Professors and associate professors
Prof. PaedDr. Libuše Ludíková, CSc.
Function at ISES: Vice-Dean
Scientific and research focus: Blind education, pre-school education of visually impaired children, blind education didactics, promoter and co-author of the concept of education of deafblind children in the Czech Republic
E-mail: ludikova@pdfnw.upol.cz
Telephone: 585 635 301
Door Number: 2.36
Office Hours: According to previous appointment
Prof. Mgr. PaedDr. Jan Michalík, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Professor
Scientific and research focus: Head of Department of Special Education Propaedeutics, special educator and lawyer, focuses on legislation relating to persons with health disability. Specialization: non-discrimination, quality of life, education, social protection.
E-mail: jan.michalik@upol.cz
Telephone: 585 635 309
Door Number: 2.14
Office Hours: Monday: 2:30 – 3:00 p.m., Tuesday: 10:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Prof. PhDr. PaedDr.Miloň Potměšil, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Professor
Scientific and research focus: Deaf education and care and education of children and persons with hearing impairment and multiple disabilities.
Early education and specific educational approaches. Development of the communication system in children and clients with severe multiple disability. Sign language, methodology of teaching sign language, development of general dictionaries and special dictionaries for elementary school subjects. Member of the European work group on communication in children with multiple disabilities. Psychosocial aspects of impairment, especially hearing impairment.
E-mail: mvpotmesil@gmail.com; milon.potmesil@upol.cz;
Telephone: 585 635 334
Door Number: 3.68
Office Hours: Wednesday: 3:00 – 3:45 p.m.; 4:45 – 5:30 p.m., Thursday: 1:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Other times according to previous appointment via e-mail or Skype.
Prof. PaedDr. Milan Valenta, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Professor, Head of Department
Scientific and research focus: Head of Department of Expressive Therapy and Personality and Social Development with a focus on drama therapy and intellectual disability education
E-mail: valentam22@seznam.cz, milan.valenta@upol.cz
Telephone: 585 635 314
Door Number: 2.13
Office Hours: Thursday 10:30-11:30 a.m., Friday 10:30- 11:30 a.m., other times according to previous appointment
Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Dita Finková, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Associate Professor
Scientific and research focus: Special education of persons with visual impairment (methodology, spatial orientation of persons with visual impairment, Braille).
E-mail: ditafinkova@seznam.cz, dita.finkova@upol.cz
Telephone: 585 635 339
Door Number: 2.74
Office Hours: Wednesday 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. for full-time students
Friday for combined students, according to appointment with an individual or a study group
Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Jiří Langer, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute, Chairman of the Academic Senate of Palacký University, Deputy Director of the Centre of Support for Students with Special Needs
Scientific and research focus: Deaf studies, communication of deaf and deafblind people, Czech sign language, lexicography and translatology of CSL, tactile sign language
E-mail: jiri.langer@upol.cz
Telephone: 585 635 322
Door Number: 2.48 (220)
Office Hours: Monday 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., other times according to previous appointment
Assoc. Prof. PhDr. Vojtech Regec, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Vice Dean for Foreign Affairs, Faculty of Education, Palacký University, Associate Professor
Scientific and research focus:
E-mail: vojtech.regec@upol.cz
Telephone: 585 635 003, 585 635 330
Door Number: 226
Office Hours: Wednesday: 12:30 – 1:00 p.m., Friday: 3:15 – 3:45 p.m.
Assoc. Prof. PhDr. Eva Souralová, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Director
Scientific and research focus: Deaf education, scientific and research activities in the area of education of persons with hearing impairment and deafblind persons.
