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The issue of aggressive behaviour of mentally disabled individuals
LOJÍKOVÁ, Jitka
Mental disability of children, young people and adults represents a serious health and social difficulty. Despite the issue of mentally disabled individuals being brought up more and more recently, our knowledge of the particular life of such handicapped people is rather low or fragmentary. Mentally disabled individuals are part of our society, being individually more or less dependant on its care. The opening part deals with the issue of mentally disabled individuals. Their particularities, needs and number are analyzed and the institutional care as such is also touched upon. Within the context of the Social Services Act{\crq}s amendment, under which ``cage beds{\crqq} were abolished, workers are made to look for other ways of coping with the aggressive behaviour of mentally disabled individuals. The attention is also paid to aggressive actions of the mentally handicapped from the point of view of various branches of the law. Not every worker has comprehensive legal awareness as far as mentally disabled individuals are concerned.The main goal of the research was to monitor the displays, causes and possibilities of avoiding and coping with aggressive behaviour within the group of the mentally handicapped. In order to meet the goal of the research, methods of a structured dialogue with the mentally disabled and a questionnaire with the staff caring for the mentally handicapped were used. Having processed the data, it was determined that most of the workers had already met displays of aggressive behaviour of mentally disabled individuals, the most common being verbal and physical aggression. It was confirmed that measures preventing or averting aggressive actions as imposed by the Social Services Act 108/2006 Coll. were in most cases sufficient. If the individuals have their hobbies and their needs fulfilled, the risk of potential aggressive behaviour decreases. In my opinion, the aggression could be also prevented by encouraging friendly human relations, emotional support and an impartial approach to all.
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Socialization Problems of Clients with Learning Difficulties in Social Care Facilities
HAVLÍKOVÁ, Anna
The first, theoretical part of the bachelor work is aimed at learning difficulties. The next part is dedicated to institutional care and it includes the history and transformation of institutional care.The third part of the work is dedicated to the personality development of clients with learning difficulties in institutional care which provide education and therapies. The last part looks into socialization of people with learning difficulties. The aim of the work is to map out work opportunities (activities) which are offered to people with learning difficulties in selected social care facilities in the region of South Bohemia. The work also aims to establish the level of satisfaction of those clients with learning difficulties who work. Quantitative research methods were used for data collection. The method of e-mail questioning was used to find out what work is offered to clients in the facilities. In the second part which is aimed at clients who work and their satisfaction, the method of questioning was also used. In this case the technique of standardized (managed) interview was used.Both hypotheses were verified on the basis of the research results.
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The Children´s Rights in Institutional Care.
KREJSOVÁ, Petra
The title of my diploma thesis is The Rights of Children in Institutional Care. It is composed of a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part deals with concepts such as the right, the child, a part deals with the characteristics of The Convention on the Rights of the Child or the Committee for the Rights of the Child. The research was carried out by means of the directed interview method (partly standardized method) applying a questionnaire created by professor Gary Melton and his team in Columbia, South Carolina. The questionnaire comprises identification questions (age, sex, class), four general questions dealing with conceptual understanding of law and twelve situations when the child adjudicates rights. The questionnaire was enhanced by 15 supplemental questions for children (created by prof. Dunovský and prof. Kovařík) delimiting the conceptual understanding of a ``good citizen{\crq}q. Further the questioning method was applied for the research by means of a questionnaire. The research file was made up by 80 children and 20 employees in total. Two goals were set in the paper. Goal 1: the paper aims at finding out whether children have their own rights. Goal 2: The paper checks whether rights of the child are respected in child care institutions. One hypothesis was set. H1: Legal awareness of children placed in children's homes is lower than legal awareness of children from a common primary school. I believe the goals have been fulfilled, however the hypothesis was not confirmed.
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Fostering in Classical Czech Foster Families and Fostering in Special Institutions for Foster Care-Big Foster Families. A Collation of These Two Forms.
WENDLIGOVÁ, Michaela
The thesis is a probe into the picture of alternative family care in the Czech Republic, oriented to the foster care. In the theoretical part a description of alternatice foster care for children removed from their biological family is given. It is concerned with vital needs of such children and their psychical deprivation. It tries to show why mothers waive their child and shows some aspects of social work in this field. The practical part of the thesis is concerned with the qualitative research that compares fostering in classical Czech foster families with fostering in special institutions {--} so called Big Foster Families. Research investigations are taken from the point of view of teenaged children being in foster care, and research is based on principles of modern (professional) fostering. The research investigations contain six interviews with children from classical families and four with children from special instituions for foster care. (The research is not concerned with SOS villages) Good quality of the foster care does not depend too much on the fact whether it is provided with a classical foster family or with a fostering institutions. It depends, first and foremost, on the character foster parent, i.e. if he/she is able to create positive relationships with the child and if he/she is able to adopt and accept the child unconditionally.
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The Comparison of forms of institutional care for the mentally disabled regarding the quality of life of clients - in Institute of Social services in Slatiňany.
