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User Experience with the ROPRATEM program
DLOUHÁ, Kristína
This diploma thesis deals with the ROPRATEM program (the program for the development of work pace) and the experience of its users, specifically special pedagogues. Its aim was to clarify what progress pupils are making after the completion of th ROPRATEM program. The thesis is divided into two parts - theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part contains three chapters - the first one focuses on partial functions, their deficits and their possible impact on human aktivity. The issue of executive functions and slow work pace is described in the second chapter, In the third and last chapter, the ROPRATEM program and other programs aimed at developing a similar spectrum of functions are presented. In the empirical part, the research objective of the thesis and research questions are defined. Next, the chosen research method (semi-structured interviews) and the procedure of the research investigation are described. In the particular sub-chapters, the obtained data are analyzed - they are thematically divided according to the spheres on which the conducted interviews were focused. At the end of the empirical part, the results of the research investigation are evaluated within the stated research objective and research questions. The results of the research show that after the completion of the ROPRATEM program pupils' work pace accelerates, their ability to self-control and their willingness to make control improve. Children's reading competences, visual perception, visual discrimination and visual memory also improve. Pupils are also better oriented in their duties, concentrate better, are more disciplined and more independent. Furthermore, it is possible register a more careful and faultless elaboration of assigned tasks, improvements in spatial orientation, intermodal abilities and seriality. Better fluency and uniformity in thinking and working out tasks are also monitored. Another positive impact is the deeping of the relationship between parents and their child.
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The Self-Advocacy Groups in the Czech Republic: an Analysis of a Selected Group
DLOUHÁ, Kristína
This bachelor's thesis is concerned with the notion of self-advocacy. Its objective is to clarify the function of a select self-advocacy group in the Czech Republic, and establish its consequences on the life of the self-advocate. The thesis consists of two sections - one theoretical, and the other empirical. The first chapter in the theoretical section is devoted to intellectual disability. It defines basic terminology, and describes psychological differences in people with intellectual disability. Chapter two contains basic terms and findings from the area of self-advocacy. The third and last chapter is devoted to social interaction from a psychology standpoint. The empirical section describes the central goal of this thesis, establishes specific research questions, as well as the methods intended to answer these. In order to collect data, the following approaches were uses - analysis of key documents, observation, and semi-constructed interviews. Results are presented in the individual subchapters. The first presents the basic characteristics of a select self-advocacy group constructed based on the analysis of documents. The second subchapter describes a meeting of the select self-advocacy group, which is based on the results of observation. The third subchapter contains an analysis of conducted interviews. The final subchapter summarizes and critically discusses all relevant findings. The research conducted here suggests that all interviewees are satisfied with their involvement in the self-advocacy group. All of the subjects reported a self-improvement in social interaction. Furthermore, they mentioned an increased informedness, improved decision making capabilities, and an overall positive impact on their life. The overwhelming conclusion is that an active involvement in a self-advocacy group has beneficial consequences on the life of interviewed self-advocates.
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