent)
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