SP25PK027 Activation and Therapies in Special Education

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2025

The course is not taught in Winter 2025

Extent and Intensity
9/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kateřina Janků, Ph.D.
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Eva Zezulková, Ph.D.
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 course is to introduce students to the issues of working with therapies and therapeutic and activation techniques within the field of special education. Specifically, students will become familiar with the definition and characteristics of activation activities and therapies, theoretical foundations for the activities, structure and organization of work, goals, principles and conditions of activation activities, needs and inclusion in the current education of people with special needs.
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes: Professional knowledge: - the student is able to define and theoretically define therapies and activation activities in special education, in the context of comprehensive rehabilitation - the student can briefly define the history of the use of therapeutic procedures in pedagogical and helping professions - the student can assess the starting points of therapies and the basis of therapies in special education - the student can characterize psychotherapy as a starting discipline for therapies in special education and its principles Professional skills: - the student can analyze the relationship between therapies and the ontogenetic triangle as a primary diagnostic basis for working with therapies - the student knows the methods, means of selected therapeutic methods - the student can compile a goal, partial goals and a procedure for a specific activation activity or therapy - the student can assess the risks, circumstances, conditions of the activation process General competencies: - the student can express the relationship between therapeutic and activation activities and special pedagogy in the context of complex rehabilitation - the student is able to describe the structure of the methodology of a specific activation or therapy - the student is able to independently create a special pedagogically guided activation or therapy
Syllabus
Contents: 1. Definition and delimitation of activation techniques, therapeutic methods and therapies in special education Historical context of the use of therapies and activation techniques Therapies and their diagnostic contexts - ontogenetic triangle 2. Therapies and their approach contexts, psychotherapy Therapy in the context of comprehensive rehabilitation care Goal, intention and essence of the use of activation techniques and therapies in special education 3. The actual process and phases of therapies in special education, moving towards methodical use by special educators Selected concepts of commonly used therapies - expressive therapy 9. Selected concepts of commonly used therapies - occupational therapy 4. Selected concepts of commonly used therapies - animotherapy Focus of therapies according to types of disabilities and limits of people Activities and therapies as an educational alternative for pupils with severe multiple disabilities
Literature
    required literature
  • PIPEKOVÁ, J., VÍTKOVÁ, M. ed. Terapie ve speciálně pedagogické péči. Brno: Paido, 2001. ISBN 80-7315-010-7.
  • VALENTA, M. a kol. Přehled speciální pedagogiky: rámcové kompendium oboru. Praha: Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0602-6.
  • MÜLLER, O. a kol. Terapie ve speciální pedagogice. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4172-7.
  • BOČKOVÁ, B., VÍTKOVÁ, M. et al. Podpora žáků se speciálními vzdělávacími potřebami v kontextu inkluzivního vzdělávání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016. ISBN 978-80-210-8508-4.
  • JANKŮ, K. Terapie ve speciální pedagogice – základy a obecná vymezení. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7464-280-7.
    recommended literature
  • KRATOCHVÍL, S. Základy psychoterapie. Praha: Portál, 2017. ISBN 978-80-262-1227-0.
  • JANKŮ, K. Podpora vzdělávání dětí a žáků s kombinovaným postižením v Moravskoslezském kraji. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7599-156-0.
  • BARTOŇOVÁ, M., VÍTKOVÁ, M. et al. Strategie vzdělávání žáků se speciálními vzdělávacími potřebami v inkluzivním prostředí základní školy. Brno: Paido, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7315-255-0.
  • HÁJKOVÁ, V. a kol. Bazální stimulace, aktivace a komunikace v edukaci žáků s kombinovaným postižením. Praha: Somatopedická společnost, o.s., 2009. ISBN 978-80-904464-0-3
  • LAURIE, Corinna. Sensory and Motor Strategies: practical ways to help autistic children and young people learn and achieve. 3rd Edition. Ilustroval Kirsteen WRIGHT. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2022. ISBN 978-1-83997-272-0.
    not specified
  • GALAJDOVÁ, L., GALAJDOVÁ, Z. Canisterapie. Praha: Portál, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7367-879-1.
  • DELGADO, M. Music, Song, Dance, and Theatre: Broadway Meets Social Justice Youth Community Practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0-19-064216-7.
  • BENÍČKOVÁ, M. Muzikoterapie a edukace. Praha: Grada, 2017. ISBN 978-80-247-4238-0.
  • LUDÍKOVÁ, L. a kol. Netradiční pohledy na kvalitu života osob se speciálními potřebami. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2015. ISBN 978-80-244-4869-5.
  • KANTOR, J., LIPSKÝ, M., WEBER, J. a kol. Základy muzikoterapie. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2846-9.
  • JANKŮ, K. Snoezelen v teorii, v praxi a ve výzkumu. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7510-335-2.
Teaching methods
Study aids: JANKŮ, K. Activation activities and therapy in special education. In E-learning course for students of the Special Education study program of the Faculty of Public Policy in Opava. Opava: Silesian University in Opava, 2022.
Assessment methods
Submission of a seminar paper on the topic of Written preparation and implementation of activation techniques or therapy for a specific person with a disability (or a child/pupil with special needs). Credit will be awarded based on the evaluation of the seminar paper
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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