SPDC015 Specialization - wider scientific basis - Education of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Barbora Bazalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SPDC015/01: Tue 8:00–9:50 kancelář vyučujícího, B. Bazalová
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
To deepen the knowledge from Education of Students with Intellectual Disability and link them with the knowledge of other disciplines - psychology, sociology, medicine disciplines (psychiatry, neurology).
Learning outcomes
A successful graduate is able to:
• Adapt deep knowledge of the specialization – Education of Students with Intellectual Disability
• Adapt deep knowledge of the specialization – AutismSpectrum Disorders
• Combine gained information with other disciplines – psychology, sociology, medical fields (psychiatry, neurology)
• Demonstrate the ability of working with academic and expert literature concerning the specialization domain (including Czech and foreign literature, as well as electronic forms)
• Write and form a case study according to the specialization domain; and be able to make a full use of knowledge from the specialization and pathopsychology
Syllabus
  • GENERAL AREA:
    • The development of the attitude of society towards persons with intellectual disabilities.
    • Definition of categories of persons with intellectual disabilities, degree of disability.
    • The social dimension of intellectual disability.
    • The system of education of children, pupils and student with intellectual disabilities.
    • Special educational diagnosis in individuals with intellectual disabilities.
    • Therapy in special edcation care (hippotherapy, occupational therapy, animal assisted therapy, art therapy, drama therapy, method of basal stimulation etc.).
    • Current international trends in the field of supporting people with intellectual disabilities.
    • The issue of lifelong education of individuals with intellectual disabilities.

  • SPECIALISATION AREA:
    • Characteristics of persons with intellectual disabilities, the impact of upbringing and education on the development of individuals with intellectual disabilities, their possibilites in the field of employability according to various degrees of disability, issues of adulthood.
    • Down syndrome, etiology, characteristics, possibilites of education and extracurricular activities, period of adulthood.
    • Autism, etiology, characteristics, educational opportunities according to individual forms.
    • Autism spectrum disorders, etiology, characteristics, possibilites of education, employment at various autism spectrum disorders.
    • Social services provided to persons with intellectual disabilities, development and prognosis of provided services in the social sphere.
    • Non-state facilities, possibilites of alternative care of people with intellectual disabilities throughout all life.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • BARTOŇOVÁ, Miroslava and Marie VÍTKOVÁ. Inkluzivní didaktika v praxi základní školy se zřetelem na specifika žáků s lehkým mentálním postižením (Inclusive didactics in elementary schools practice with regards to specifics of students with mild intellectual disability). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2018, 165 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9189-4. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-9189-2018. Munishop info
    not specified
  • DOWNING, June. Academic instruction for students with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities in inclusive classrooms. Edited by Diane Ryndak. Thousand Oaks: Corwin, 2010, xvii, 189. ISBN 9781412971423. info
  • Planning and support for people with intellectual disabilities : issues for case managers and other professionals. Edited by Christine Bigby - Chris Fyffe - Elizabeth Ozanne - Jim Mansell. Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007, 308 stran. ISBN 9781843103547. info
  • Psychiatric and behavioural disorders in intellectual and developmental disabilities. Edited by Nick Bouras - Geraldine Holt. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007, xiv, 424. ISBN 9780521608251. info
  • Assessing adults with intellectual disabilities : a service providers' guide. Edited by James Hogg - Arturo Langa. First published. Malden, MA: BPS Blackwell, 2005, ix, 253. ISBN 9781405102209. info
  • DREW, Clifford J. and Michael L. HARDMAN. Mental retardation : a lifespan approach to people with intellectual disabilities. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River: Merrill, 2004, xix, 424. ISBN 0131112163. info
  • RAPLEY, Mark. The social construction of intellectual disability. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004, xi, 246. ISBN 0521005299. URL info
  • Lebensräume - Lebensperspektiven : ausgewählte Beiträge zur Situation Erwachsener mit geistiger Behinderung. Edited by Hajo Jakobs - Andreas König - Georg Theunissen. 3. Aufl. [Německo]: Afra Verlag, 2000, 388 s. ISBN 3932079167. info
Teaching methods
Theoretical preparation, self-study.
Assessment methods
Process of seminar work in the range of 10 pages of a selected topic.
Process of individual educational plan of student with in inclusive settings in kindergarten, elementary school.
Teaching in the subject psychopaedia in 2 semesters.
Project (range - 30 pages).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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