Course: Special Pedagogy for Social Workers 2

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Course title Special Pedagogy for Social Workers 2
Course code KSS/TG2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Ryšlavá Hana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. The position of people with special needs in the society. School and social inclusion. 2. Hearing therapy - special pedagogy for people with hearing difficulties. 3. Vision therapy - special pedagogy for people with visual difficulties. 4. Education for people with mental retardation - characteristics of such people. 5. Education for people with health difficulties - characteristics of such people. 6. Behavioural therapy - special pedagogy of people with behavioural disorders. 7. Special pedagogy for people with combined difficulties. Seminars: 1. Present trend in special pedagogy. 2. Communication principles for people with visual difficulties. Ways to support them, special aids. 3. Communication principles for people with hearing difficulties. Ways to support them, special aids. 4. Communication principles for people with learning difficulties. Ways to support them, special aids. 5. Communication principles for people with body health difficulties. Ways to support them, special aids. 6. Communication principles for people with behavioural difficulties. Ways to support them, special aids. 7. Communication principles for people with combination of difficulties. Ways to support them, special aids.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Students' portfolio
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 32 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
This discipline is for the students to learn the issues of specific knowledge from the are of hearing difficulties, visual difficulties, mental issues, health difficulties and behavioural problems and the therapy and studies of all of them. Students learn basic terminology; classification, and characteristics. The accent is on the practical use of the knowledge in education practise and in the cooperation with social work and social workers. This course is based in the knowledge students gain in the discipline Special pedagogy for social workers 1.
This discipline is for the students to learn the issues of specific knowledge from the are of hearing difficulties, visual difficulties, mental issues, health difficulties and behavioural problems and the therapy and studies of all of them. Students learn basic terminology; classification, and characteristics. The accent is on the practical use of the knowledge in education practise and in the cooperation with social work and social workers. This course is based in the knowledge students gain in the discipline Special pedagogy for social workers 1.
Prerequisites
Social issues and consecutive knowledge gained through the educational background.
KSS/TG1

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Student's performance analysis

Continual fulfilling tasks according to the teacher´s instructions. Semestral thesis. Final exam.
Recommended literature
  • BAZALOVÁ, B. Dítě s mentálním postižením a podpora jeho vývoje.. Praha: Portál., 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0693-4.
  • HORÁKOVÁ, R. Sluchové postižení - úvod do surdopedie. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0084-0.
  • KIMPLOVÁ, T., KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, M. Jak žít s těžkým zrakovým postižením. Praha: Triton, 2014. ISBN 97-880-7387-831-3.
  • KROUPOVÁ, K. Slovník speciálněpedagogické terminologie. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5264-8.
  • SLOWÍK, J. Komunikace s lidmi s postižením. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-691-9.
  • SLOWÍK, J. Speciální pedagogika.. Praha: Grada., 2016. ISBN 978-80-271-0095-8.


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