Course for international guest/part time students

Faculty

Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education

Organization

BGGyK Institute for the Psychology of Special Needs

Code

F-EN23-2027

Title

Deafblindness education and rehabilitation aspects

Usual semester

Both

ECTS

4

Language

Learning outcomes

Offering information and knowledge of deafblindness for Erasmus students Learning outcomes and competences: Knowledge: Students get knowledge of deafblind individuals, children, adults and elderly people, their demographics; became informed of international organizations and institutions and the work these do for deafblind individuals. Priority is on communication, assessment, methods and instruments. Skills: Students became able to identifying deafblind individuals, recognizing their problems and orientate them to relevant services. Attitude: Based on their knowledge they develop a positive attitude towards deafblind individuals and their problem solutions Autonomy and responsibility: They can responsibly apply their knowledge

Course content

Main content and topics: General introduction: definitions, population description, international network of organization Assessment of communication, and intervention methods and instruments (tactile sign language Alphabetical methods (Braille on hand, print on the palm, LORM, dactyl, phonomimics) etc. Apps for Communication for deafblind people Special devices for deafblind person (hearing aids, optical devices, communication devices Further methods tailored to deafblind individuals Practical tasks

Assessment method

Practical and written assignment. Evaluation on a 5 point scale (1-5).

Bibliography

Miles, B. & Riggio, M. (1999) Understanding Deafblindness. In Miles, B. & Riggio, M. (eds.), Remarkable conversations: A guide to developing meaningful communication with children and young adults who are deafblind. Perkins School for the Blind. https://documents.nationaldb.org/remarkableconvchapt2.pdf?_gl=1*17o5f8s*_ga*MzAwMTUwNzgyLjE3MTI0MDA3MDM.*_ga_V1FT5ZM088*MTcxMjQwMDcwMy4xLjEuMTcxMjQwMDc4NS4wLjAuMA.. National Centers on Deafblindness https://www.nationaldb.org/ Journal of Deafblind Sturdies on Communication https://jdbsc.rug.nl/ Deafblind International https://www.deafblindinternational.org/ Texas School for the Blind https://www.tsbvi.edu/ Further required reading is part of every course syllabus.

Programmes of the course