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Communication skills of people with moderate mental disabilities in institutional care
Šafářová, Kateřina ; Klenková, Jiřina (advisor) ; Horynová, Jana (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with communication skills of people with moderate mental disabilities in institutional care. The theoretical framework is divided into three chapters. The first chapter focuses on adults with moderate mental disabilities. First, it defines and characterizes adulthood, further defines and classifies mental disability and lastly characterizes adult individuals with mental disabilities. The next chapter is devoted to communication, which is defined along with communication skills. This chapter also describes symptomatic speech disorders of people with mental disabilities and individual language levels and the impact of mental disability on them in detail. The last chapter of the theoretical part approaches the support of people with mental disabilities in the framework of social services. First of all, it focuses on the history of social services for people with mental disabilities, then on the legislative consolidation of social services. In conclusion, this chapter describes some types and forms of social services. The practical part contains the elaboration of a qualitative research which was conducted on people with moderate mental disabilities in institutional care. The main objective of the research was to analyze communication skills of people with moderate mental...
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Care for Individuals with Down Syndrome in the Central Bohemia Region
POVOLNÁ, Petra
Abstract Care for Individuals with Down Syndrome in the Central Bohemia Region This Diploma Thesis deals with the comparison of the used methods and the results in caring for children and adults diagnosed with Down syndrome in home environment and institutional conditions. A qualitative research was realized using the method of case studies in order to answer the research questions. Data collection was conducted by means of semi-structured interviews and data analysis. The research in families showed that an acceptance of a child with Down syndrome was influenced by several factors. The families were given professional support in many ways and the children were being educated. None of the adults with Down syndrome in the research sample was working in the open labour market, however, they all conducted meaningful activities adequate to their age. In most cases, the parents did not encourage their grown-up children with Down syndrome to become independent. The results of the second part of the research map the situation in institutional facilities. In the past individuals with Down syndrome used to be freed from compulsory school attendance in childhood, whereas at present, children with Down syndrome are being educated in these institutions. Various therapeutic activities are offered for adults, often merely as a means of passing leisure time, rather than as a form of activity appropriate for adults. Persons with Down syndrome do not have many opportunities for the integration into the majority society. For persons with Down syndrome, who are living in an institution, a contact with their family is very important and motivating. The study can be beneficial for parents of a child with Down syndrome. Furthermore it offers suggestions how to improve the support for the families, where a child with Down syndrome is raised, as well as suggestions for improving the quality of the institutional care.
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