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The Usage of Sensory Integration within Occupational Therapy in children with autism spectrum disorder
Kozáková, Veronika ; Gerlichová, Markéta (advisor) ; Krulová, Anna (referee)
The thesis aims to describe the approach of sensory integration according to Jean Ayres and examine the possibilities for the usage in occupational therapy for children suffering from autism spectrum disorder. The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the basic knowledge about sensory integration and occupational therapy related to autism spectrum disorder. The practical part tackles the terms of using sensory integration and therapeutic activities focused on particular sensory processing disorders of children with autism spectrum disorder. Sensory integration approach was developed by occupational therapist. Sensory integration approach defines three primary diagnostic groups of sensory processing disorders, provides evaluations and sensory integration activities. Based on observed data, sensory integration can be used in occupational therapy as a means to treat autistic children suffering from sensory processing disorder Key words: Sensory Integration Occupational Therapy Sensory Processing Disorder Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Role of a special educational centre in training teachers to educate children and pupils vith autism spectrum disorder
Morávková, Šárka ; Šumníková, Pavlína (advisor) ; Květoňová, Lea (referee)
The basic theme of this work is characterization of the role of Special Educational Centre in the training of teaching staff educating pupils and children with autism spectrum disorder. Theoretical knowledge in the field of autism and education of individuals with disabilities is compared with the content of specific educational seminars and with questionnaire survey from its participants. The analysis of the survey documents and reflects the needs of teachers and it is the basis for the workshop design optimization as well. The result of the presented work emphasizes the need to professionally educate teachers in the field of autism.
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Use of natural materials for practical activities in special basic school
Pešková, Tereza ; Vodáková, Jitka (advisor) ; Vaňková, Petra (referee)
6 TITTLE: Use of natural materials for practical activities in special basic school. AUTHOR: Tereza Pešková DEPARTMENT: Department of informatik technology and education SUPERVISOR: Doc. Ing. Jitka Vodáková, CSc. ABSTRACT The goal of this theisis is to test efficiency of special craft program based on natural materials which was developer for pupils with autism. Theoretical part is focused on characteristics of pupils from special basic school. It describes thein diagnoses - mental handicap, multihandicap and especialy autism. Next part oves overview of natural materials, thein varieties and manufacturing. It also describes how crafts are involved in General education program and School education program.This part of thesis pay attention to safety precautions during craft works. Practical part pay is focused on casuistry of four pupils with autism. The main method was direkt observation during their work with natural materials. This observational work took six months. Results of Cheb tests have verified the Access of the special sraft program. Benefits of crafts work program are highlighted in casuistries of autistic pupils. KEY WORDS Mental handicap, autism, autistic spectrum disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, multihandicap, triad of the disorder, structured teaching, General education program,...
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Recreational visits for clients with multiple disabilities in special elementary schools
Smolová, Daniela ; Zemková, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Šiška, Jan (referee)
TITLE: Recreational visits for clients with multiple disabilities in special elementary schools AUTHOR: Daniela Smolová DEPARTMENT: Department of Special Education SUPERVISOR: PaedDr. Jaroslava Zemková, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: Thesis is focused on communication, behaviour and adaptation to the new environment of individuals with multiple disabilities, primarily autism in combination with learning or other disabilities. Using extracurricular environment for the basic recreational visits, individuals are directed toward the development of self-care, communication and orientation in the new environment. The aim of this work is to compare the behaviour in the home, school and non-school environment and the behaviour during recreational stay. Using a different environment and its effects, we come to determine if recreational stays at home or abroad for people with multiple disabilities have meaning. In the first part there is the definition of the issue of combined disability and mental retardation, attention is focused on the problems of individuals with autism spectrum disorder, together with breakdown of the concept of recreational visits. The second part deals with specific methods of solution, forms and procedures to fill up goals. Everything is shown here on the basis of long-term observation and personal...
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Drawing in children with Autism
Bezecná, Andrea ; Sotáková, Hana (advisor) ; Kucharská, Anna (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of drawings in children with autism. It is divided into two parts, the theoretical and the empirical. In the first part I am foccusing mainly on theoretical findings about Autism Spectrum Disorder, continuing by children's drawings and it's development in population and at the end I'm attending to the specifics of the drawing of children with autism. The empirical part contains a description of data collection, a detailed case report of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder and finally an analysis of dozens of drawing that I collected in collaboration with the child's parents. Data interpretation is supplemented by other informations, such as a course of drawing, comments or testimony of child's mother about the development of drawing expression and about the drawings themselves. The aim of my thesis is to determine whether there are specific features in the drawing of a child with Asperger Syndrome and subsequently these characters interconnect with literature and scientific knowledge about autism.
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Educational process and transition of children with special educational needs from kindergarten to elementary school from the perspective of a novice teacher's assistant.
