Course annotation and information about the course author
Course annotation
The course introduces basic terminology in the field of specific developmental disorders of school skills. Introduces the development of knowledge in the field of specific learning disabilities, including historical concepts, points to new research in the field of etiology, introduces the classification of disorders in international systems. Significant attention will be paid to hyperkinetic syndrome - ADHD. The special pedagogical aspect of the issue will be mainly the concept of deficits of partial functions applied in the field of fault diagnosis and their compensation. The practical part of the course will focus on specific intervention procedures for children with specific learning and behavioral disorders.
Course author: Doc. PaedDr. Marie Kocurová, Ph.D.
Marie Kocurová studied special pedagogy at Charles University in Prague, worked as a teacher and counselor in special pedagogical practice for 15 years and has been working at FPE UWB in Pilsen since 1990, and in recent years at other universities as well. Her professional interest was initially focused on the area of specific developmental learning disorders, on which her dissertation and one of the solved projects of the GACR were focused. Furthermore, its professional orientation has expanded into the current special pedagogical area of integration and inclusion of pupils with special educational needs. This is also a topic with which she habilitated in 2003 at UP in Olomouc in the field of Pedagogy. Working at the Faculty of Education in Pilsen was reflected in long-term activities in the field of teacher education and special pedagogues. She also participated in the design of the counseling system at universities in the Czech Republic and is a co-author of a battery for diagnosing dyslexics at universities. He has long been engaged in reviewing activities for institutions and professional journals (MŠMT, MPSV, PedFUK, PedF MU Brno, čas. Pedagogy, Special Pedagogy, Social Work Forum and others)
The mentioned professional focus is reflected in its scientific, publishing and project activities:
- 3 monographs, 6 chapters in monographs
- 2 university textbooks, 4 scripts
- more than 50 articles and conference papers
- 2 GACR projects
- 10 other central projects
Doc. Kocurová significantly participated in the design of a number of undergraduate and lifelong study programs in the field of teaching, special pedagogy and social work at FPE in Pilsen and UJAK Prague. She has led dozens of bachelor's and master's theses from special pedagogy, teaching and social work programs, and one dissertation.
MK is married to Ing. Pavla Kocura, CSc. - a long-term employee of KVD FPE, is the mother of two sons and the grandmother of four grandchildren.