ROJKOVÁ, Veronika
In the last time the people who are in some way disadvantaged are more considered than before. To insist on common human rights observacing, veneration of person as a human creature, freedom and equal opportunities between people in the community are the trends of the last years. After the Czech republic admission to European Union the social sphere began to develop and regenerate. In the face of some impediments and problems we can say that the society at the threshold of the 21st century has made first short steps to successful integration of handicapped people into the majority society. The goal of my Bachelor thesis is the view of the development of the insitution care in the Czech republic. I focused on one of the largest Czech institutions and it is the Institute of Social Services in Slatiňany. This organization passed by several phases {--} from classical, traditional institutional care to building the living in four family houses that work on principle of the family care.
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Work conditions of people with mental disability living in institutional care
JANOVSKÁ, Klára
The goal of my bachelor thesis on a topic: ``Work conditions of people with mental disability living in institutional care{\crqq} was to map this situation in residence social care institutions for people with mental disability in South Bohemia region. The goal was achieved. Contemporary world trends in care for people with mental disability prefer to class employment opportunities into the area of educational occupation in social care institutions. The problem of employment is one of the most serious questions regarding people with mental disability. A fulfillment on a labor market influences several factors in their lives. It is not only the economic situation and social statute but also self-realization. There are several forms of occupational and social fulfillment for people who are disadvantaged on labor market. These are supported employment, protected jobs or protected workshops. For achievement of the goal of the thesis a method of qualitative research, technique of structured interview with open questions was used. First target group were employees of residence social care institutions for people with mental disability in South Bohemia region. Second target group were employees from organizations dealing with supported employment in South Bohemia region. From the results of the thesis is clear that the institutions and organizations are interested in occupational fulfillment of their clients. They are trying to create jobs. But the supply is still insufficient. In connection with this thesis we can set following research questions. 1. In what direction will be a progress in attitudes of our society about the problems of employing people with mental disability in the meaning of financial, legislative and social securing of the problems? 2. Whether the employment of people with mental disability will be a part of companies{\crq} strategy (within company philanthropy)? The thesis should help to compare the situation of given problems in each residence social care institutions in South Bohemia region.
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The Significance and Infuence of the Environment on the Shoping of a Child´s Personality
CHODOROVÁ, Alena
This paper compares the conditions for the development of the child in a family that has problems with its care and in the children{\crq}s homes, where children grow up after being separated from their parents. The family was generally defined {--} its great significance for the development of the individual. I described the changes of the current family in comparison to a classical type of the family and connected problems that influence the upbringing of children. I further concentrated on the possibilities of the social work with problematic families when trying to get the family rescue in the highest quality. I pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of the surrogated family care. In the other part there are described the aspects of the institutional care.
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The Care of the People with Alzheimer Disease
TESÁRKOVÁ, Veronika
The subject of the work is to sketch the importace right understanding needs of individuals suffering from alzheimer disease together with accptable care of these patients. The introductory part is focusing in single characteristics of alzheimer aphrenia together with appearances, kinds, diagnostic and possibilities the treatment. Pozornost je soustředěna na- The work focuses on possibilities the right comunication with these patient and continuing acceptable family or institutional nurse care on it. In the final parts I was deal with the offer of activities and different kinds of therapy which have the positive effect on general personality of individual with alzheimer aphrenia.
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Possibilities and Limits of Substitute Family Care
PRÁŠILOVÁ, Kateřina
The paper deals with the importance of substitute family care in the Czech Republic. Theoretical part characterizes possibilities of substitute family care, importance of family and its ambiance. Next, it describes risk and protective factors and substitute family, focuses on institutional treatment of children and possible problems of child{\crq}s socialization. Practical part contains casuistics and comparison of two chosen cases: case of successful and unsuccessful substitute family care. Both cases have good intention. They offer further view into problems of substitute family care. Its quality is not related only to those who decided to take abandoned child into their family but lies also in the child itself and not forgetting in abilities of workers securing substitute family care.
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The attitude of the public to foster care
NESNÍDALOVÁ, Klára
My thesis deals with the attitude of public to foster care. One of the paradoxical issues is the fact that the number of children who are not reared by their biological parents remains quite high while the number of childless partnerships (though desiring offspring) is growing. In the Czech Republic, similarly as in other European countries, about 1% of children (about 20,000) do not grow up in their biological families. Only 2% of that group are full orphans. The remaining 98% of children have living biological parents who do not or cannot take care of them. I endeavored to find out how well individual members of the Czech society are informed about one of the possible solutions of infertility: alternate family care. Using questionnaires, I focused on several age and level of education groups and asked general as well as more personal questions. In the general part, I wanted to find out whether the individual knew what alternate family care was, the different kinds of alternate family care, who provides support during the process, what are the different options, the difference between adoption and foster care, etc. Then I inquired about their own willingness to take in a child, whether sex of the child, somatic and intellectual predisposition were criteria for them and whether they would take in a child of a different ethnicity. It is interesting to note that women are usually more prone to blame themselves for infertility.
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