SPD4_VPS2 Specialisation - Broad Scientific Foundation - Mental Handicaps 2

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
30/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Jarmila Pipeková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
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 psychopaedia and link them with the knowledge of other disciplines - psychology, sociology, medicine disciplines (psychiatry, neurology).
Syllabus
  • GENERAL QUESTIONS: • 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
  • PIPEKOVÁ, J., VÍTKOVÁ, M. et al. (2014) Od edukace k sociální inkluzi osob se zdravotním postižením se zaměřením na mentální postižení. Brno: MU.
Teaching methods
Theoretical preparation, self-study.
Assessment methods
Process of seminar work in the range of 10 pages of a selected topic from the area of general psychopedic's questions and one topic of specialisation areas. 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 taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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