Introduction to Special Needs Education 2500-PO-2Z-WPROWPS

1. Introduction. Special education as a science.
2. Divisions of special education.
3. History of special education.
4. Standard – an etiological, social and ethical problem.
5. Diagnosis and therapy, aiding development.
6. Disabled people in society. Possibilities and limitations.
7. Exceptional supporters of special education.
8. Education system for disabled individuals in Poland and other countries.
9. Present approach to the problem of disabled people- through integration to inclusion.
10. Common disorders.
11. Profound disability – autism , Asperger’s Syndrome.
12. Genetic syndromes- Down’s syndrome.
13. Rett’s Syndrome.
14. Savants and their exceptional talents.
15. Summary. Practical aspect of special education.

Term 2022/23Z:

Term 2024/25Z:

Total student workload

1 ECTS - 15 - contact hours (time spent on classes), 10 own work of the student (needed time for book, preparation for classes, tests, credits, examinations).

Learning outcomes - knowledge

Knowledge: 1) knowledge bases about disability and functioning of disabled persons. 2) manners of the correct attempt and influences. 3) has empatyczne approach towards the problem of disability and functioning of disabled persons. 4) preparing taking the cooperation with the disabled person has.

Learning outcomes - skills

K_U 18: he is able to take the floor, to use the specialist tongue and to communicate in the precise and consistent way using different channels and communications techniques with specialists in Polish philology, as well as from od-biorcami from outside the group of experts

Learning outcomes - social competencies

K_K 08: has przekona-nie about the importance of retaining professional action, is gifted to reflection to ethical subjects and of adherence to the principles of professional ethics; K_K 13: is able to establish contact with the interviewed person in the speech and in the letter.

Teaching methods

display, story, talk, information, seminar lecture, of experience, observation, case study

Observation/demonstration teaching methods

- display

Expository teaching methods

- programmed material

Exploratory teaching methods

- classic problem-solving
- observation
- practical

Type of course

compulsory course

Prerequisites

Introduction to the issue of disabled people’s functioning especially in education.

Course coordinators

Józef Binnebesel
Joanna Kulwicka-Kamińska

Learning outcomes

Knowledge: Basic information about disabilities and disabled people’s functioning. Ways of approach and influence.
Skills: empatic approach to the problem of disability and disabled people’s functioning.
Competence: ability to fulfill the role of a pedagogue, ready to work with a disabled person.

Assessment criteria

Exam on the matrial covered during lectures and practical classes.

Practical placement

Bibliography

Dykcik Wł. (2006), Pedagogika specjalna, UAM, Poznań.
Sekowska Z. (200) Wprowadzenie do pedagogiki specjalnej, APS, Warszawa
Smith D. D. (2010), Pedagogika specjalna. Podręcznik akademicki, PWN, Warszawa, t. 1 i 2.
Sowa J. (1997), Pedagogika specjalna w zarysie, FOSZE, Rzeszów.
Speck O. (2005) Niepełnosprawni w społeczeństwie. Podstawy ortopedagogiki, GWP. Gdańsk.

Term 2022/23Z:

Term 2024/25Z:

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