Syllabus
1. Constitution and development of special pedagogy as a scientific field with its interdisciplinary connections.2. A person with a disability and his/her special needs with emphasis on traditional and newly assigned target groups of special pedagogy.3. Reflections on society's relationship to people with disabilities and disadvantages, periodization of care for people with disabilities.4. The concept of special educational needs in the current concept of support for children and pupils with disabilities / disadvantages in the Czech education system, inclusive education, the views of professionals on inclusion. International trends.5. Child / pupil in the system of support measures, catalogs of support measures for pupils with SEN and basic principles of pedagogical work with a pupil with SEN, preparation of teachers for work with a class in which pupils with SEN are included.
Annotation
The aim of the course is to provide basic knowledge about pupils with special educational needs, to characterize the educational context of work with students with disabilities and social disadvantages. Students will receive detailed information on the needs andspecifics of target groups of special pedagogy: children and pupils with physical, visual, hearing and mental disabilities, impaired communication skills, specific learning and behavioural disorders, combined disabilities etc.
They will also be acquainted with the basic offer of special pedagogical support provided inthe inclusive education and the current role of special pedagogical centres and the system of special pedagogical educational facilities in the Czech Republic.