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published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

This study addressed the relationship among parent assertiveness, parent knowledge of special education and the handicapping condition of their child, and parent participation in the annual meeting of the School-Based Admissions and Release Committee (SBARC). Fifty-one (51) parents of learning disabled and mentally handicapped children in a suburban area of Kentucky participated in the study. The effects of the child’s handicapping condition and the number of years the child’s handicapping condition and the number of years the child had received special education on parent assertiveness, knowledge, and participation were also analyzed. Parents were given the Special Education Knowledge Survey, and experimenter developed measure of knowledge of special education and various handicapping conditions, and the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule. These parents’ interactions were observed during the annual SBARC meeting for their child and the amount of participation and topics of their contributions were recorded by an observer. It was found that the degree of parent assertiveness was significantly predictive of total parent participation in planning the handicapped child’s education, while parent knowledge (knowledge of special education and knowledge of the child’s handicapping condition) did not predict the total amount of participation by the parent. Parent knowledge and the actual number of years the child had received special education were predictive of parent participation in the discussion of some topics regarding the child. The child’s identified handicapping condition was also found to affect total parent participation in the SBARC meeting. The child’s handicapping condition and the number of years the child had received special education were found to have an interactive effect on parent assertiveness and parent discussion of the child’s past educational history. Parents of mentally handicapped children classified for two years or less and parents of learning disabled children classified for more than two years were more assertive than parents of mentally handicapped children classified for more than two years and parents of learning disabled children classified for more than two years were more assertive than parents of mentally handicapped children classified form more than two years and parents of learning disabled children classified for two years or less. The findings specified above were discussed as well as 1) topics in which parents were observed to participate most; 2) the relationship between parent participation and the request of information by professionals, the length of the conference, and the number of people present at the SBARC meeting; 3) the correlation between knowledge and assertiveness; and 4) suggestions for further research.

This investigation is concerned with determining the extent of involvement by fifteen Texas municipal parks and recreation departments in providing programs for senior citizens, the mentally retarded, the physically handicapped, and the emotionally disturbed.

The problem of the study was the inadequate education of handicapped students in Nigeria. The primary purpose of the study was to develop a construct based on the United States models and research on special education, and to compare educational provisions for Nigerian students with the available educational opportunity for handicapped students. In order to achieve the stated objectives of the study, two methodological approaches were utilized: (1) Likert scale for opinion questionnaires, and (2) personal interviews. Both of these instruments included demographic information about the participants. The questionnaire was categorized into three areas (differences between educational opportunities for non-handicapped and handicapped students, formal learning opportunities for handicapped Nigerian students, and factors for being attentive or not being attentive to special education). The interview instrument focused on special education constraints, responsibility for special education provision, and improvement in education for the handicapped. Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were reached. 1. Handicapped Nigerian students do not have equal educational opportunities, as compared to non-handicapped students. Therefore, equal instructional opportunities should be provided for handicapped and non-handicapped students. 2. The federal and state governments of Nigeria should be financially responsible for special education. Therefore, the administration of special education must be taken over from private organizations. 3. Lack of funds, personnel and specialists, equipment, and adequate facilities hinders education for the handicapped in Nigeria. In order to improve education for the handicapped, therefore, the following provisions should be made: (1) build more schools, (2) train more specialists, (3) make funds available for special education, (4) provide more facilities and equipment, (5) intensify efforts in early detection of handicaps in children, and (6) educate parents on the importance of special education.

This investigation dealt with the relationships between three main variables: (1) a camp director's prior experience with handicapped individuals and in the field of recreation; (2) a camp director's attitudes toward handicapped persons and their integration into regular camp settings; and (3) a camp director's perception of barriers to integration. The study was carried out via a mail-out questionnaire to 149 Texas camp directors. A return rate of 51% was achieved (66 returned surveys). Questionnaires were scored, and the data were punched on computer cards for analysis. The analysis indicated high reliability of the attitude and barrier scales. Results of the correlational analyses indicated a significant relationship (p = .0001) between a camp director's attitudes and his/her perception of barriers to integration.

