Course: Mental Retardation

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Course title Mental Retardation
Course code USS/XXMRE
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Langer Jiří, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Valenta Milan, prof. PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Discipline gives insight into the phenomenon of mental retardation - definition of mental retardation, diagnosis, symptoms, methodological problems, the psychological characteristics of people with intellectual disabilities, with emphasis on childhood, adolescence and young adulthood, the etiology and characteristics of different syndromes.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Discipline gives insight into the phenomenon of mental retardation - definition of mental retardation, diagnosis, symptoms, methodological problems, the psychological characteristics of people with intellectual disabilities, with emphasis on childhood, adolescence and young adulthood, the etiology and characteristics of different syndromes.
The outcomes of the subject are based on partial profile of the subject`s absolvent.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Fulfilment of subject requirements as stipulated by the teacher
Recommended literature
  • BEIRNE-SMITH, M. at al. (1994). Mental Retardation. New York, Macmilan College Publ.Company.
  • Švarcová, I. (2007). Mentální retardace. Praha: Portál.
  • VALENTA, M., MÜLLER, O. a kol. (2009). Psychopedie. Praha, Parta.


Study plans that include the course
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