Position: assistant professor

Institute: Institute of Special Education

Unit : Department of Interdisciplinary Disability Studies

Contact

E-mail: mwalachowska[at]aps.edu.pl

Phone: 225893521

Main research areas

• Contemporary theoretical concepts and practice of pedagogical and therapeutic support for children and adolescents with special developmental and educational needs; The social situation and the quality of life of families raising children with disabilities - the social security system, the role of non-governmental organizations and informal support groups; Autonomy and authorship of the life of adults with disabilities; Tutoring in the education of gifted students.

Publications, conferences, events

• Knowledge Base

Biography

• Academic career:
  

  since 2011 - research and didactic worker with the degree of assistant professor, Department of Fundamentals of Special Pedagogy and Department of Interdisciplinary Disability Studies, The Maria Grzegorzewska University;

  10.2010 - obtaining a doctoral degree in humanities in the field of pedagogy, The Maria Grzegorzewska University. Title of the doctoral dissertation: "Education and rehabilitation of blind and partially sighted people in the activities of non-governmental organizations and selected government institutions of the Third Republic of Poland". Supervisor: prof. Jadwiga Kuczyńska - Kwapisz;

  2000 - 2010 - research and didactic worker with the degree of assistant, Department of Fundamentals of Special Pedagogy and Laboratory of Fundamentals of Special Pedagogy, The Maria Grzegorzewska University;

  10.2002 - 09.2002 - completion of two-year special studies in journalism, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Journalism and Political Science. The title of the diploma thesis: "Mother of home births" screenplay for a documentary film about the life and work of the midwife Irena Chołuj. Supervisor: editor Maciej Zimiński;

  10.1995 - 06.1997 - completion of two-year special studies "Family Life Study", Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw. Obtained qualifications to conduct family counseling and courses in the field of natural family planning methods;

  10.1995 - 05.2000 - completion of master's studies in the field of special education (specialization: typhlo-pedagogy), The Maria Grzegorzewska Higher School of Special Education. Master's thesis title: "Situation on the braille textbook market in Poland in the era of education reform". Supervisor: prof. Jadwiga Kuczyńska – Kwapisz;

  Publications:

  Wałachowska, M. (2022). Ojcostwo mężczyzny z niepełnosprawnością – możliwości i ograniczenia roli w perspektywie inkluzji społecznej. Acta Iuris Stetinesis, 3(39), 185-201. Wałachowska M. (2021). Edukacja zdalna – sytuacja trudna dla ucznia ze spektrum zaburzeń autystycznych i jego rodziny [Remote education - a difficult situation for a student with a spectrum of autistic disorders and his family]. W: A. Lukasek, A. Fidelus (red.), Funkcjonowanie dziecka we współczesnym świecie. Współpraca z rodziną: wyzwania, zagrożenia, perspektywy (s. 73-86). Józefów: Wydawnictwo Wyższej Szkoły Euroregionalnej im. Alcide de Gasperi. 

  Wałachowska M. (2020). Dydaktyka specjalna - interdyscyplinarne związki z neurodydaktyką i psychodydaktyką [Special didactics - interdisciplinary relations with neurodidactics and psychodidactics]. W: J. Głodkowska (red.), Dydaktyka specjalna w horyzoncie znaczeń, koncepcji i praktyki pedagogicznej (s. 94-114). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo APS.

  Wałachowska M. (2020). Osoby z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną w systemie edukacji [People with intellectual disabilities in the education system]. W: B. Remberk (red.), Zaburzenia psychiczne u dzieci i młodzieży (s. 661-681). Warszawa: PZWL Wydawnictwo Lekarskie.

  Wałachowska M. (2019). Dermatologiczna choroba przewlekła jako czynnik ryzyka wykluczenia społecznego [Chronic dermatological disease as a risk factor for social exclusion]. Kultura i Edukacja, 1, 263-282.

  Wałachowska M. (2019). Parenting of people with visual disabilities as an interdisciplinary context of contemporary special education. Interdyscyplinarne Konteksty Pedagogiki Specjalnej, 26, 163-190.

  Research projects:

  Fatherhood in the narratives of blind men (own research).

  Upbringing for parenthood with disabilities - contexts of natural family planning (own research).

  Tutoring as a method of self-realization of a gifted student (own research).

  Quality of life with chronic dermatological disease: livedo vasculopathy (own research case study).