STROPNICKÁ, Renata
Bachelor thesis deals with the educational process of children with special educational needs, followed by adaptation, which is connected with their switching from nursery to elementary school. Case studies of two integrated children are involved. One child has an autistic-spectre disorder in combination with moderate-weighty mental retardation and the second one has a subtle mental retardation and an evolutionary dysphase. The theoretical part consists of individual disabilities characteristic and further chapters related to integration and education. There are also methods mentioned used in the educational process of the aforesaid children. In the practical part, there are methods mentioned used for the research survey and further there is educational process description and adaptation related to the switching of the children from nursery to elementary school, from a commencing pedagogue's assistant's point of view.
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Sexual education for children in younger school age with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the family
KOBLÁSOVÁ, Pavla
The aim of this thesis is to present some problems connected with sexual education of junior school-age children suffering from Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and to examine to which extent their parents are informed about this topic. The thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part focuses on describing the individual disorders, which are encompassed in the overall diagnosis under the label ASD, such as Infantile Autism, Asperger Disorder, Rett Syndrome, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder or Atypical Autism. The disorders are briefly described as to symptoms and their demonstration. Further the thesis concentrates on the topic of sexuality and sex education generally, as well as concerning junior school-age children with ASD. It emphasizes the importance of the family of children with ASD in cooperation with professionals. The empirical part of the thesis deals with the situation within the family units, how the reality of explaining and practising the basic hygienic habit-forming and sex education works in its elementary form, adapted to the age and disability of the children. The research samples are families with children with ASD, who attend Auticentrum club in České Budějovice and whose children are of junior school-age. The research was performed according to the principles of qualitative methodology and information was obtained in the form of a semi-structured interview. Afterwards, the interviews were analysed and evaluated in four areas relationships, hygiene and dressing, intimacy and awareness. Problems were found in all four areas of the research. The conclusion of the work suggests some solutions and recommends up-to-date professional literature.
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Sexual education for children in older school age with Autism Spectrum Disorder
BLAŽKOVÁ, Renata
Sexuality and sexual needs are very important part of life of every human. There is necessary to treat every sensitive aspects of sexual disposition for suitable development of these needs the best way is sex education in the correct form. For many parents, there is a big problem to explain this topic to their children at the right time, by the correct form and appropriately at all. This problem is so much complicated for parents of children with Autism spectrum disorder. Their children have a specific disability which make them impossible to analyse common life situation correctly, make them impossible to reveal the complex of human relationships and they can´t became a part of it. Discussing all of these facts, parents of these children comes into the desperate situation in puberty period and they don´t know what they should do. The thesis Sex education of children with Autism spectrum disorder in the older school age choose like a target group the children with this diagnosis in puberty period and it tries to analyse children´s problems (even their parent´s problems) in this develomental period. The aim of the thesis is finding out the problems of these children in the sexual area and finding out about awareness of their parents in this area. Another aim is comparing sex education in the family and sex education in the educational institution. The theoretical part summarizes knowledge of actual literature about this topic. In the first chapter, the thesis dedicates the older school age topic develomental specifics for children in this period especially. The second chapter dedicates knowledge about Autism spectrum disorder definition of problem area of these individuals, dividing of different kinds of this disability, its etiology and basic educational systems. The last chapter deal with the topic of sexuality and its brief development; it pursue also sex education and its specifics in the work with individuals with Autism spectrum disorder in the puberty period. The empirical part is based on research leading by semi-structured interview which are based on qualitative approach. The outline of these interview is 7 range of topics: Puberty; Private x public; Problem behaviour; Masturbation, pollutions, menstruation; Relationships; Sex educatoin in the school; Awareness. I drow up the questionnaire and made interviews with seven parents of children with Autism spectrum disorder in the older school age. Children of two respondents have diagnosis Asperger´s Syndrom, the rest of the children have autism with mental retardation in combination. In the chapter Results, I interpret acquired information which are compared between the children with intelect in variation of normal and with children with mental retardation. Chapter Discussion I summarize and compare knowledge.
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A family life influenced by taking care of a child with the Asperger syndrome.
MUŽÍKOVÁ, Alena
Birth of a child with heavy disabilities changes the current life of the whole family in many ways. This work focuses primarily on how the parents cope with the very fact of their child's disability, in what areas of family life they feel the greatest impact, the extent to which the disability affects child rearing practices, what facilitates the management burden associated with caring for a child with disabilities, and what role social environment plays. This work deal with issues of birth of a child with disabilities and ways of coping with this burden by parents and family. I focus on the development and education of children with disabilities in the family and the specifics of education of a child with Autism, specifically of Asperger syndrome. The aim is to show the whole process in which individual family members deal with the diagnosis, from the first reaction to it, changes in their daily lives to coming to terms with this fact.
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