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Course: Health and Social Care for People with Disabilities I

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Course title Health and Social Care for People with Disabilities I
Course code KPZ/P4ZP1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kopáčová Lucie, Mgr. DiS.
  • Velecká Tereza, Mgr.
Course content
History of health and social care for individuals with disabilities. A person with a mental disability. A person with a physical disability. A person with a rare disease. A person with a mental illness. A person with dementia. Health and social counselling for people with disabilities. Alternative and augmentative communication. Benefits, services and compensatory aids. Issue of legal capacity and autonomy. Social methods with people with health and mental disabilities. Sexuality of people with disabilities. Visiting services for people with mental illnesses.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to characterize and define the basic specifics of persons with physical, sensory, mental, and intellectual disabilities, and to introduce students to the possibilities of support in the concept of comprehensive rehabilitation of these people and to guide them in optimizing their professional approach towards these people.
Students will learn a comprehensive approach to addressing the needs of people with disabilities and they will integrate their acquired knowledge into a comprehensive understanding of health and social work.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KPZ/P3URH

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Compliance with the mandatory attendance requirements for seminars and lectures. Fulfilment of other requirements, written test or oral examination, as decided by the course guarantor.
Recommended literature
  • Bazalová, Barbora. Autismus v edukační praxi. Praha: Portál, 2017. ISBN 978-80-262-1195-2.
  • CSÉFALVAY, Z.; LECHTA, V. Diagnostika narušené komunikační schopnosti u dospělých. Praha: Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-262-0364-3.
  • FISCHER, S. Speciální pedagogika: edukace a rozvoj osob se specifickými potřebami v oblasti somatické, psychické a sociální: učebnice pro studenty učitelství. Praha: Triton, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7387-792-7.
  • KELNAROVÁ, J.; MATĚJKOVÁ, E.; VOJKOVSKÁ, G. Speciální pedagogika pro zdravotnické obory. Praha: Galén, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7492-273-2.
  • MADZÁKOVÁ, L. S. Sexuální a partnerský život osob s mentálním postižením. Praha: Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-262-0502-9.
  • NEUBAUER, K.; SKÁKALOVÁ, T. Poruchy komunikace u dospělých a stárnoucích osob. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7435-640-7.
  • RŮŽIČKOVÁ, K.; VÍTOVÁ, J. Vybrané kapitoly z tyflopedie a surdopedie nejen pro speciální pedagogy. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2014.
  • Slowík, Josef. Speciální pedagogika. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 978-80-271-0095-8.
  • Vágnerová, Marie. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0225-7.
  • VALENTA, M.; MICHALÍK, J.; LEČBYCH, M. Mentální postižení. Praha: Grada, 2018. ISBN 978-80-271-0378-2.
  • VALENTA, M. Přehled speciální pedagogiky: rámcové kompendium oboru. Praha: Portál, 2014. ISBN 978-80-262-0602-6.


Study plans that include the course
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University of Pardubice, date of update: 16.03.2026 23:51. Data created for academic year 2025/2026