Graduate study of Educational Rehabilitation

Holder of the graduate study of Educational Rehabilitation:
Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Zagreb

Executors of the graduate study of Educational Rehabilitation:

• Department of Inclusive Education and Rehabilitation
• Department of Motoric Disorders, Chronic Diseases and Art Therapies
• Department of Visual Impairments

Head of the graduate study of Educational Rehabilitation: Assoc. Prof. Renata Pinjatela, PhD; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Duration of the study: two academic years or 4 semesters

ECTS: 120

Academic degree: Master of Educational Rehabilitation

The graduate study of Educational Rehabilitation has been taught since the academic year of 2008/2009. The Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia issued the accreditation for conducting this programme on June 18, 2004, and the license on May 15, 2007 and May 8, 2008. Since the academic year of 2010/2011 it is taught according to the updated programme.

The study programme is organized in three modules:

1. Inclusive Education and Rehabilitation
2. Rehabilitation of Persons with Visual Impairment
3. Rehabilitation, Sophrology, Creative and Art/Expressive Therapies

Within the framework of the graduate study of Educational Rehabilitation, the students acquire knowledge of diagnostic, educational, and therapeutic procedures, team work, professional ethics, and interdisciplinary communication in the following fields: visual impairments, motoric disorders, chronic diseases and art therapies, and inclusive education and rehabilitation.

Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences does not offer full degree study programme of Educational Rehabilitation in English language.

Module: Inclusive Education and Rehabilitation

The students can analyze the developmental and functioning characteristics, in various social contexts, of children and adults with learning difficulties, ADHD, lowered intellectual abilities, disorders of the autistic spectrum, and multiple difficulties. They know how to select adequate evaluation techniques, carry out evaluation, integrate data from different evaluation sources, and understand the outcomes of the evaluation on designing individualized programmes and teaching processes, as well as individually focused support plans. They independently create, apply, and evaluate individualized education-rehabilitational procedures suitable for specific needs of individuals and groups of children with developmental difficulties and persons with disability. They independently create, apply, and evaluate the plan of support to early development, education, and employment.

They independently create, apply, and evaluate activities on fostering social inclusion of children with developmental difficulties and persons with disability on all levels of ecological systems. They use arguments in advocating contemporary approach in the context of human rights.

They advocate the view on disability as a consequence of interaction between s and influences of social context (family, education institutions, and environment). They are qualified to promote in the community the rights of children with developmental difficulties and their parents, as well as the rights of persons with disabilities.

Module: Rehabilitation of Persons with Visual Impairments

The students acquire knowledge and skills of planning, creating, and conducting the education-rehabilitational evaluation of persons with difficulties in visual perception, as well as the possibility of independent realization of the overall education-rehabilitational work with blind and partially sighted persons. During the study, the students acquire specific knowledge and skills, and the focus on contemporary approach to the education-rehabilitational field is fostered.

With this programme the students also acquire competences which are necessary for cooperation with different types of experts who are working with persons with difficulties in visual perception, and develop skills needed for professional communication with them focused on providing the high-quality support.

Module: Rehabilitation, Sophrology, Creative and Art/Expressive Therapies

The students acquire competences necessary in application of differential diagnostics based on the analysis of psychosomatic, somatopsychologic, and psychosocial factors in the behaviour of the individual; integrative, holistic, and sophrologic models in prevention, education, therapy, early developmental and complex rehabilitation and palliative care; in application of creative therapies and art therapies, and other complementary support methods with the standard forms of education, medical treatment, and rehabilition; adequate methods of clinical evaluation; independent designing of protocols for therapy, education, and evaluation (depending on the diagnosis, clinical picture, and needs of the subject...); interdisciplinary communication; multidimensional approaches in discovering and supporting life potentials and quality of life.

The holders of MA degree in Educational Rehabilitation have acquired knowledge and skills needed for professional interdisciplinary cooperation (in education, rehabilitation, and clinical practice), first-hand education work, counselling of other experts and parents, and supervision of work by holders of BA degree in Educational Rehabilitation.

They are trained for searching the literature, databases and other sources of information. They are qualified for planning and conducting scientific research. They also have a highly developed awareness of professional ethics and responsibilities in the practice of educational rehabilitation, as well as the readiness to participate in lifelong learning and recognize its importance.

The holder of this qualification is authorized to perform expert tasks in the field of his/her academic degree. The study is based on knowledge from the interdisciplinary field of education-rehabilitational sciences which implies various diagnostic, educational and rehabilitational procedures linked with visual impairments, learning difficulties, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), intellectual difficulties, disorders of the autistic spectrum, multiple difficulties, motoric disorders, chronic diseases and creative and art/expressive therapies.

Upon the completion of this study, the student acquires competences which make him eligible for employment on tasks of high complexity, regulated by the Act on Educational Rehabilitation Activity (National Gazette, no - 124, 2011).

ECTS Information Package for the Academic Year 2018/2019 - Graduate Study (.pdf)