Faculty of Science works on providing equal conditions for all the students. There are contact persons for students with special needs in order to provide them with information and assistance. The students can also use services of the Counselling and Psychological Services.
Who to contact for support and help?
Support for students with special needs is provided through various entities that collaborate:
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Faculty contact – Dr. Dana Fialová (e-mail: dana.fialova@natur.cuni.cz, tel.: 221 951 397) and PaedDr.Věra Schätzová (e-mail: vera.schatzova@natur.cuni.cz)
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FSc Department of Student Affairs – study officer Marie Vítková (e-mail: marie.vitkova@natur.cuni.cz, tel.: 221 951 158)
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Office for students with special needs as part of Centrum Carolina (e-mail: centrumcarolina@cuni.cz, tel.: 224 491 896, UK point, Celetná 13, Praha 1)
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Other special workplaces – contacts: https://centrumcarolina.cuni.cz/CC-13.html
Who qualifies as a student with special needs?
Rector’s Measure No. 23/2017 distinguishes between six groups of students with special needs:
(a) eyesight impairment,
(b) hearing impairment,
(c) bodily and motion impairment,
(d) specific learning disorders,
(e) autistic spectrum disorders, and
(f) other health difficulties.
What to do to be regarded as a student with special needs?
First, you need to (1) get in touch with the Faculty’s contact person, (2) have current documentation on your own special needs (from a medical specialist, educational/psychology advice service, etc.) and (3) having consulted the Faculty’s contact person, sign informed consent indicating your status as a student with special needs and take a functional diagnosis (an interview with a CU expert; the output of the session should be a recommendation for teachers on how to approach the student and what methods to use in instruction and self-study), (4) submit to Ms. Vítková's study department: medical report/report from the educational-psychological counseling center, informed consent, functional diagnosis. (5) Provide the functional diagnosis to the contact person.
What services are available?
A detailed list of support services students with special needs can use is posted on the University website (centrumcarolina.cuni.cz/CC-25.html). The services are usually provided on the basis of recommendations stemming from the functional diagnosis and the student’s needs. Our students with special needs usually compensate with the help of:
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peers – student assistants who take notes at lectures for them, accompany them, interpret for them, and give them access to information
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professionals – sign language interpreters, transcribers, etc.
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teachers who can provide study material (earlier, in addition to standard material, or modified) allow the students to make a sound recording of the instruction, give students individual time, modify the form of exams to meet the student’s needs (oral/written test, modified time or font, lighting, etc.)
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study system – as most students apply to study according to their individual curricula
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free loaning of notebooks, tablets, Dictaphones, and readers from the Centrum Carolina - UK Point
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free copying and printing of study material using Faculty printers and copiers subject to the submission of a CU student card. The devices are available at:
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Geography Library – B/W and coloured copier/printer/scanner
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Geological Library – colour copier/printer/scanner
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Library of Chemical Sciences – B/W and colour copier/printer/scanner
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Biology Library – B/W copier/scanner and B/W printer
Psychotherapeutic and psychiatric counselling:
The psychological counselling at the Faculty of Science, Charles University
Academic counselling center at the Faculty of Education, Charles Univesity