Course: Mental Development Disorders

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Course title Mental Development Disorders
Course code KPS/NPPV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kvintová Jana, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Pugnerová Michaela, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Mental health - disease, topic of normality, deprivation, children's neurotization, school disorders, stress and its influence on the psyche. Classification of basic pathological phenomenons, their occurrence and impact on the school atmosphere.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Methods of Written Work
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 20 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 15 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
After completing this subject students should be able to: - know and explain the basic categories of the mental development disorders, - use acquired knowledge in the process of education. The classification of mental development disorders and their causes. Various concepts of norm, normality and pathology. The prognosis and determination of the psychopathological phenomenon during the child's development. Deprivation syndrome and the possible ways of therapy, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, causes and manifestation of neurotic development during childhood, mental retardation and possible ways of education, disorders connected with a specific development period.
Students will be eligible explanations of terms and definitions from the field of psychology
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of psychology

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog

Literature study, active participation in seminars, working up tasks according to teacher's requirements.
Recommended literature
  • Pokorná, V. (1997). Teorie, diagnostika a náprava specifických poruch učení. Praha: Portál.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. (2008). Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha : Portál.


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