SP25PP055 Early Childhood Special Education

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2026
Extent and Intensity
13/13/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Simona Kmentová (lecturer)
Mgr. Simona Kmentová (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Eva Zezulková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Eva Zezulková, Ph.D.
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Denisa Janků
Timetable
Thu 19. 2. 14:45–16:20 C206, Tue 3. 3. 14:45–17:10 C306, Tue 31. 3. 14:45–16:20 C306, Tue 14. 4. 15:35–18:00 C306, Tue 28. 4. 14:45–17:10 C306
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
SP25PP055/A: Tue 17. 3. 14:45–17:10 C306, Tue 31. 3. 16:25–18:00 C306, Tue 7. 4. 14:45–16:20 C306, Tue 21. 4. 14:45–17:10 C306, Tue 5. 5. 14:45–17:10 C306, S. Kmentová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P) && ROCNIK(2)
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 understand early intervention in the Czech Republic and abroad, with an emphasis on the functioning of the social service of early care in the Czech Republic, and on the student’s orientation in the valid legislation that defines the functioning of this service. Furthermore, the aim is to understand the possibilities of diagnostics and intervention procedures in early age, as well as the specifics of the family of a child with a disability and the specifics of a child with a disability in early age.

Learning outcomes

Professional knowledge:

  • The student explains the concept of early intervention and is familiar with its course in the Czech Republic and abroad;
  • The student describes the specifics of a child with a disability in early age;
  • The student knows the possibilities and specifics of special education diagnostics in early age;
  • The student is oriented in the terminology related to early intervention
  • The student knows the possibilities of intervention procedures in early intervention;

  • The student knows the specifics of the target group of early intervention.


Professional skills:

  • The student acquires methods of intervention procedures in early age, including their planning;
  • The student is able to carry out special education diagnostics in early age;

  • The student gains experience with the functioning of the social service of early care.


General competencies:

  • The student is able to plan intervention procedures for a child in early age;
  • The student is able to implement special education educational, re-educational, and compensatory approaches for persons with disabilities in early age;

  • The student is prepared to cooperate with other professionals, not only in the field of special education, in order to support a young child with a disability and his/her family.

Syllabus
1. Early intervention in the Czech Republic and abroad.

2. The system of care for children with disabilities in early age in the Czech Republic – legislative framework.
3. Special education intervention, counseling, and methods of work.
4. Target group of early intervention – specifics of the family of a child with a disability, family typology and its reflection in early intervention.
5. Interdisciplinary concept of early intervention.
6. Possibilities of diagnostics in early age and their specifics.
7. Creation of an individual plan, individual planning.
8. A newborn with a disability – possibilities of special education intervention.
9. An infant with a disability – possibilities of special education intervention.
10. A toddler with a disability – possibilities of special education intervention.
11. A preschool child with a disability – possibilities of special education intervention.
12. Early care as a social service.

Literature
    required literature
  • DOKOUPILOVÁ, Ivana; HANÁKOVÁ, Adéla; KUNHARTOVÁ, Monika; POTMĚŠIL, Miloň; RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Veronika et al. Speciálněpedagogická intervence u dětí v raném věku. Ostatní odborné publikace. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2015. ISBN 978-80-244-4432-1.
  • PRETIS, Manfred; BARLOVÁ, Jitka a HRADILKOVÁ, Terezie. Raná péče: příručka pro teorii a praxi. V Praze : Pasparta, 2020. ISBN 978-80-88290-65-0.
  • HRADILKOVÁ, Terezie. Praxe a metody rané péče v ČR: průvodce sociálním modelem. Praha: Portál, 2018. ISBN 978-80-262-1386-4.
    recommended literature
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Současná psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0696-5.
  • STRAUSSOVÁ, Romana. Autismus a raný vývoj: od projevů k terapii. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2025. ISBN 978-80-271-5128-8.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie a LISÁ, Lidka. Vývojová psychologie: Dětství a dospívání. Karolinum, 2022. ISBN 978-80-246-5024-1. Dostupné také z: https://www.bookport.cz/kniha/vyvojova-psychologie-10360/.
  • HOLMANOVÁ, Jitka. Raná péče o dítě se sluchovým postižením. Třetí upravené vydání. Praha: Septima, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7216-345-8.
  • HUTYROVÁ, Miluše; VALENTA, Milan; LANGER, Jiří; LUDÍKOVÁ, Libuše; MLČÁKOVÁ, Renata et al. Přehled speciální pedagogiky: rámcové kompendium oboru. Praha: Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0602-6.
  • OPATŘILOVÁ, Dagmar (ed.). Pedagogicko-psychologické poradenství a intervence v raném a předškolním věku u dětí se speciálními vzdělávacími potřebami. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006. ISBN 80-210-3977-9.
    not specified
  • DOKOUPILOVÁ, Ivana; HANÁKOVÁ, Adéla; POTMĚŠIL, Miloň; SOLDANOVÁ, Jana; ŠTĚPNIČKOVÁ, Nikola, KMENTOVÁ, Simona et al. Rodina a dítě se zdravotním postižením. Brno: Paido, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7315-262-8.
  • SYSLOVÁ, Zora; BORKOVCOVÁ, Irena a PRŮCHA, Jan. Péče a vzdělávání dětí v raném věku: komparace české a zahraniční situace. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7478-354-8.
Assessment methods

Active participation in seminars (80%). Course credit.

Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information

Personal contact in teaching and consultation hours. During the course of study, the student uses study materials and completes selected correspondence assignments. At the same time, the student demonstrates knowledge of the required literature and lectures from contact teaching.
The student will be able to continuously consult individually studied course topics via e-mail, individual or group consultations. The course has a prepared e-learning course in the IS SU system and a team established in MS Teams, which also serve as additional tools for communication with the teacher and among students.

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