E-mail: eva.souralova@centrum.cz
Telephone: 585 635 312
Door Number: 2.52
Office Hours: Monday: 8:00 – 9:00 a.m., Friday: according to previous appointment
Assoc. Prof. Kateřina Vitásková, Ph.D
Function at ISES: Head of Department of Speech and Language Therapy and Communication Ability Studies and the Department of Science and Research activities of the Institute of Special Education Studies
Scientific focus: Communication, speech and language development and disorders, specific (developmental) and acquired learning disorders, hearing impairment, orofacial praxis and gnosis, symptomatic speech disorders, cultural-language diversity, autism, right-hemisphere deficits including co-verbal behaviour impairment and pragmatic communication difficulties, voice disorders, inclusion and cross-discipline approach
E-mail: katerina.vitaskova@upol.cz, kvitaskova@gmail.com
Telephone: 585 635 336
Door Number: 211
Office Hours: Wednesday, Friday 9:30 – 11:00 a.m., appointment to be pre-arranged by mail or telephone
Lecturers and Assistants:
Function at ISES: Lecturer
Scientific and research focus: Counselling to children, pupils and students with special educational needs
E-mail: pavlina.baslerova@upol.cz
Telephone: 734 144 822
Door Number: 4th floor, “Centre of Inclusion”
Office Hours: Monday: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m., 1:00 – 3:40 p.m.
Function at ISES: Lecturer
Scientific and research focus: Speech-language pathology, deaf education, speech-language therapy for children with Cochlear implant, auditive-verbal therapy, multiple disorders, special education.
E-mail: aja6@centrum.cz, adela.hanakova@upol.cz
Telephone: 585 635 344
Door Number: 2.77
Office Hours: According to previous e-mail appointment
PhDr. Alena Hlavinková, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Lecturer
Scientific and research focus: Speech-language pathology, autism spectrum disorders
E-mail: alca.rihova@email.cz
Telephone: 585 635 338
Door Number: 3.45a (2nd floor)
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Mgr. Ivana Horváthová Ph. D.
Function at ISES: Senior lecturer, study assistant for students with special needs in the Centre of Support for Students with Special Needs at Palacký University.
Scientific and research focus: Department of Special Education – focusing on Deaf Studies and pre-school education. Experienced in direct work with persons with special needs. Dedicated to the field of counselling and working with families with children with disabilities. Experienced in the field of diagnosis of school readiness and deficit of partial functions in children and learning disorders in adolescents, and adults.
E-mail: Horvathova-ivana@seznam.cz
Telephone: 585 635 328
Door Number: 2.47a
Office Hours: Wednesday 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., Thursday 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Mgr. Miluše Hutyrová Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Lecturer
Scientific and research focus:
- Children, adolescents and adults with signs of risk and problem behaviour.
- Post-modern approaches in the context of counselling and therapeutic intervention.
- Culture and diversity.
- Intervention programmes for the development of cognitive abilities and social skills and their effectiveness.
E-mail: miluse.hutyrova@upol.cz, milahutyrova@seznam.cz
Telephone: –
Door Number: Purkrabská 2, 2.07
Office Hours: According to previous appointment
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan CHRASTINA, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Assistant Professor
Scientific and research focus:
- Qualitative approaches focused on the area of chronic illnesses and rare diseases – lifestyle, impact of the illness and content and methods of interpretative/thematic analysis.
- Methods and research and adult education of physically/mentally disabled.
E-mail: jan.chrastina@upol.cz
Telephone: +420 585 63 5333
Door Number: 1.20 (Purkrabská 2)
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:30-11:30 a.m., other times according to previous e-mail or telephone appointment
Mgr. Kateřina Jeřábková, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Assistant Professor
Scientific and research focus:
- Working with persons with hearing impairment
- Teaching English language to persons with hearing impairment
E-mail: jerabkova.katerina@gmail.com
Telephone: 585 635 331
Door Number: ZI 3.46a
Office Hours: Mon 9:35 – 10:05 a.m., Tue 1:30 – 2:15 p.m.
