Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy | 3 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in psychology and education : general | 3 crédits | |||
| Master in education (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
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.
- Terminology and classifications
- Epidemiology, etiology and diagnostic
- Disorders and disabilities
A particular focus will be on (1) genetic intellectual disabilities and intersyndromic differences and (2) Autism spectrum disorder.
For each of them :
Psychomotor development
Cognitive development
Communication and language development
Affective development and attacment
Emotional development
Social development
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 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)
PSYC5870-1 : Cognitive psychology and language langage (partim II)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Quizz will be regularly proposed to help students to understant the course.
They are not obligarory.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Podcast available.
Recommended or required readings
Recommended
The slides will be posted on e-campus
Documents and ressources on e-campus
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
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Open-ended long and short answer questions including questions (QROL SMART questionnaires):
- knowledge
- integration (reflection on concrete cases)
At the end of each chapter, examples of questions will be given
The scoring of questions takes into account:
- the clarity of the answers
- the precision of the technical terms used
N.B.: a penalty is provided for in the event of irrelevant or false elements in the answer, even if the answer is globally correct
The subject of the exam includes:
- slides
- the oral course (comments on the slides, examples, illustrations)
- videos (even if they are not fully seen during the course)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
a.comblain@uliege