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Self care as a part of socialization by people with Down syndrome
PETRŮ, Kateřina
The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to describe abilities of self-care of people with Down syndrome and analyze its development. On the basis of the stated objective there are 3 research questions. The qualitative research techniques were used to achieve the goal of the bachelor thesis. Data for the case studies, which are in the practical part, were acquired through the semistructured interviews. Clients and educators who gave the information stay in Domov Kopretina Černovice. The theoretical part deals with Down syndrome, forms of Down syndrome, diagnostics, characteristic symptoms, the most frequent associated illneses and life of people with Down syndrome. Next chapter deals with definition of mental disabilities and socialization, especially self-care. The objective, research questions and methods of collecting qualitative research data is defined in the practical part. The practical part includes 3 case studies of clients from Domov Kopretina Černovice. Case studies have found that people with Down syndrome have the biggest problems in self-care with cooking and taking care of their health.
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Who are of primary school children resp. primary practical school
ZEMANOVÁ, Markéta
This thesis deals with the deep knowledge of the pupils of primary school who attend special school, a primary school established pursuant to Section 16 (9) of the Education Act. The main aim of the thesis was to describe the broad context of a child attending this type of school. The aim of the theoretical part was to characterize themes - mental disabilities, education of pupils with mentally disabilities, deprivation and socially disadvantaged environment, including issues of Gypsies ethnicity. The practical part has a qualitative charakter and presents case studies of five pupils. The aim was to produce detailed diagnostics and understanding of special school pupils through case studies, interviews with children, teachers, parents and teacher assistants.
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Visual Stimulation for Children with Severe Multiple Disabilities in Special Elementary School
HATWIKOVÁ, Lukania
The thesis examines visual stimulation for children with severe multiple disabilities in special elementary school. The aim of the thesis is to design, based on qualitative research, a re-education process of visual stimulation for children with severe multiple disabilities and its subsequent evaluation. In accord with the aims outlined above, two partial goals were formulated. The first goal was to determine the areas of visual perception in which the student struggles. The second goal was to assess the progress after visual stimulation. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part. The theoretical part consists of three chapters. The first chapter defines terminology, the second one is devoted to education of pupils with multiple disabilities, and the third chapter describes visual stimulation, its rules, principles, and kinds. The empirical part characterizes the goals of the thesis, the methodology of research, and the technique used for gathering data. The qualitative method was used for the purposes of the empirical part. Data were gathered using observation, interview and document analysis. The re-education process was applied to respondents in order to support the impaired visual functions. The outcomes outlined in the empirical part will be applicable in the field of education of pupils with severe combined impairment. With some formal adjustments, these outcomes may serve as a starting point for preparing an insctructional and informational materiál for parents of children with severe multiple disabilities. The research discovered that no general conclusions can be drawn for work with children with this kind of impairment. Regular practice improves visual functions, but the current state of the child matters a lot. If the child is in bad mental or physical state, there might be regression.
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Special educational emphases in supporting adults with severe mental and multiple disabilities
Satková, Marie ; Šumníková, Pavlína (advisor) ; Šiška, Jan (referee)
The thesis deals with specific emphases of special educational support provided to people with severe mental and multiple disabilities in their adult age. The aim of the thesis is to determine what the specifics of therapeutic support for adults with a severe handicap are, and how professionals adapt their specialized care to the fact that their clients are adults. To obtain the data for the purposes of the thesis, a qualitatively oriented research has been conducted, using semi-structured interviews with teachers and social service workers who have been involved with severely disabled adults for a long time. Data has been analyzed by methods of open and axial coding, which are part of the grounded theory. Other methods of data collection utilized for thesis processing include content analysis of specialized literature, content analysis of service users' documentation, and participant observation. The data obtained suggests that professional support of adults with mental and multiple disabilities must take into account both the specific level of development needs of these individuals, and their physical age. A significant component of the professional care is creating a relationship to the disabled person as an equal partner.
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The quality of life of people with mental disabilities, depending on the use of social services sheltered housing
SMRČKOVÁ, Lenka
This thesis deals with people who suffer from mild mental disability and live in a sheltered housing service. The theoretical part characterizes people with mental disabilities, capabilities and skills of these people, care for the people and their families. Also it describes the types of facilities furthermore mentioned in the text that can these people use. Practical part compares the two environments, where the people live. Thus, in the residential services of sheltered housing or with their parents (relatives). Both environments have their advantages and disadvantages, which are also described in the work. The thesis comprises proposals to improve the current situation.
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Application of motivational mechanisms within the educational process for pupils with severe mental retardation
MALLÁTOVÁ, Michaela
The bachelor thesis deals with the issue of motivation mechanisms in the scope of educational process of pupils with heavy mental disabilities. The target of the thesis is to find out which what motivation mechanisms are used by teachers of pupils with heavy mental disabilities most frequently. A partial target is the comparison of answers of teachers depending on their practice and the ascertainment if the length of practice had influence on the motivation mechanisms. The theoretical part of the thesis is devoted to the definition of mental disability, its etiology, diagnostics and classification. The following chapters focus on the education and subsequently teaching of persons with mental disabilities; the teaching is, for the purposes of my bachelors thesis specified closer in the following chapter, "Education of persons with heavy mental disabilities". This chapter is, besides the teaching, devoted also to the developing Snoezelen method and Basal stimulation concept being a part of education of persons with a mental disabilities inseparably. The last chapter of the theoretical part is the motivation in the school environment. I acquired the base for the conclusion of the practical part of thesis by means of the half-structured talks with the pre-prepared ten questions which could be changed during questioning thanks to the elected flexible method. Ten respondents answered my questions. I have found out through the questioning carried out that the pupils are motivated frequently by means of demonstration, narration or use of pictures accompanying the curriculum. The pupils are usually motivated by remuneration, the most frequent ones are a smile and subsequently small sweets. The non-verbal remuneration and punishments are present in the whole teaching process and the pupils understand them easily. The influence of practice was visible in individual answers especially in view of new methods. The teachers with a shorter practice use new and alternative methods more often and they are open to new methods, on the other hand, teachers with a longer practice use more verified methods well-tried in practice. The thesis may represent contribution as survey of used motivation mechanisms in relation to the various term of practice in the branch and as material for students desiring to work with pupils with a heavy mental disability.
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