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Sibling relationships in a family raising a child with autism spectrum disorders
Rathousová, Linda ; Zemková, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Hádková, Kateřina (referee)
Sibling relationships represent the first and the longest contact with contemporaries in our lives, changing with the age of siblings and depending on a number of circumstances. At the same time it is the second strongest emotional bond, right after the bond to one's parents. One of the circumstances, influencing the sibling relationship essentially and permanently, is an impairment of one of the siblings, which may also be an autism spectrum disorder. This developmental disorder affects the psychological development of individual in three main fields, the so-called autistic triad - in the fields of communication, social interaction and imagination, i.e. it effects the sibling relationship as well. The sibling of the child with an autism spectrum disorder may then develop feelings as jealousy, guilt, fear, wrong, anger, grief, excess responsibility, shame or loneliness. There are not negative emotions only, the sibling may be proud of the child with the autism spectrum disorder, he/she may feel love and sympathy and he/she may feel the need to protect the impaired sibling, thus learning important character traits as patience or tolerance.
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Communication in girls with Rett Syndrome
Sobotová, Zdeňka ; Klenková, Jiřina (advisor) ; Durdilová, Lucie (referee)
TITLE: Communication in Girls with Rett Syndrome AUTHOR: Zdeňka Sobotová DEPARTMENT: Department of Special Education SUPERVISOR: doc. PaedDr. Jiřina Klenková, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates the communication in girls with Rett syndrome. Rett syndrome is a severe neurological disorder leading to multiple disabilities and severely impaired communication skills. The aim of the thesis is to describe the communication skills of girls with Rett Syndrome, the role of parents in the development of communication and the possibilities for communication intervention. This issue is presented on case histories of three girls with Rett Syndrome of various ages, acquired from semi-structured interviews with parents or caregivers of girls and participative observation of girls' behaviors and their interaction with the environment. The research results in the description of motor and communication skills and methods used to develop communication with the three girls with Rett Syndrome. Research shows that even though the communication capabilities of girls with Rett Syndrome are very individual, parents are looking for ways to develop the communication skills of their daughters and they expect the professional advice from special educators, which they, in their opinion gets poorly. KEYWORDS: Rett Syndrome,...
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Use of alternative and augmentative communication systems for people with disturbed communication ability
Svobodová, Barbora ; Durdilová, Lucie (advisor) ; Hájková, Vanda (referee)
The presented bachelor thesis deals with the issue of the use of alternative and augmentative communication in people with impaired communication abilities. The text explained the theoretical basis of the work, including concepts: communication, communication disorder, Rett syndrome - RTT and systems of alternative and augmentative communication - AAC. The issue of RTT is processed to serve as a source of information about this rare disease. The thesis is mainly focused on AAC systems usable for people with RTT. The practical part consists of case study of girl with RTT. It analyzes the current development of the child, including her communication skills. It describes the current status of the level of communication skills, discusses progress of training the AAC system VOKS with this girl and analyzes the impact of the use of VOKS on her communication skills development. Keywords: communication disorder, Rett syndrome, pervasive developmental disorders, augmentative and alternative communication, VOKS
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Educational learning process of the students with Rett syndrome
VOMOČILOVÁ, Michaela
My diploma thesis is focused on educational and pedagogical process of students with Rett Syndrome. In its theoretic part, I describe Rett Syndrome as a clinical picture and a diagnostics and a therapy. The practical part of the thesis focuses on three main aims: to determine a certain number of students with Rett Syndrome in the Czech Republic, further to discover these students{\crq} educational and pedagogical process, and finally, to demonstrate a concrete form of this process on two casuistries. All of aims were realized. What follows from my survey is that the students are mostly educated according to the educational Rehabilitation program used for remedial schools; this means that no specific educational and pedagogical program for the children with Rett Syndrome has been created so far. According to my observation, the girls are schooled in autistic classes or in classes of children with combined handicaps, also in special elementary schools and preschool institutions.
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