UOSP094 Special Pedagogy

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeňka Římovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeňka Římovská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. PaedDr. Kamil Janiš, CSc.
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to provide prospective educators with a body of information on special pedagogy. Students will get an overview of a variety of disabilities and impairments, as well as issues related to the inclusion of handicapped persons in the system of special education or individual training programmes. Further, the lectures provide information on different diciplines in special education, disability diagnostics, therapy and prevention. At the end of the course, students should: understand key terms in special education, be able to diagnose specific personality traits and individual behaviour in clients with various types and severity of disability, understand basic principles and approaches in case management of clients with special needs. Emphasis is placed on practical utility of special educational competence.
Syllabus
  • Lessons:
    1. Special pedagogy as a science, its status in the present world, a short history of the discipline, its aims and content, relation to other sciences
    2. Key terms in special education. Humans and disabilities. Branches of special pedagogy
    3. Specific interventions in respective branches: speech-language pathology/logopedics, instruction of the physically disabled/somatopedics, instruction of the hearing impaired/surdopedics, instruction of the visually impaired/tyflopedics and ophthalmopedics
    4. Multiple disabilities, specific learning disabilities
    5. Diagnostic process in special pedagogy, therapy in clinical practice
    6. Inclusive practices - current status, implications of societal attitudes
    7. Comprehensive rehabilitation
    8. Social Services Act of 2006. Respite care. Supported employment
    9. Volunteering. Survey of issues in special education
    10. Submission of students´ papers. Testing
Literature
    required literature
  • HANKEOVÁ, L. Handicapy v pospělosti. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
    recommended literature
  • ŘÍMOVSKÁ, Z. Handicapy v dospělosti. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
  • RADKOVÁ, I. Speciální pedagogika. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
  • RÁDKOVÁ,I. Speciální pedagogika. Elektronická studijní opora, 2007. URL info
  • PIPEKOVÁ, J. a kol. Kapitoly ze speciální pedagogiky. Brno: Paido, 2006. ISBN 80-7315-120-0. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Portál, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-802-3. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M., HADJ-MOUSSOVÁ, Z., ŠTECH, S. Psychologie handicapu. Praha : Karolinum, 1999. ISBN 80-7184-929-4. info
  • MATĚJČEK, Z. Psychologie nemocných a zdravotně postižených dětí. Praha : H H, 1992. ISBN 80-85467-42-9. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 1 HOD/TYD, Seminář 5 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Frontal teaching, lecture, discussion, PBL
Credit Pass
>80 per cent attendance in lectures
Short written treatise on a selected issue
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2016, recent)
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