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Activities Aimed at the Prevention of Children´s and Youth´s Sociopathic Phenomena in Selected Youth-drop in Centers
VYHLÍDKOVÁ, Kateřina
The thesis is focused on leisure-time activities provided with respect to socio-pathic phenomena in selected Youth-drop centers. The aim of the thesis is to identify the forms of approach in social work with children with respect to culture and customs of given society. The reason for this topic selection is a personal experience of dealing with children and adolescents in Youth-drop institution as well as interest in presented problems. The thesis is divided into theoretical and survey parts. The theoretical part introduces social work as a preventing profession. Considering the compatibility, the theory was divided into social work with children and adolescents in the context of the Czech Republic and the Republic of Zambia, where the survey was implemented. Risk behavior, by which a target group of children and adolescents is threatened, was classified together with a possible prevention of pathological behavior. The survey part includes questionnaire construction, using both qualitative and quantitative methods in selected centers in the Czech Republic and the Republic of Zambia. The Qualitative research was implemented by a literal transcription method from provided interviews. The interviews were carried out together with the staff of institutions for children and adolescents of both the countries. Quantitative construction was implemented through anonymous questionnaires which were distributed among the children and adolescents in both the institutions. The scientific asset was the aforementioned identification of social work with children forms with respect to culture and customs of two different kinds of society. The thesis was a comparison with present status of services, stressing namely the activities aimed at socio-pathological traits prevention.
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Zoorehabilitation and activities with animals for personality development and preventation of social-patology phenomenons
JONÁKOVÁ, Jana
ABSTRACT The zoorehabilitation is a branch coming into existence only at present despite the fact that people have been aware of beneficial effects of contacts with animals from time immemorial. The idea of using animals for treatment dates back to the 18th century when William Tuke, an English doctor, encouraged the use of animals in mental hospitals. In particular he recommended dogs, goats and hens. He assumed that patients can learn the self-control by talking care of animals that are weaker than them. Moreover, the animals played an important role during the Second World War when they were taken in hospitals to help injured soldiers. By dissipating the soldiers` sombre thoughts they had a positive effect on the soldiers` psyche, increasing thus the soldiers` chances for recovery. The research shows that animals directly influence the man on the biopsychosocial level. People who owned any animals lived for a longer time in comparions with those who had never had any animals at home. Any contact with animals, if perceived by the man positively, calms, slows down the pulse rate and reduces the blood pressure, relieves the tension, facilitates the communication, compensates missing abilities of the man. In the theoretical part of the Bachelor thesis, terms used in zoorehabilitation have been explained and further opportunities of using this rehabilitation technique have been outlined. A special attention has been paid to the identification of opportunities for the use of the zoorehabilitation as a socio-pathological phenomena prevention method. The main aim of the Bachelor thesis is to map out possibilities of zoorehabilitation and activities with animals and outline its further development and use oportunities, especially in the area of prevention. The output of the practical part of the Bachelor thesis is represented by qualitative research results obtained on the basis of document and secondary data analysis methods, involved observations, semi-standardised interviews and the CAMI method. The research has revealed potential ways of using this rehabilitation technique for a personality development and presented it as a nonviolent and effective method within the socio-pathological phenomena prevention.
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