Mgr. Petra Jurkovičová, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Lecturer
Scientific and research focus:
- Comprehensive counselling for persons with special needs
- Working with the family and relationships of a client with health disability
- Post-modern approaches in counselling and therapy
E-mail: pjurkovicova@gmail.com
Telephone: 585 63 5332
Door Number: 3.46b (3rd floor)
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., Friday according to previous e-mail or telephone appointment
Mgr. Jiří Kantor, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Assistant
Scientific and research focus: Physical disability education, music therapy
E-mail: jirik.kantor@centrum.cz, jiri.kantor@upol.cz
Telephone: 585 635 304
Door Number: 215
Office Hours: Tuesday 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Mgr. Zdeňka Kozáková, DiS., Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Secretary of the Institute, coordinator of the Association of Special Education Students, coordinator of Self-Advocates
Scientific and research focus:
- Intellectual disability education, quality of life, self-assertion of adults with intellectual disability and their preparation for an independent life and social relationships.
- Modern and alternative trends in approaches to persons with health disability.
- Special education in the context of adult and senior studies – special education approaches to adult and senior persons.
E-mail: zdenka.kozakova@upol.cz
Telephone: +420 585 635 313, +420 585 635 317
Door Number: 211a
Office Hours: Wednesday 1:15 – 2:15 p.m., Thursday 12:15 – 1:15 p.m., Friday Only for combined students according to previous appointment.
Mgr. Kristýna Krahulcová, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Assistant Professor
Scientific and research focus:
- Special Education
- Drama therapy
- Expressive therapy
- Addiction
E-mail: Keenka@centrum.cz
Telephone: +420737525527
Door Number: 2.75
Office Hours: According to previous appointment
PhDr. Kateřina Kroupová, Ph.D. (née Stejskalová)
Function at ISES: Lecturer
Scientific and research focus: Special education of persons with visual impairment, quality of life, retinopathy in premature children.
E-mail: katerina.kroupova.stejskalova@gmail.com; katerina.kroupova@upol.cz
Telephone: +420 585 635 321
Door Number: 2.77 (1st floor, ISES)
Office Hours: Tuesday: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Thursday: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Mgr. BcA. Pavel Kučera, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Lecturer, coordinator of services for students with hearing impairment in the Centre of Support for Students with Special Needs
Scientific and research focus: Deaf education, sign language:
E-mail: pavel.kucera@upol.cz, kuceraenator@gmail.com
Telephone: 585 635 304
Door Number: ZI 2.46b
Office Hours: Monday 9:30-11:00 a.m., Tuesday 12:15 – 13:45 p.m., Friday – according to previous e-mail appointment
Function at ISES: Assistant professor, Coordinator of services for students with visual impairment in the Centre of Support for Students with Special Needs
Scientific and research focus:
- Special education of persons with visual impairment
- Perception and imagination of people with visual impairment
- Special education of persons with mental impairment
- Special adult education
E-mail: H.Majerova@seznam.cz
Telephone: 585635346
Door Number: 4.26
Office Hours: Wednesday 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., according to previous e-mail appointment.
Function at ISES: Lecturer
Scientific and research focus: Intellectual disability education, expressive therapy, current trends in approaches to persons with health disability, alternative and augmentative communication, quality of life, individualization and humanization of social services.
E-mail: jaromir.mastalir@upol.cz, MastalirJ@seznam.cz
Telephone: +420585635350
Door Number: Purkrabská 1.18
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00 – 4:00 p.m., other days according to previous e-mail or telephone appointment
Function at ISES: Assistant Professor, speech and language therapist
Scientific and research focus:
- Education and speech and language therapy in children and adults with communication disorders.
- Specific language impairment, articulation and phonological skills.
- Stuttering and cluttering.
- Laterality and direction, graphomotor development and orthography.
- Oral speech comprehension and reading development.
- Specific learning disabilities.
E-mail: renata.mlcakova@upol.cz
Telephone: +420 585 635 318
Door Number: 3.45c
Office Hours: Tuesday: 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., Friday: according to previous appointment (for combined students)
Mgr. Oldřich Müller, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Lecturer
Scientific and research focus: Special education of persons with intellectual disability and other intellectual disorders. Expressive and formative approaches applicable in the area of special education. Educational and therapeutic approaches to senior persons with neurocognitive disorders.
