Course: Communication with people with disabilities

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Course title Communication with people with disabilities
Course code KSA/KKOZ
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Klimentová Eva, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Disability studies, disability, types, social context. 2. Historical, social, political and cultural contexts of disability. 3. Visual impairment, communication with people with visual impairment. 4. Hearing impairment, communication with persons with hearing impairment. 5. Mental disability, communication with persons with mental disabilities. 6. Intellectual disability and dementia, communication with persons with intellectual disability or dementia. 7. Motor disabilities, communication with persons with motor disabilities. 8. Speech impairment, communication with persons with speech impairment. 9. Severe and infaustive illnesses, communication with persons with life-threatening illnesses. 10. Social assistance network for persons with disabilities in the Czech Republic, compensatory rehabilitation. 11. Persons with disabilities as objects and subjects of helping professions. 12. Summary of the course, application of knowledge to the practice of helping professions, discussion.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization), Group work
Learning outcomes
In the discipline, students will be introduced to people with disabilities who have specific individual and social needs. The basic characteristics of each of the main groups of disabilities, their limitations, as well as the potentials they bring to their bearers will be explained. The seminar component of the discipline will be devoted to training in communication with persons with disabilities. Students can use these skills when meeting or working with persons with disabilities in various helping professions. The discipline focuses on the application of knowledge and skills in the school setting.

Prerequisites
No prerequisites.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

Compulsory attendance at 75% of classes, active participation in class. Completion of a correspondence assignment in between seminars. Preparation of a written work - a project of application of the acquired knowledge to the practice of a school facility, taking into account the specifics of communication and the limits of the selected target group - the scope of 5 standard pages. The student can focus on one selected disability. The purpose of the text is a proposal to improve the conditions for education of people with disabilities. The sources used must be properly referenced. The assignment will be subject to antiplagiarism check. Students with previously excused absences of maximum 50% of the class will prepare and submit 3 out of 5 correspondence assignments in Moodle - of their choice - within the given deadlines.
Recommended literature
  • KRHUTOVÁ, Lenka. (2013) Úvod do disability studies. Ostrava: OU..
  • Matoušek, O. a kol. (2010). Sociální práce v praxi-specifika různých cílových skupina a práce s nimi. Praha:Portál.
  • SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš et al. (2002) Menšiny a marginalizované skupiny v České republice. Brno: MU FSS & Georgetown..
  • Slowik, J. (2010). Komunikace s lidmi s postižením. Praha: Portál.
  • STUCHLÍK, Jan. (2001) Asertivní komunitní léčba a case management. Praha: Fokus..


Study plans that include the course
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