SP3127 Communication for Individuals with Visual and Hearing Impairments - introduction

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Radka Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Petra Kaválková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Radka Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Radka Horáková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SP3127/Kombi01: Sat 16. 3. 8:00–13:50 A25 učebna, Sat 18. 5. 8:00–13:50 A25 učebna, P. Kaválková
SP3127/Prez01: Mon 8:00–9:50 A21 učebna, P. Kaválková
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
Abstract
The students will teoretically learn the problematic of persons with dual sensory impairment, especially with an emphasis on the possibilities of communication of these persons. They will learn basics of some communicative forms and some of them they will try to use. The students will be able to propose the procedures in the education of children and pupils with deafblindness and they will be able to imagine the development of their communication competences through the different communication forms. The students will learn the theory and practice of the communication competences development by the persons with acquired and inborn deafblindness. The will use the skills acquired until this time and will learn to combinate various approaches according to the grade of sight and hearing by the children with deafblindness. They will be able to create the concrete groundwork for the realisation of the communication skills development on the grounds of concrete case report and they will be able to discuse about it.
Learning outcomes
- Students will focus on the issue of care for people with dual sensory impairment, especially with an emphasis on the possibilities of communication of these persons. - Students will learn practical basics of some forms of communication and others will try. - Students will be able to design procedures for the education of children and pupils with deafblindness and will be able to choose appropriate strategies for developing the communication skills of deafblind people.
Key topics
Definition of deafblindness. Classification and etiology of deafblindness. The consequences of deafblindness. System of comprehensive care for a person with deafblindness. Educational options for children and pupils with deafblindness. Communication systems for people with deafblindness. Development of communication skills in children with congenital deafblindness. Organization of people with deafblindness.
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • HRICOVÁ, Lenka and Lenka DOLEŽALOVÁ. Hluchoslepota (Deafblindness). In Bartoňová, M., Bytešníková, I., Vítková, M. et al. Děti se speciálními vzdělávacími potřebami v mateřské škole. Texty k distančnímu vzdělávání. Brno: Paido, 2012, p. 157-173. ISBN 978-80-7315-237-6. info
  • HORÁKOVÁ, Radka and Eva SOURALOVÁ. Problematika osob s hluchoslepotou a kontaktní tlumočení u hluchoslepých preferujících český znakový jazyk (Interpreting services of tactiling sign language for deafblind). Praha: Česká komora tlumočníků znakového jazyka, 2008, 69 pp. 1. vydání. ISBN 978-80-87153-34-5. info
  • ŠTĚRBOVÁ, Dana. Hluchoslepota : lidé s ní a kolem ní. 2. vydání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2006, 103 stran. ISBN 8024414333. info
  • Perspektivy rehabilitace hluchoslepých. Edited by Stanisław Kowalik - Augustyn Bańka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Wagner Press, 2000, 133 s. ISBN 8090301908. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
teoreticaly preparing, practicly teaching, group work, homeworks, discussion
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Production of aids for people with HS, seminar work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2025, Spring 2026, Spring 2027.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/spring2024/SP3127