SP3127 Communication for Individuals with Visual and Hearing Impairments - introduction

Faculty of Education
Spring 2023
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 25. 3. 8:00–13:50 učebna 54, Sat 1. 4. 8:00–13:50 učebna 54, P. Kaválková
SP3127/Prez01: Mon 8:00–9:50 učebna 5, 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
Course objectives
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 be focused on communication of people with deafblindness and legislative regulations determining the right to use selected communication forms. They will also be able to orient themselves in the possibilities of developing communication skills in deafblind individuals and to know the principles for using tactile sign language and other tactile forms of communication in developing communication competencies.
Syllabus
  • • the communication of persons with deafblindness - the legislative document
  • • the development of communication competences
  • • the use of the tactile sign language and other tactile forms of communication in the developing of communication competences
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
Teaching methods
teoreticaly preparing, practicly teaching, group work, homeworks, discussion
Assessment methods
Written test (it is necessary to successfully cope with 75% correct answers) and oral exam, practical exam. Processing a case study reflecting the level of communication skills achieved by an individual with deafblindness.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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