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Touristic Club by the School of Jaroslav Ježek - leisure activities of children with visual impairment
Jantová, Alžběta ; Květoňová, Lea (advisor) ; Vachulová, Jana (referee)
A Touristic Club for Children with Visual Impairment by the School of Jaroslav Ježek operates with minimal changes for a few decades. The goal of the Club is to organize and support leisure activities for children with visual impairment throughout the year. The activities are supported by volunteers, mainly students. The goal of this thesis is to describe the activity of the Touristic Club and to find out its benefit for children with visual impairment. The knowledge about development of children of primary and secondary school age is summarized in the first part of the thesis, where the main stress is put upon their needs and importance of peer groups. The thesis deals with leisure time and leisure activities of children with visual impairment. Possibilities of leisure activities are introduced as well as organizations which provide them. One chapter is dedicated to the Touristic Club for Children with Visual Impairment, its history, tradition and contemporary situation. The benefit of the Club was surveyed by a questionnaire. Based on the results of the survey, the participation in the activities of the Club is an unforgettable experience for the children. Leisure activities for children with visual impairments deserve further focus.
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The neuropsychological development screeing NES:Further testing of the czech version
Jantová, Alžběta ; Šturma, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Šírová, Eva (referee)
Neuropsychological developmental screening (NES) is a German tool (published in 2005) for assessing eight fields of development of children aged 3 to 24 months. It is designed for pediatritians, early intervention specialists and psychologists. This thesis builds on A. Klapetek's thesis and aims to verify and check accurancy of Czech translation of the tool by administring the test to a group of Czech children. A. Klapetek conducted a pilot study of the tool. 50 children (10 for every age group) were administred the translation which was being refined during the field research. She also planned further steps to applying NES. Literature review of the thesis deals with developmental characteristics of infants and toddlers. Psychological assessment of young children and its uses and risks are described. The thesis also persues developmental scales, their history and present state. Theoretical concept of the Neuropsychological developmental screening (NES) is introduced. During the field research a group of 50 children was assessed by Czech translation of the tool, and the same group was tested by Developmental screening (Kovařík). Results of the testing were used to discuss existing norms of the tool, to identify problematic exercises (both too difficult and too easy) and to statistically analyse...
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Touristic Club by the School of Jaroslav Ježek - leisure activities of children with visual impairment
Jantová, Alžběta ; Vachulová, Jana (referee) ; Květoňová, Lea (advisor)
A Touristic Club for Children with Visual Impairment by the School of Jaroslav Ježek operates with minimal changes for a few decades. The goal of the Club is to organize and support leisure activities for children with visual impairment throughout the year. The activities are supported by volunteers, mainly students. The goal of this thesis is to describe the activity of the Touristic Club and to find out its benefit for children with visual impairment. The knowledge about development of children of primary and secondary school age is summarized in the first part of the thesis, where the main stress is put upon their needs and importance of peer groups. The thesis deals with leisure time and leisure activities of children with visual impairment. Possibilities of leisure activities are introduced as well as organizations which provide them. One chapter is dedicated to the Touristic Club for Children with Visual Impairment, its history, tradition and contemporary situation. The benefit of the Club was surveyed by a questionnaire. Based on the results of the survey, the participation in the activities of the Club is an unforgettable experience for the children. Leisure activities for children with visual impairments deserve further focus.
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