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Socially Activating Services for Families with Children
ŠTĚPÁNKOVÁ, Tereza
The aim of this bachelor thesis was to find out a benefit of Socially Activating Services for Families with Children with autism spectrum disorders. Into account were taken points of view of parents with children with autism spectrum disorders, social workers and social service workers. In the theoretical part, the basic terms was defined. The terms included informations about autism spectrum disorders, families with children with autism spectrum disorders and socially activating services for families with children with autism spectrum disorders. In the practical part, the research question, dealing a benefit of socially activating services for families with children with autism was answered. Partial research questions tried to map the benefits of individual social activities of socially activating services for families with children with autism spectrum disorders. Specifically they included education and activation activities, social therapeutic activities and social skills training. The method of interviewing by means of half-structured interview, as well as qulitative research strategy were chosen ro the research. The analysis of the data was made with the use of clustering. The research sets were chosen with the help of purposed choice. The first research set consisted of 6 parents and the second one consited of 2 social workers and 2 social service workers fulfilling the predetermined choosing criteria. The research showed the main benefits of the Socially Activating Services for Families with Children with autism spectrum disorders: families gets help in every situation, child development, touch with other families, parents can share their worries and can consult with other families and feeling they are not alone. With using the street work it seems to be beneficial, because the child learns in a natural environment, uses the acquired skills in practice, the child learns the skills of the day, the family gains new experiences but also free time. According to opinion of parents main benefits of educational and activation activities were contact with other children, child development, adaptation to noise, contact with other parents, involvement of siblings in activities and rest for the parents during activities. The interviewed social workers and social services workers listed as the main benefits of educational and activation activities: resting for families, establishing and maintaining social contact, learning skills for everyday life, better communication, developing motor skills, and the fact that he family is integrated into society. According to opinion of parents, the main benefits of social therapeutic activities were finding the right way with the therapist, knowing that everything can be solved, sharing worries and calming inner. The interviewed social social workers listed as the main benefits of social therapeutic activites: supporting families with each other, reducing stress and developing the child in the social field. There are the main benefits of the social skills training according to opinion of parents of children with autism spectrum disorders: free time for parents, learning tolerance in children, children adapting, learning with imitation, learning cooperation, being part of collective, improving communication and applying skills in practice. There are the main benefits of the social skills training for family and their children with autism spectrum disorders according to opinion of social workers and social service workes: free time for parents, parents can use group counseling of social skills training, seeing the progress of the child and the children learn to express their needs and especially control their emotions. The bachelor thesis will serve as a feedback for the staff of Občanské sdružení ProCit, z.s. about the meaningfulness and the quality of the social activating activities.
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