USPQP006 Neurology for Special Educators

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
13/13/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Eva Bacharová Ďurkáčová (lecturer)
MUDr. Eva Bacharová Ďurkáčová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Alice Nogolová, Ph.D.
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Eva Zezulková, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(N) && FORMA(P) && ROCNIK(1)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The student will get a basic orientation of the basics of neurology to the extent essential for a special educator. They become familiar with the terminology and can orientate themselves in selected topics that are related to the education of children and pupils with special educational needs and are based on the orientation parameters in the diagnostic materials and in the available information about the causes and symptoms of the given disability.
Learning outcomes
Expertise:
- the student can describe the regularities of the development of the central nervous system in the prenatal period
- the student can define terms from neurology related to selected contexts with childhood
- the student knows the essence of selected neurological disabilities in childhood and their symptoms
- the student will describe epilepsy and its etiological factors and seizure intervention, or treatment and context in childhood
- the student defines the most common brain injuries in childhood
- the student knows the movement development of an individual
- the student can also explain the function of individual systems, event their differences
Professional skills:
- the student is able to orient himself in the terminology and use the acquired knowledge in the practice of a special pedagogue
- the student can use diagnostic conclusions from neurology to determine the systematic educational profile of the child/pupil
- the student can describe in his own words anatomical and physiological deviations from normal during special pedagogical diagnosis
General qualifications:
- the student is capable of interdisciplinary cooperation
- the student can design a program for the development of a child's personality with an emphasis on cognitive abilities and specific skills, which predicts success, despite a neurological disease, the child's diagnosis
- the student is able to apply appropriate methods of communication when cooperating with the legal representatives of pupils with special educational needs in the application of stimulating, corrective, re-educational and compensatory activities
Syllabus
  • 1. Repetitorium of medical propaedeutics
  • 2. Investigation methods
  • 3. Introduction to the anatomy of the nervous system
  • 4. Development of the nervous system taking into account the child's age
  • 5. Neurological syndromes, their importance in childhood, diagnostic approaches to them
  • 6. Movement apparatus, development of momentum of individual periods
  • 7. Cerebral palsy
  • 8. Epilepsy
  • 9. Mild brain dysfunction, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, simple attention deficit disorder
  • 10. Injuries of the central nervous system
  • 11.-12. Case studies and examples of neurological diseases in practice, discussion
Literature
    required literature
  • SEIDL, Z. Neurologie pro nelékařské zdravotnické obory. Praha: Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2733-2.
  • SEIDL, Z., OBENBERGER, J. Neurologie pro studium a praxi. Praha: Grada, 2004. ISBN 80-247-0623-7.
  • ŠLAPAL, R. Dětská neurologie pro speciální pedagogy. Brno: Paido, 1996. ISBN 80-85931-17-6.
  • WABERŽINEK, G., KRAJÍČKOVÁ, D. a kol. Základy obecné neurologie. Praha: Karolinum, 2004. ISBN 80-246-0803-0.
  • WABERŽINEK, G., KRAJÍČKOVÁ, D. a kol. Základy speciální neurologie. Praha: Karolinum, 2006. ISBN 80-246-1020-5.
    recommended literature
  • GULANICK, M., MYERS, J. L. Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2016. ISBN 978-0-323-42818-7.
  • KADAŇKA, Z. Učebnice obecné neurologie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996. ISBN 80-210-0639-0.
  • KOMÁREK, V., ZUMROVÁ, A. Dětská neurologie: vybrané kapitoly. Praha: Galén, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7262-492-8.
  • PIŤHA, J. a kol. Myasthenia gravis a ostatní poruchy nervosvalového přenosu. Praha: Maxdorf, 2010. ISBN 978-80-734-5230-8.
  • TYRLÍKOVÁ, I., BAREŠ, M. Neurologie pro nelékařské obory. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7013-540-2.
    not specified
  • ARKER, S. Lidské tělo - ilustrovaný průvodce jeho strukturou, fungováním a poruchami (+DVD trojrozměrná zobrazení a mikrofotografie). Praha: Knižní klub, 2008. ISBN 978-80-242-2211-0.
  • HAHN, A. Otorinolaryngologie a foniatrie v současné praxi. Praha: Grada, 2006. ISBN 80-247-0529-3.
  • KÁŠ, S. Neurologie v běžné lékařské praxi. Praha: Grada, 1997. ISBN 80-7169-339-1.
  • TRACHTOVÁ, E. Potřeby nemocného v OSE procesu. Brno: NCONZO, 2004. ISBN 80-7013-324-4.
  • ZEMÁNKOVÁ, M. Pohyb nad zlato. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1996. ISBN 80-85783-11-8.
  • DOSTALOVÁ, E. Neurologie pro speciální pedagogy. In E-learning kurz pro studenty studijního programu Speciální pedagogika Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě.
Assessment methods
Meeting 80% attendance in the seminar and handing in a seminar paper on a selected topic with a minimum range of 4-6 pages is a condition for registering for credit. Successful completion of the credit test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Accreditation summer, Summer 2024.
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