Преподавател(и):

доц. Феликс Диаз  д-р

Описание на курса:

Компетенции:

1) will know:

• how disabled lives are produced by organic conditions, competence in context, and social organization.

• the different perspectives, positions and controversies in the study of disability

• the diverse ways in which experience and behaviour are sustained with organic or functional impairments

2) will be able to:

• manage the practical, interpersonal and technical aspects of interviewing and using interviews in applied research.

• analyse an individual case by reference to verbal reports and observation, keeping in consideration the perspectives of different participants involved.
Предварителни изисквания:
Students are required to have the following knowledge and/or skills:

• Sufficient listening, reading and writing skills in English (level C1)

• Introductory courses in Psychology from the 1st year of the program

• Basic knowledge on human anatomy and physiology, psychological functions, psychopathology and social psychological processes

Форми на провеждане:
Редовен

Учебни форми:
Лекция

Език, на който се води курса:
Български

Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:

1. Conceptual introduction. The individual and social model of disability. The tragic narrative. Support. Adaptation. Participation. Self-determination. Patient-centered care.
2. Methodological guidance for casework. Outreach. Interviewing. Observation. Registration and analysis of activity. Data collection, consultation and analysis
3. Children. Disability from the first moment. Roles and skills of parents. Residential institutions and families
4. Developmental disorders in childhood
5. Neurodiversity in adults. Educational demands, ADHD and learning disabilities. Time and tools in educational environments.
6. Case presentations on developmental disorders in childhood
7. Neurodiversity and delay. Experientialist reflection and analysis on a simulation of delayed action
8. Movement and posture. Affordances of environmental design; people as affordances. Activity structure
9. Case presentations on movement and posture
10. Hearing and deafness. Infancy and development of congenitally deaf children. Sign languages. Deaf culture.
11. Case presentations on hearing and deafness.
12. Vision and blindness. Infancy and development in the congenitally blind. Psychological impact of blindness. Deafblindedness
13. Experientialist reflection and analysis of a simulation of blindness (blindfolded)
14. Language communication and participation. Key conversational partners. Organization of the lifeworld, structuration of activity and accommodation for language and communication impairments.
15. Experientialist reflection and analysis of a simulation of silent participation.

Литература по темите:

• Berger, Ronald J. and Wilbers, Loren E. (2021). Introducing Disability Studies. Boulder: Lynne Rienner.

• Evans, Nancy J., et al. (2017). Disability in Higher Education: A Social Justice Approach. London: Wiley.

• Jarman, Michelle, Monaghan, Leila and Harkin, Alison Quaggin (eds.) (2017). Barriers and belonging: personal narratives of disability. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.