SOp185 Basics of Special Education 5 Visual Impairments

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petra Röderová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Radka Janošková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Vrubel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Ilona Fialová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Institute for Research in 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
The learning outcomes are the transfer of basic information from the field of pedagogy of the visually impaired with an emphasis on counseling and support for the independent life of blind and partially sighted people. Students will gain knowledge about the impact of visual impairment on quality of life, education system, special aids, counseling and intervention.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able after the course:
- to understand the specific manifestations and effects of visual impairment on a person's personality and its development
- able to classify visual impairment from different perspectives
- Present the possibilities of counseling and education for persons with visual impairment in the Czech Republic
- master the basics of guiding a visually impaired person
- recommend basic special tools to handle the everyday life of a person with weakened vision and a of the blind
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic terminology - defining the field of education and support of visually impaired and its position in a multidisciplinary approach.
  • 2. Physiology of the vision process. Development of visual perception. Basic examination of visual functions.
  • 3. Basic pathology of vision in childhood and adulthood.
  • 4. Basic special aids for the visually impaired and the blind, focusing on age, degree of disability.
  • 5. Early care - the theoretical basis of early care, forms and services. Centers and their clientele.
  • 6. Personality of a person with visual impairment (specifics of perception, thinking, attention, behavior, speech). Psychomotor development of a visually impaired child.
  • 7. Visually impaired child at pre-school age (pre-school education of the sight of the affected child, child with disturbed binocular vision and reeducation of these defects).
  • 8. The system of education of pupils with visual impairment in the Czech Republic. Education of visually impaired pupils. Braille.
  • 9. Multiple disability - occurance and specifics with visual impairment. Deafblindness.
  • 10. Counseling and Intervention: service providers, service specifications.
  • 11. Communicating with people with visual impairment. Basics of Guidance. Mobility. Major mistakes.
Literature
    required literature
  • RÖDEROVÁ, Petra, Zita NOVÁKOVÁ and Lea KVĚTOŇOVÁ. Oftalmopedie. Texty k distančnímu vzdělávání (Pedagogy of visually impaired. Texts for long distance studies). Brno: Paido, 2007, 124 pp. Edice pedagogické literatury. ISBN 978-80-7315-159-1. info
  • FINKOVÁ, Dita, Libuše LUDÍKOVÁ and Veronika RŮŽIČKOVÁ. Speciální pedagogika osob se zrakovým postižením. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2007, 158 s. ISBN 9788024418575. info
    recommended literature
  • BENEŠ, Pavel and Martin VRUBEL. Oftalmologie pro speciální pedagogy (Ophthalmology for students of special education). 1st ed. Brno: Paido, 2017, 92 pp. ISBN 978-80-7315-264-2. info
  • KOCHOVÁ, Klára and Markéta SCHAEFEROVÁ. Dítě s postižením zraku : rozvíjení základních dovedností od raného po školní věk. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2015, 174 s. ISBN 9788026207825. info
  • ŘEHŮŘEK, Jaroslav and Dětská oční klinika DN Brno,a LF MU Brno. Možnosti reedukace zraku při kombinovaném postižení (Reeducation and management of involved sight in mixed involvement .). 1999th ed. Brno: PAIDO, 1999, 94 pp. Možnosti reedukace zraku při kombin, postižení. ISBN 80-85931-75-3. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, Marie. Oftalmopsychologie dětského věku. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1995, 182 s. ISBN 807184053X. info
    not specified
  • KUDELOVÁ, Ivana and Lea KVĚTOŇOVÁ. Malé dítě s těžkým poškozením zraku : raná péče o dítě se zrakovým a kombinovaným postižením. Brno: Paido, 1996, 41 s. ISBN 8085931249. info
Teaching methods
seminar, discussion, practical examples, video
Assessment methods
oral exam or written test (70% of correct answers is needed to pass), Test, Participation. Attendance min. 70%.Seminar paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020.
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