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The View of Social Workers on Early Care Services in South Bohemian Region
HÁJKOVÁ, Eliška
The bachelor thesis deals with the view of social workers on early care services in the South Bohemian Region. The aim of the thesis is to describe the satisfaction of social workers in particular early care services in the South Bohemian Region, to learn more about their education and to evaluate awareness of clients about early care. Within theoretical basis, the thesis focuses on the concept of early care, its origin and development and early care providers. It also focuses on children with disabilities, specifically on their socialization and family. From the aims of the thesis arose following research questions: What is the satisfaction of social workers working in early care centers? What are the possibilities for further education of social workers from early care centers? According to social workers, what is awareness of early care service in the target group of clients? Due to the nature of the research it was chosen qualitative research strategy. The research group was consisted by 14 female early care social workers from 6 centers providing early care in the South Bohemian Region. As a method for data collection was used a semi-structured interview, for data processing was chosen the method of grounded theory and technique (so-called open coding). From the answers of informants - in 6 key topics. These topics were divided then into particular research questions. The thesis could serve as a basis for streamlining early care services on the basis perspective of social workers on early care. Results can serve as a kind of feedback for managers of early care centers.
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Availability of physical activities for children with disabilities in their leisure time in Písek.
STÝBLOVÁ, Martina
Intention of this bachelor thesis is to examine and to analyze possibilities of integration children aged 8 - 15 years with mental, visual and hearing impairment disabilities in district Písek. This work is divided in theoretical part that explains general view of the term disabilities of children, outlines the importance of integrating children with disabilities to the society with intact children. The characteristic and classification of mental, visual and auditory disabilities are explained and at the same time the possibilities of using suitable sports for individual levels of handicap are described. Theoretical part also describes the district Písek and its offer of free time motion activities. At the same time the meaning and importance of free time activities with reference to healthy style of life is emphasized. In practical part a survey is performed. 18 coaches, 25 children with disabilities, 28 intact children and 7 directors from schools and sports facility participated in the survey. Based on the opinions of coaches and specialized workers, most of them agrees with integration of children with disabilities to the motion activities with intact children. However they aren't able to provide special lead of these activities, because 44 % of them does not have sports education. The excellent report was a clear 100 % agreement on the integration of disabled children by all school heads and sports schools. And they confirmed the answers from children with disabilities, and 52 % of children would like to engage in physical activity with intact children.
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Didactic Aid according to Montessori Pedagogy as the Instrument for Space Orientation Development of Preschool Child with Disability.
MILICHOVSKÁ, Lenka
This bachelor´s thesis focuses on creating a teaching aid according to Montessori principles of education, an aid which serves as a tool for development of spatial orientation of pre-school children with disabilities. The theoretical part is divided into six chapters. The first chapter centres on disabled individuals. The second chapter describes the specifics of pre-school children´s development and presents a comparison with developmental characteristics of a child with cerebral palsy, and in the third chapter, child with developmental dysphasia. The other three chapters that follow deal with Montessori education; the first of these describes the main Montessori principles, the second elaborates on the theoretical basis of Montessori material and the final chapter engages itself with pre-school facilities and home environment based on Montessori principles. The principal aim of this thesis is to create a teaching aid in line with Montessori methods for a pre-school child with disability with the focus on spatial orientation. The first sub-goal was to observe the child while working with the original Montessori material. The second sub-goal targeted the production of a teaching aid for development of spatial orientation according to Montessori education. Furthermore, this aid was used for training the disabled child in order to teach it how to work with such an aid, which constituted the third sub-goal. The fourth sub-goal was a demonstration of the child´s work with the aid in the presence of legal representatives for work with this aid in a home environment. The fifth, and final, sub-goal, was to implement the aid in a home environment. Based on these defined objectives, research issues were established. In order to fulfill all the goals, a qualitative method of research was chosen. To get hold of necessary data for creating the teaching aid, a technique of observation of disabled children was used, as well as an analysis of personal documentation. Moreover, data were collected with the assistance of semi-standardised interview with educators and legal representatives of the disabled children. The research was conducted in the period between January and the end of March 2016. The research group included three disabled children frequenting Family Centre Pomněnka in České Budějovice, their legal representatives and educators of the centre. The outcome of this work is a teaching aid, hand-made according to Montessori education with a focus on spatial orientation. The aid was created in two modifications and was further adjusted on the basis of individual needs of each disabled child chosen. Upon the observation of disabled children in the Montessori centre and analysis of record keeping sheets, it was found that the created teaching aid develops orientation on a work surface in both vertical and horizontal plane, basic concepts of orientation on the work surface (concepts such as up - down, first - middle - last, on the right - on the left, up and right/left, down and right/left), accuracy and ability to compare forms (letters) with each other. This hand-made tool was tested in both educational and home environment. The research shows that both these environments stimulate the children, leading them to act systematically and independently. The aid was used in compliance with the basic "requirements" of Montessori pedagogy and its attributes for work with the aid, with emphasis on the well-prepared environment (quiet, suitable time, personal space,...) and systematic nature of the work with the aid. A teaching aid enables, according to Montessori education, to allow for individual needs of any child with special educational needs and can be utilized in both educational and home environment.
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The process of family coping with the birth of a child with severe disabilities.
POLÍVKOVÁ, Lucie
The subject of this work is how a family copes with a childbirth in case the child is handicapped. In the theoretical part I focus on the family, on its functions, roles, its relationships and on its functions as a system. Furthermore I write about etiology, handicap classification and about family and handicapped child. The object of this work is to find out which factors influence the process of conciliation with the fact that a handicapped child was born (parent's age and education, attitude of other family members, attitude of medical staff and the way of telling information to parents) and to verify whether parents get enough information about their child's condition, whether they understand it and whether acceptation of handicapped child by family means new dimension of their life. In practical part I use qualitative research to find aims in five different families. Data collection was realized via half-structured interview and narative research with parents, in one case with a sibling and in another case even in presence of the handicapped person. Results of the research point out that neither age nor education are important and influencing factor, the attitude of family members is partially important, however the attitude of medical staff and the way of telling information is a very important factor. Understanding of information about child's condition and its sufficiency turned out to be individual. Nevertheless all families agreed that they see the handicap as a new dimension of life.
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