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A child with autism spectrum disorder in kindergarten
KRÁLOVÁ, Daniela
The thesis examines preschool education of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The theoretical part focuses on defining the signs of ASD, the most commonly used therapies, the methods of working with children with ASD, and examples of developmental activities. In addition, it describes educational facilities and support services for parents. The aim of the thesis was to map the experience of parents, teachers, and assistants with the preschool education of children with ASD. The research sample consisted of two families with a preschool child with ASD, teachers, and teacher's assistants in special preschool education and regular preschool education. The data were gathered using a qualitative approach through semi-structured interviews. The research part focused on social adaptation, the attitude to preschool education of children with ASD, and cooperation between parents, teachers, and counselling services. The results indicated the lasting stigma against special preschool education, parents strongly preferred inclusive education for their children in regular preschool. In contrast, the teachers emphasised the potential for greater development of a child in a special preschool education due to the individual approach and specialized methods. The interviews also supported the importance of early care and the necessity of active cooperation between parents, teachers, and counselling services.
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Applying Functional Behavioral Assessment at Kindergarten for Children with Communication Disorder
Hanušová, Michaela ; Felcmanová, Lenka (advisor) ; Tirpák, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis is specially pedagogical and deals with the possibilities of applying functional behavioral assessment at kindergarten for children with communication disorder. The theoretical part describes the given issue of communication disorder and the development of the child's social-emotional skills. The theoretical part also describes the problem behavior and the concept of functional behavior assessment. The practical part deals with four case studies of preschool children with repetitive problem behavior. The purpose of the qualitative research is to verify the applying functional behavior assessment at kindergarten for children with communication disorder. The main research question of the diploma thesis is to find the possibilities of using the principles of functional behavioral assessment in the chosen kindergarten for children with communication disorder. The research investigates which the behavior of children considered by the pedagogical staff of the selected kindergarten to be problem behavior. The research further investigates whether functional behavior assessment helps to educators reduce the children's problem behavior and how they themselves apply the principles of functional behavior assessment. The methods and the research tools are semi-structured interviews,...
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Special Educational Intervention in Children with Specific Language Impairment in the Kindergarten
Vávrová, Miriam ; Klenková, Jiřina (advisor) ; Zemková, Jaroslava (referee)
This Masters thesis focuses on issues of Specific Language Impairment - SLI of children of pre-school age. It monitors and evaluates development of their communication and motor skills during their time in kindergarten. The theoretical part focuses on defining basic terms which relate to communication and communication disorder with the emphasis on SLI. The psychomotor and communicational development of child from birth to entering school is described too. Also how this all affected creating the Framework Educational Programme for preschool education. The aim of the empirical part was to observe four children with SLI during their attendance at a pre-school for children with specific needs. Speech and psychomotor development of these children and its changes in connection to their teachers' intervention was observed. Part of the research included interviews with children's parents and those are also evaluated. The survey was done by the qualitative method. We get four case histories. At the end was evaluated the aims of the survey and answered questions asked and summarized the results of my investigation.
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Development of communication of skills of children with autism spectrum disorder
Wodere, Veronika ; Klenková, Jiřina (advisor) ; Korandová, Zuzana (referee)
The bachelors thesis is of a special pedagogical character focusing on speech therapy. It deals with the development of communication skills in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The thesis goal is to introduce ASD issue; communication in general and with regard to people with ASD and with augmentative and alternative communication. The theoretical part is divided into three parts. The first part defines autism spectrum disorders, deals briefly with the causes, division and diagnosis. The second part describes communication as such, speech development and impaired communication skills. The third part deals with communication of people with autism spectrum disorders, speech development and these people communication specifics. It also mentions the possibilities offered by augmentative and alternative communications. The research investigation focuses on how ASD children communication is developed in a special kindergarten, or in a special class intended exclusively for children with ASD. The research's aim is to find out how and by what methods communication is developed and how these methods influence the progress in these children's communication. A qualitative data collection method was used for the research, specifically a semi-structured interview. Interviews were conducted with...
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Special Educational Intervention in Children with Specific Language Impairment in the Kindergarten
Vávrová, Miriam ; Klenková, Jiřina (advisor) ; Zemková, Jaroslava (referee)
This Masters thesis focuses on issues of Specific Language Impairment - SLI of children of pre-school age. It monitors and evaluates development of their communication and motor skills during their time in kindergarten. The theoretical part focuses on defining basic terms which relate to communication and communication disorder with the emphasis on SLI. The psychomotor and communicational development of child from birth to entering school is described too. Also how this all affected creating the Framework Educational Programme for preschool education. The aim of the empirical part was to observe four children with SLI during their attendance at a pre-school for children with specific needs. Speech and psychomotor development of these children and its changes in connection to their teachers' intervention was observed. Part of the research included interviews with children's parents and those are also evaluated. The survey was done by the qualitative method. We get four case histories. At the end was evaluated the aims of the survey and answered questions asked and summarized the results of my investigation.
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