E-mail: omuller@centrum.cz
Telephone: 585 635 310
Door Number: ZI 3.70
Office Hours: According to previous e-mail appointment
Mgr. Lucia Pastieriková, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Director of the Centre of Support for Students with Special Needs, lecturer
Scientific and research focus:
E-mail: lucia.pastierikova@upol.cz, lucia.pastierikova@seznam.cz
Telephone: + 420 739 245 678
Door Number: ZI N12
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00- 11:30 a.m., Wednesday 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – students with special needs according to previous (e-mail, telephone) appointment, Friday in case of no classes from 9.00 to 10:30 a.m., other times according to previous appointment
Mgr. Martin Dominik Polínek, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Secretary and lecturer
Scientific and research focus: Behaviour education; expressive therapy – drama therapy, theatre therapy, fairy tale therapy; Gestalt therapy
E-mail: polinekm@seznam.cz
Telephone: 585 635 315, mobile: 608 253 372
Door Number:
Office Hours: Tuesday 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.; other times according to previous appointment.
Mgr. Michal Růžička, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Deputy Director for organization, lecturer
Scientific and research focus: Education of persons with EBD, Cognitive behavioural therapy, drama therapy
E-mail: michal.ruzicka@upol.cz
Telephone: 5585635306
Door Number: ZI 2.58
Office Hours: Wednesday 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Mgr. Bc. Veronika Růžičková, Ph.D.
Function at ISES: Lecturer
Scientific and research focus:
- Focuses on the issue of persons with visual impairment. Her specialization reflects a wide spectrum of areas from school readiness of children with visual impairment to adult age, or lifelong learning and seniors with visual impairment.
- Certified instructor of spatial orientation of persons with visual impairment.
- Visual therapy.
E-mail: veronika.ruzickova@upol.cz; veronika.ruzickova@gmail.com
Telephone: 585 635 316
Door Number: 234
Office Hours: Wednesday: 10:30 – 11:15 a.m., Thursday: 10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Function at ISES: Lecturer, Executive Editor of Journal of Exceptional People
Scientific and research focus:
- Special education diagnostics
- Methodology of educational research
- Poetry therapy, bibliotherapy, music therapy, game therapy
- Founder of an interactive educational museum Iiiland, (iiiland.cz), producer of a number of original reeducational exercises designed for the correction of eye movements in dyslectic children
E-mail: pavel.svoboda@upol.cz
Telephone: 585 635 399
Door Number: ZI 3.70
Office Hours: Thursday 10:45- 11:30 a.m., Friday 10:45 – 11:30 a.m.
Mgr. Lucie Šebková
Function at ISES: Assistant, PhD. student
Scientific and research focus: Scientific work is focused on research on speech and language therapy/pathology. The main areas include acquired language disorders and voice disorders. Cooperation with other researchers and experts from Czech Republic and abroad. Namely Musical Acoustic Research Centre, Music and Dance Faculty – Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (RNDr. Martin Frič, Ph.D.); University Hospital in Ostrava, Centre for Cognitive Disorders; Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia), Faculty of Education, Department of Speech Therapy; Valdosta State University (USA), Department of Communication Science and Disorders; University of South Florida (USA), School of Aging Studies and etc.
E-mail: lucie.sebkova@upol.cz
Telephone: 585635338
Door Number: ZI – 2nd floor, room 3.45
Office Hours: TUE 8-9, FRI according to previous appointment
Mgr. Bc. Jana Tabachová
Function at ISES: Assistant
Scientific and research focus: Speech-language pathology – syndromatic disorders, orofacial myofunctional disorders, disrupted communication ability in children
E-mail: tab.jana@seznam.cz
Telephone: –
Door Number: 2.59
Office Hours: Tuesday 8:00 – 9:00 a.m., Friday according to previous appointment
Function at ISES: Lecturer at ISES, coordinator at the Centre of Support for Students with Special Needs, Palacký University for students with limited mobility
Scientific and research focus: Physical disability education, autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disability education, specific learning disorders
E-mail: evaurb@atlas.cz; e.urbanovska@upol.cz
Telephone: 585 635 343
Door Number: 3.69
Office Hours: According to previous appointment