USPQK007 Special Education Diagnostics and Counseling

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
9/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PaedDr. Yveta Odstrčilíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Eva Zezulková, Ph.D.
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Silberová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(N) && FORMA(K) && ROCNIK(1)
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 aim of the subject is to master the principles of complex and focused special pedagogical diagnosis of the special educational needs of children and pupils, based on the current state of knowledge of the scientific discipline. Emphasis will be placed on procedures, tools and methods that have a demonstrable benefit for diagnostic-interventional care in the education of pupils and are used to determine the educational needs of the pupil and to adapt work procedures with them, both in the school and home environment. Attention will be paid to counseling teachers and parents in the implementation of support measures.
Learning outcomes
Expertise:
- the student can explain process schemes for solving educational and study problems in education (inclusive, special)
- the student can characterize the goals and methods of special education diagnostics
- the student can describe the stages of diagnosis of the special educational needs of the pupil
- the student can characterize the methods and principles of pedagogical and special pedagogical diagnostics
- the student can explain the principles of modifying general methods in education with respect to the special needs of pupils
- the student can explain the importance of psychodiagnostics in the context of applying individualization in education
Professional skills:
- the student can apply methodical and coordination skills in the creation of a system of special pedagogical preventive and advisory services in education
- the student can implement the process of special pedagogical diagnostics for the purpose of optimizing education
- the student can coordinate special educational counseling services at the school
- the student can initiate screening and diagnostic activities aimed at pupils with an increased risk of school failure or the emergence of problems in personal and social development
- the student can provide methodical support to teachers focused on individualized approaches to students with special educational needs
- the student can analyze the results of special pedagogical diagnostics and propose methods and forms of work with pupils with special educational needs
- the student can provide instructions on the use of special aids and didactic materials
- the student can participate in the creation of school educational programs and conditions for support measures (individual education plans, pedagogical support plans)
- the student is able to coordinate and methodically guide teaching assistants at school
- the student can design special pedagogical corrective, educational, re-educational and compensatory activities
- the student is able to apply special pedagogical advice in solving problems in the development and education of pupils with special educational needs
General qualifications:
- the student can adequately reflect the special needs of persons with increased risk in the area of personality and social development
- the student can cooperate with other experts in order to remove demotivating influences and determine support measures in the education of persons with increased risk in the field of personality and social development
- the student is able to independently acquire additional professional knowledge, skills and general competence based mainly on practical experience and its evaluation, but also by independent study of theoretical knowledge of the field
Syllabus
  • 1. Special pedagogic diagnostics, theoretical starting points, repetitorium
  • 2. Placement of pupils with special educational needs in special educational care
  • 3. Methods and forms of special education diagnostics
  • 4. Diagnosis of the pupil's special educational needs (anamnesis data, special pedagogical diagnosis of the prerequisites for reading, writing, counting, prerequisites for the development of literacy, analysis of the obtained data and their evaluation)
  • 5. Process of special education diagnosis (stages, course)
  • 6. Consulting activities in the implementation of support measures and ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of the provision of support measures
  • 7. Diagnostic competence of a special pedagogue in a school counseling facility
  • 8. Standard diagnostic and counseling activities in the school counseling facility
  • 9. Diagnostic competence of a special pedagogue in a school counseling office
  • 10. Cooperation during enrollment in the 1st year of basic education
  • 11. Finding pupils at risk of developing special educational needs, determining a suitable preventive or intervention program
  • 12. Repetitorium of the curriculum
Literature
    required literature
  • BEDNÁŘOVÁ, J., ŠMARDOVÁ, V. Školní zralost: co by mělo umět dítě před vstupem do školy. Brno: Computer Press, 2010. ISBN 978-80-251-2569-4.
  • HADJ-MOUSSOVÁ, Z., DUPLINSKÝ, J. Diagnostika: pedagogickopsychologické poradenství 2. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2002. ISBN 80-7290-101-X.
  • KNOTOVÁ, D. Školní poradenství. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4502-2.
  • MERTIN, V., KREJČOVÁ, L. Metody a postupy poznávání žáka: pedagogická diagnostika. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7357-679-0.
  • PŘINOSILOVÁ, D. Diagnostika ve speciální pedagogice. Brno: Paido, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7315-157-7.
  • VÍTKOVÁ, M. Otázky speciálně pedagogického poradenství: základy, teorie, praxe. Brno: MSD, 2004. ISBN 80-86633-23-3.
    recommended literature
  • DITTRICH, P. Pedagogicko-psychologická diagnostika. Jinočany: H & H, 1993. ISBN 80-85467-06-2.
  • GAVORA, P. Akí sú moji žiaci?: pedagogická diagnostika žiaka. Nitra: Enigma, 2011. ISBN 978-80-89132-91-1.
  • GRAY, M., WEBB, S. A. Social Work Theories and Methods. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4462-0860-1.
  • MALACH, J., SIKOROVÁ, Z. Pedagogická diagnostika a profese učitele. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-653-9.
  • RÁDLOVÁ, E. Speciálně pedagogická diagnostika. Ostrava: Montanex, 2004. ISBN 80-7225-114-7.
  • STARÝ, K., LAUFKOVÁ, V. a kol. Formativní hodnocení ve výuce. Praha: Portál, 2016. ISBN 978-80-262-1001-6.
    not specified
  • MATOUŠEK, O. ed. Dítě traumatizované v blízkých vztazích. Praha: Portál, 2017. ISBN 978-80-262-1242-3.
  • ŘÍČAN, P., KREJČÍŘOVÁ, D. a kol. Dětská klinická psychologie. Praha: Grada, 2006. ISBN 80-247-1049-8.
  • ŠVANCAROVÁ, D., KUCHARSKÁ, A. Test rizika poruch čtení a psaní pro rané školáky. Praha: DYS-centrum Praha, 2012. ISBN 978-80-904494-9-7.
  • VAŠEK, Š. Špeciálnopedagogická diagnostika. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1995. ISBN 80-08-02056-3.
  • ZELINKOVÁ, O. Pedagogická diagnostika a individuální vzdělávací program. Praha: Portál, 2011. ISBN 978-80-262-0044-4.
  • BARTOŇOVÁ, M., VÍTKOVÁ, M. Speciálně pedagogická diagnostika a poradenství. In E-learning kurz pro studenty studijního programu Speciální pedagogika Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě.
Assessment methods
The presentation of a report on the selected area of special pedagogical diagnostics is a condition for registering for the exam. Combined exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Accreditation summer, Summer 2024.
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