Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in psychology and education : general | 3 crédits | |||
| Master in education (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits | |||
| Master in psychology (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course aims to introduce students to the major key concepts of psychology of disability ( through the main international classifications.
A particular focus will be on the genetic intellectual disability and intersyndromic differences.
Introduction
- History and rights
- School organization in Belgium
Epidemiology, etiology and diagnostic
Intellectual disorders - Mental deficiency
- Diagnostic
- Etiology and genetic syndroms
- Psychomotor development
- Cognitive development
- Communication and language development
- Affective development and attacment
- Emotional development
- Social development
- Vision
- Etiology
- Psychomotor development
- Cognitive development
- Communication and language development
- Affective development and attacment
- Emotional development
- Social development
- Touching objects
- Audition
- Psychomotor development
- Cognitive development
- Communication and language development
- Affective development and attacment
- Emotional development
- Social development
- Diagnostic, etiology and classifications
- Psychological, sensorial and psychomotor development
- Cognitive development
- Communication and language development
- Affective development and attacment
- Emotional development
- Social development
- Cerebral palsy
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, students will gain awareness of the main characteristic of the psychological development of people with physical or mental disabilities and will have a better understanding of the psychological issues of interventions and of the role of the professionals in the follow up of people with disabilities.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
PSYC5868-1 : Cognitive psychology and language langage (partim I)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex cathedra courses
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
face-to-face and videos
Recommended or required readings
Recommended
The slides will be posted on MyULg.
Bibliography to go further
Rondal, JA, & Comblain, A. (Eds.) (2001) Manuel de psychologie des handicaps : Sémiologie et principes de remédiation. Mardaga
Nader-Grobois, N. (2015) Psychologie du handicap. De Boeck
Pagès, V. (2015) Handicaps et psychopathologies. Dunod
Poussin, M. & Galiano, AR (Eds.) (2014) Psychologie du handicap : 13 études de cas. Editions In Press
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Prof. Annick Comblain, Lecturer
a.comblain@ulg.ac.be