Course: Special Education

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Course title Special Education
Course code KE/SPEK9
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pecharová Petra, Mgr.
Course content
Seminar Topics: 1st consultation Practical introduction to individual types of speech defects - recordings, videos, surdopedics - compensation aids. Typhlopedia - Compensation Aids, Psychopaedia - Social Learning, Alternative Communications. Deafblindness, alternative and augmentative communication. Self-study: Introduction to special pedagogy (subject, aims, methods, terminology, special fields pedagogy, education system, inclusion, counseling - early care, SPC, legislation). Ethopedy (introduction to the subject, classification and etiology of behavior disorders, specifics of upbringing and education of behavioral disorders).

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The subject acquaints students with basic knowledge of particular fields of special education. It enables students to fulfill one of the basic prerequisites for their future profession - caring for the mentally and mentally disabled. It teaches the development of communication and cognitive processes.
Expertise: In terms of theoretical knowledge, students demonstrate the ability to characterize individual fields of special pedagogy, use professional terminology related to the issue, the ability to describe basic educational and educational procedures for individual types of disabilities. Professional skills: Students can design modifications of the environment, didactic aids, toys and rules of children's games for given types of disabilities. Students are able to apply theoretical knowledge into practice. Eligibility: The student is able to understand the valid legislation related to the education of individuals with different types of disability, is able to recommend compensation aids, is able to apply the acquired knowledge and skills to other subjects.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit: 80% participation in teaching, demonstration of professional and practical knowledge. Exam: written test.
Recommended literature
  • LECHTA, V. Inkluzivní pedagogika.. Praha: Portál, 2016. ISBN 978-80-262-1123-5.
  • PECHAROVÁ, P. Speciální pedagogika - studijní opora. 2020..
  • SLOWÍK, J. Speciální pedagogika. 2. vyd.. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 978-80-271-0095-8.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Occupational Therapy (K19) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer