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The Integration Process of the Pupil with Visual Impairments in Mainstream Preschool and Primary Education, a Case Study
BLÁHOVÁ, Petra
This thesis deals with integration process for visually impaired child during preschool and elementary education. Basic information and importance of family during integration are provided as well as basic terminology connected to visually impaired child and its integration into society. The aim of this thesis is to give professional view of integrational education of visually impaired children, describe and analyse educational past and present of visually impaired pupil. The thesis is divided into two parts, a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part gives definition of basic structures which are connected with visual impairment. First chapter deals with visually impaired child, its classification, definitions and most frequent ophthalmological diagnosis. In second chapter specifics of visually impaired children can be found - cognitive functions, motor skills and socialization. Compensatory possibilities are provided in chapter three. It also concerns with visual, tactile and auditory perception and higher compensatory senses. Last chapter focuses on the education system of visually impaired students. It describes conceptual and legislative framework, preschool and elementary education, its specifics and factors affecting process of education in the main educational stream. The practical part is focused on specific student who was incorporated in usual kindergarten as well as in kindergarten for visually impaired children. Later on, she was attending usual elementary school. I used case study for my practical part. My goal was to demonstrate methodological procedures which were used during student's integration into the main educational stream. The research shows that elementary school tries to get visually impaired student involved in the main educational stream. However, all complete options concerning visually impaired children cannot be substituted. Student works more with the teaching assistant than the teacher. Classroom socialization turns out to be successful, although there are no other students with disabilities and she would welcome one.
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Cohabitation of Clients of the St Anežka Center for People with Disabilities
KADLECOVÁ, Jana
This Bachelor's thesis looks into the cohabitation of the St Anežka Centre for People with Disabilities' clients. The reason for my choosing of this subject is my interest in the matters of mentally impaired persons. The goal of this Bachelor's thesis is to describe the long-term interpersonal relationships between the St Anežka Centre for People with Disabilities' clients as well as the activity of social workers and social service workers. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part is further divided into six chapters. In this part of the thesis, key terms such as the St Anežka Centre for People with Disabilities, disability, mental impairment, visual impairment, interpersonal relationships or social services are defined. The practical part includes results obtained using the qualitative research strategy, interviewing and the semi-structured interview method. The interviews were conducted with the St Anežka Centre for People with Disabilities' clients who attend its social rehabilitation residential programmes as well as social service workers and a social worker. The data were evaluated using the grounded theory. This thesis might serve as a feedback to both the staff and the clients of the St Anežka Centre for People with Disabilities or those interested in the issue. During the research I discovered that the residential clients are mostly satisfied with the services and have good relationships with each other. However, one of the clients has been constantly disturbing the peaceful coexistence of the other clients. The social worker had to terminate the social service contract with this client. I also found out that a social worker is responsible for social rehabilitation, independent living support and socially therapeutic workshops. The social service workers are in charge of various activities within social rehabilitation and socially therapeutic workshops.
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Creation of didactic aids and adaptation of teaching materials for children with visual impairment of preschool age
HOLMANOVÁ, Barbora
The bachelor thesis deals with the creation of didactic aid and adaptation of teaching materials for children with visual impairments of preschool age. The aim of the bachelor thesis is to gather an adequate theoretical base for the chosen topic and on its basis to process an overview of the modification principles and creation of didactic aids and teaching materials for children with visual impairments of preschool age. A partial goal of the bachelor thesis is the practical creation of a didactic aid (in this case it is a didactic book) and its subsequent evaluation in pedagogical practice. The didactic book is intended for a particular boy with a specific visual impairment who attends a kindergarten for visually impaired children. The book is designed to accomplish the basic requirements of a tactile book - to develop the child's tactile perception and fine motor skills. The book focuses on general development - pre-mathematical literacy, sequence and recognition of basic colors. At the same time, the book should educate the child in a non-violent way and be fun for the child, or as they say: "Learning through play".
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The system of training guide dogs in the Czech Republic
HOVORKOVÁ, Zuzana
The aim of the work lies in the current knowledge of the system of training guide dogs in the Czech Republic. A partial goal is a qualitative analysis and comparison of the phase of handing over the guide dog to clients with visual impairment in individual institutions focused on guide dog training in the Czech Republic. To fulfil these goals, a qualitative strategy was used in the design of a case study focused on the description and comparison of the training system of guide dogs with an emphasis on the analysis of the phase of handing over the compensatory aid. An interview and document analysis were used for data collection. The work is divided into two parts, the theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part includes three chapters. The first chapter deals with the concept of an individual with visual impairment, spatial orientation, and compensatory aids. The second chapter describes the system of training the guide dog, from the breeding itself to the actual delivery of compensatory aids. The last chapter of the theoretical part deals with institutions that mediate the training of guide dogs. The practical part of the bachelor thesis contains a research goal and a research question. Data were collected through a qualitative survey and the following methods were used: semi-structured interview and document analysis. Participatory observation was not performed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Five out of ten organizations that provide guide dog training in the Czech Republic took part in the research. In accordance with the defined goal, a research question was formulated: "What are the differences in individual organizations of the Czech Republic, practicing VP, in the phase of handing over the guide dog to the client?" The findings of the survey showed that the institution differs only in that not all organizations offer clients the opportunity to be with their future guide dog alone and for the duration of this phase. It usually lasts 14 to 21 days, but some organizations approach individually and adjust the length of this phase to the needs of an individual. The qualification thesis can be used as a study material for students of humanities-oriented study programs. The results can serve as practice feedback for institutions that train guide dogs.
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Tactile book for children with visual impairment
BENDOVÁ, Eliška
This bachelor thesis entitled Tactile Book for Visually Impaired Children deals with sight and visual impairment, preschool and younger school-age child development and severely visually impaired children. It emphasises the importance of touch, tactile perception and touch development. It also focuses on reading of children with severe visual impairments. In the practical part, the work deals with the production of a tactile book. The tactile book produced is presented to blind children for testing. The aim of this work is to determine the suitability and contribution of the presented tactile book produced and the availability of books for children with severe visual impairment.
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Work rehabilitation and employment oportunities of people with visual impairment
KÁCOVÁ, Kateřina
The topic of this thesis is work rehabilitation and employment opportunities of people with visual impairment. The goal of this thesis is to map opportunities of people with vision disability and map what institutions help such people to get a job. Another goal is to describe how do these institutions cooperate between themselves and how do they achieve the work rehabilitation. The theoretical part describes basic terms such as: anatomy and physiology of vision, vision functions, most common vision disabilities and their classification. Furthermore, this part describes how does a vision disability impact one's personality development, differences between the impact from congenital and gained disability and acceptance of vision disability. The theoretical part also briefly describes social services for people with visual impairment and their education. The last part of the theoretical part is devoted to employment of people with visual impairment, describes barriers on the job market for people with visual impairment, national and international legislation for employing people with disabilities, tools and measures supporting employment of people with visual impairment and last but not least, this part describes factors of coordinated rehabilitation with special focus on the work rehabilitation factor. Empirical part is focused on research and getting an answers to the defined research questions: 1. What are work opportunities for people with visual impairment? 2. What are the most common barriers on the job market for people with visual impairment? 3. How does the work rehabilitation take place in institutions which provide it? Qualitative strategy was chosen for the research, semi-structured interview was chosen as the method for collecting data. A research group was selected using method of intentional selection using institutions, formed by four informants - three women and one man, in the age of 25 to 47 years. Elements of a method of grounded theory with technique of open coding were selected for data analysis. The research suggests that people with visual impairment run into many barriers on the job market, despite many supportive measures, which make it difficult to find a meaningful job. Thanks to the service of work rehabilitation and easily reachable suitable requalification courses, people with vision disability have much higher chance to be successful on the job market and find a job in a field which they find enjoyable and fulfilling.
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Separate movement and spatial orientation of children with visual impairment in preschool education
JANDEJSKOVÁ, Tereza
The thesis deals with the problematic of preschool age children with visual impairment and that with emphasis on their spatial orientation and their independent movement. The basic premise to independent life of a person with visual impairment and its orientation and independent movement mostly in known but also unknown environment and that with utilization of compensatory aids or accompanying person. To make the orientation of the person as efficient as possible it is necessary to develop it in early age of a child. Thesis in this way mostly focuses on the development of this skill through its training. The objective of the whole thesis is to describe visual impairment of children in preschool education, their spatial orientation and then creation of proposals of educational units focused exactly on development of spatial orientation and the individual movement of these preschool children with impairment. These activities were intentionally chosen with purpose to develop the preconditions which are necessary for independent movement of a child.
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Realization of teaching of specially pedagogical care of pupils with visual impairment in the mainstream of primary education
VALENOVÁ, Kateřina
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to describe the specialized school subjects used in specialized school for visually impaired, also outlining the process of schooling. The thesis itself is divided into three parts: theory, practice and part with attachments. The theoretical part is an in depth study of problems relating to visual impairment. This part references articles and publications focusing on contemporary classification of visual impairment, the specifics of cognitive development and the compensatory mechanisms. Further more this part also defines the legislative measures relating to primary school education for the visually impaired and particular pedagogic care subjects. The practical part is produced in accordance with the findings of the theoretical part of this thesis and in turn focuses on the act of teaching special pedagogic care subjects at two specific institutions in Prague and Brno. This practical part further deals with the methodology of teaching the following subjects- visual stimulation, speech therapy, typing practice, spatial awareness and specific learning disorders. To fulfill the aims of qualitative research and data collection, semi-structured dialogues with special educationalists and participatory observation were employed. Other knowledge was also gained by analysing SEP documents. The attachments include original pictures of various aids and tools, which are used in the process of teaching the individual subjects at the observed institutions. The result of this bachelor thesis is a comprehensive report on the realisation of special care subjects at two selected institutions. The thesis sheds light not only at ponderable tools and the form of teaching, but also on specifics regarding the staffing and spatial provision of special education and therefore brings knowledge that otherwise wouldn't be accessible from common resources to the forefront.
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Visually impaired pupil in the mainstream kindergarten
PŘÍPLATOVÁ, Gabriela
This thesis deals with the issue of inclusive education of preschool children with severe visual impairment in a regular kindergarten. The main aim of the thesis was to map the attitude of the parents of a visually impaired pupil as well as the attitude of school teachers, classmates and their parents who have experience with the process of joint education. The results captured through interviews and observations were processed in the form of a case study which is crucial for this qualitative research. The results of the research show that the inclusive education of a pupil with severe visual impairment in a regular kindergarten can be considered a failure. The reasons for this failure can be considered the lack of teachers' preparation , poor communication between parents and school or less than professional behavior of the assistant.
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Work in a man's life with visual disabilities
HEJDOVÁ, Lucie
The thesis deals with the description and reflection of the phenomenon of work during its historical transformation and with a focus on people with disabilities, especially visual ones. The thesis is based on social work, theology and the legal system of the Czech Republic. Against the background of certain stages of the history of disabled persons, a group of people with disabilities is approached, especially visually, the disabled, and in the historical review the change of access to these persons is then thematic. The thesis also focuses on the value of the thesis and describes the transformation of the concept of work in historical development in connection with the targeted target group. The value of the work from a Christian point of view and its humane potential in relation to persons with (visual) disabilities are also analysed on the basis of selected social learning documents. The last chapter focuses on problems relating to the employment of the disabled, both by the employee and by the employer. It deals with whether and how today society is preventing the disabled from the labour market.
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