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Young people and volunteers for mentally handicapped people in Klatovy Diakonie CCE
SEJPKOVÁ, Zdeňka
Summary: In my thesis I try to name and difine the basic terms related to the topic of people living with mental disability. The aim of the practical part is to carry out partial study. This should map the factors of motivation leading students to volunteer as well as to observe the potential impact of such activity on those people. The research sample was formed by the students of ?Střední škola zemědělská a potravinářská škola? in Klatovy, which continually come to visit the clients of the day centre in Klatovy. The organization providing the service of day centre is also introduced in certaion chapters of the thesis. The deep analysis of the questionnaires filled by the volunteers, which I myself performed, helped me to understand to the motivation leading the students to volunteer. Another conclusion arising from the partial study is the fact that students are influenced by these activities. They gain new experiences, knowledge and skills. They feel fulfilled by doing good and their view on the people with disability is changing. The main reason iniciating volunteer activies of the students is often the need of knowledge and new experiences. My bachelor thesis could be the help in the reflection on the integration of the people with disabilities. It could be maybe the reason for the decission to volunteer, and help to those with handicap for some young people. The terms mentioned in the theoritical part of the thesis can provide the introduction for those interested in the issue of the poeple with disabilities.
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The issue of aggressive behaviour of mentally disabled individuals
LOJÍKOVÁ, Jitka
Mental disability of children, young people and adults represents a serious health and social difficulty. Despite the issue of mentally disabled individuals being brought up more and more recently, our knowledge of the particular life of such handicapped people is rather low or fragmentary. Mentally disabled individuals are part of our society, being individually more or less dependant on its care. The opening part deals with the issue of mentally disabled individuals. Their particularities, needs and number are analyzed and the institutional care as such is also touched upon. Within the context of the Social Services Act{\crq}s amendment, under which ``cage beds{\crqq} were abolished, workers are made to look for other ways of coping with the aggressive behaviour of mentally disabled individuals. The attention is also paid to aggressive actions of the mentally handicapped from the point of view of various branches of the law. Not every worker has comprehensive legal awareness as far as mentally disabled individuals are concerned.The main goal of the research was to monitor the displays, causes and possibilities of avoiding and coping with aggressive behaviour within the group of the mentally handicapped. In order to meet the goal of the research, methods of a structured dialogue with the mentally disabled and a questionnaire with the staff caring for the mentally handicapped were used. Having processed the data, it was determined that most of the workers had already met displays of aggressive behaviour of mentally disabled individuals, the most common being verbal and physical aggression. It was confirmed that measures preventing or averting aggressive actions as imposed by the Social Services Act 108/2006 Coll. were in most cases sufficient. If the individuals have their hobbies and their needs fulfilled, the risk of potential aggressive behaviour decreases. In my opinion, the aggression could be also prevented by encouraging friendly human relations, emotional support and an impartial approach to all.
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