Aims

- to refine the knowledge about the peculiarities in the cognitive, communicative, socio-emotional, psychomotor functioning and development of persons presenting distinct syndromes and handicaps
- to allow the students to extract from research papers on persons with various retardations the appropriate methodological choices (tools, sampling, observation and experimentation processes) and the limits in the results interpretation.
- to give the students some tools to bring a research in the field of orthopedagogy

Main themes

- presentation of the various genetic syndroms generating mental handicap
- Current research works on the modes and specificities of cognitive, communicative, social, psychomotor development and functioning of persons with mental handicap and major developmental disorders (as autism)
- Current research works on the peculiarities of the development and functioning of the persons with sensory handicap or with polyhandicap
- Methodology tracks for the research about persons with handicap or with major developmental disorders.

Content and teaching methods

- to refine the knowledge about the peculiarities in the cognitive, communicative, socio-emotional, psychomotor functioning and development of persons presenting distinct syndromes and handicaps
- to allow the students to extract from research papers on persons with various retardations the appropriate methodological choices (tools, sampling, observation and experimentation processes) and the limits in the results interpretation.
- to give the students some tools to bring a research in the field of orthopedagogy

- presentation of the various genetic syndroms generating mental handicap
- Current research works on the modes and specificities of cognitive, communicative, social, psychomotor development and functioning of persons with mental handicap and major developmental disorders (as autism)
- Current research works on the peculiarities of the development and functioning of the persons with sensory handicap or with polyhandicap
- Methodology tracks for the research about persons with handicap or with major developmental disorders.

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