USPQP034 Special Education Diagnosis of Speech Therapy

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
13/13/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Karolína Janštová (lecturer)
Mgr. Karolína Janštová (seminar tutor)
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(P) && 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 diagnosis of the special educational needs of children/pupils with impaired communication skills, to outline the main problems of the pupil, to determine the plan of pedagogical support and the scope of intervention activities. Attention will be paid to the search for students at risk of developing impaired communication skills and to selected diagnostic methods that can be applied as part of an orientational speech therapy examination. Emphasis will be placed on the diagnosis of the prerequisites for the development of reading literacy, the analysis of the obtained data and their evaluation.
Learning outcomes
Expertise:
- the student is able to list the methods and principles of logopedic diagnostics for the educational problems of pupils
- the student is able to describe the principles of orientational speech therapy diagnosis of a student at risk of impaired communication skills
- the student can describe the stages of speech therapy diagnosis of the special educational needs of a student with impaired communication skills
- the student can clarify the specifics of the education of a pupil with impaired communication skills
- the student can explain the principles of modifying general methods in education and training with respect to the special needs of a student with impaired communication skills
- the student can explain the impact of impaired communication skills on the learning process, its mechanisms
- the student can characterize pupils' difficulties resulting from impaired communication skills and interfering with the teaching process
- the student can define types of impaired communication ability, their specific manifestations, characterize methods and procedures of pedagogical intervention within the framework of providing support measures during education
Specific expertise:
- the student is able to clarify the methods and principles of individual special pedagogical and psychological diagnosis of students with impaired communication skills for the purposes of determining support measures and processing proposals for student education in a class set up for students with speech disorders and the need to use alternative communication systems
- the student can explain the importance of speech therapy intervention procedures and programs for the purpose of developing the student's communication skills and communication competence in the area of spoken and written speech and participate in the evaluation
Professional skills:
- the student is able to provide speech therapy diagnostics for special education and apply new special education methods for follow-up interventions in the school environment
- the student can prepare and continuously participate in the adjustment of conditions for the education of students with impaired communication skills
- the student can initiate screening activities aimed at children and pupils with an increased risk of impaired communication skills
- the student can provide methodical support to the school's pedagogical staff with an emphasis on the specifics of teaching and the possibilities of students with impaired communication skills
- the student can propose methods and forms of work with pupils with impaired communication skills and promote their introduction into teaching
Specific professional skills:
- the student can independently apply special pedagogical diagnostic procedures aimed at pupils with special educational needs and especially at pupils listed in § 16, paragraph 9 of the School Act within the specialization of speech therapists with a focus on working with pupils with speech disorders
- the student can independently apply speech therapy methods of stimulation, education, re-education, compensation of students with symptomatic speech disorders
General qualifications: - the student is able to reflect on experiences from his/her own teaching practice and use reflection as a tool for professional learning
- the student is able to cooperate constructively with other experts in solving special pedagogical problems
- 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
- the student is able to provide specialized care to children, pupils and students with special educational needs, specifically with impaired communication skills in cooperation and in connection with other disciplines
Syllabus
  • 1. Special pedagogical diagnostics, speech therapy, theoretical starting points
  • 2. Orientation diagnosis of language and speech skills
  • 3. General and special methods of logopedic diagnostics
  • 4. Diagnostics according to language levels (phonetic-phonological, lexical-semantic, morphological-syntactic, pragmatic)
  • 5. Effects of impaired communication skills on education
  • 6. Analysis of diagnostic conclusions for the purposes of support measures (pedagogical support plan, individual education plan)
  • 7. Specifics of a student with impaired communication skills
  • 8. Partial function deficits
  • 9. Diagnostic competence of the school special pedagogue - speech therapist
  • 10. Interdisciplinary cooperation
  • 11. Cooperation with parents and children
  • 12. Repetitorium of the curriculum
Assessment methods
Application of the diagnostic procedure of selected sub-competencies of communication competence according to the teacher's instructions. Combined exam (oral/practical).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Accreditation summer, Summer 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2025, recent)
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