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Instrumental Equipment and Compensation Aids to Handicapped People

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Course Unit Code450-8425/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
CER41Ing. Petra Ďurková
Summary
Conception of architectonic barrier and its withdrawing. The use of instrumentation in diagnostic and therapy of handicapped people.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the course is to provide basic information about problems of handicapped people as seen from the point of view of possibilities how to improve their life
Course Contents
- History and explanation of the concept of disability
- Causes of disability
- Options comprehensive rehabilitation for handicapped
- Testing, different types of test, instrumentation
- Architectural barriers in the home
- Study opportunities and retraining
- Sheltered employment, sheltered workshops
- Modernisation of technical equipment for disabled
- Disabled Sports
- Psychological barriers for disabled
- Current options for the disabled

- visits to rehabilitation institutions
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Herbert H. Zaretsky, Steven Flanagan, Alex Moroz. Medical Aspects of Disability, Fourth Edition: A Handbook for the Rehabilitation Professional. Springer Publishing Company, 2010. 784 p. ISBN 9780826127846.
Kordač V. a kol.: Vnitřní lékařství, Praha Avicenum 1998
Recommended Reading:
Elizabeth Da Silva Cardoso, Julie A. Chronister. Understanding Psychosocial Adjustment to Chronic Illness and Disability: A Handbook for Evidence-Based Practitioners in Rehabilitation. Springer Publishing Company, 2009. str. 608. ISBN 9780826123879

1.Vágnerová Marie, Moussová Zuzana, Štech Stanislav. Psychologie handicapu. Praha: UK, 1992.
2. KRHUTOVÁ, L. Občané se zdravotním postižením a veřejná správa. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2005.


Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Terrain work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit10 10
        ExaminationExamination90 41