[pt] É na calçada que começa a cidadania, permitindo ao homem ter acesso aos bens e serviços que a sociedade produz. Porem uma grande parcela da sociedade encontra no seu cotidiano, barreiras culturais, físicas e de informação, que as impedem de exercer a cidadania plena. Infelizmente, a maioria dos espaços abertos públicos é projetada desconsiderando a diversidade humana. Portanto, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo conhecer as necessidades espaciais das pessoas com restrição, a fim de promover a melhoria da qualidade de vida da população através da implantação da Rota Acessível, no centro de Juiz de Fora, MG, eliminando as barreiras arquitetônicas, privilegiando a Acessibilidade aos espaços urbanos em áreas abertas de circulação, considerando a ergonomia e os conceitos do Desenho Universal. / [en] Citizenship has its beginning on the sidewalks, allowing the man to access the goods and services that society produces. However, in daily life, a large part of our society faces cultural, physical and information barriers, which hold this share of society from exerting full citizenship. Unfortunately, the majority of public opened spaces are projected regardless human diversity. Therefore, this research s purpose is to know the spatial needs of handicapped people, in order to improve their life quality through the Accessible Route s implantation, in Juiz de Fora (State of Minas Gerais) s Downtown, eliminating architectonic barriers, to privilege the Accessibility to urban spaces in opened circulation areas, considering the ergonomics and the concepts of Universal Design.

Trata-se de um estudo de alternativas de reforma de residências para deficiente físico em cadeira de rodas, propondo-as como micro-fator de reinserção social, considerado, como macro-fator, o circular na cidade para uma participação efetiva do deficiente físico na vida da comunidade. As barreiras arquitetônicas, entendidas como uma estrutura do meio ambiente edificado que se opõe à independência parcial ou total das pessoas de mobilidade reduzida, são amplamente estudadas, pois subsidiam as reformas. Estas procuram otimizar o binômio espaço habitado/qualidade de vida, através da racionalização e adequação do espaço às exigências dimensionais do usuário deficiente e da cadeira de rodas, seu meio locomotor, bem como possibilitando o acesso a todo ambiente da residência e o uso dos seus equipamentos. Um estudo sumário sobre o alcance do deficiente físico quando em cadeira de rodas, bem como sobre as exigências dimensionais para a circulação desse seu veículo é mostrado na segunda parte da tese, composta, aliás, de três grandes capítulos. Não é um trabalho inédito quanto a temática. Contudo, enquanto resenha bibliográfica e estatística dimensional de espaços e suas instalações, pode servir de ponto de partida e marco referencial para estudos de normatização e definição de padrões condizentes com a escala e realidade brasileira que começa a demandar soluções para a problemática. / The subject study refers to alternatives to be used in homes of physically handicapped people in wheeling chairs, proposed as micro-factors of social insertion, and at the same time as a macro-factor to allow him to circulated in town for an effective participation in the community\'s life. The built environmental structure that opposes partial or totally the people\'s reduced mobility are the architectural barriers witch are fully studied here to subsidize the modifications proposed. They seek to optimize the inhabited space/life quality binomial through rationalization and adequacy of space, to the demands of the handicapped user and wheeling chairs, his locomotor expedient, as well as access possibility to the home ambient and the utilization of its equipment. The sketched out analysis over the reaching of the physically handicapped when in wheeling chairs, as well as the dimensional demands for the circulation of that vehicle, is shown in the second part of this Thesis, in three chapters. It is not an inedited work thematically viewed. However, while bibliographic inventory and dimensional statistics of space and pertinent installations, it serves as a starting point for standards and pattern definitions suitable to the Brazilian reality and scale, that begins now to demand solutions for the problem of the handicapped people in wheeling chairs.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-24T19:22:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LETICIA MAIRA WAMBIER.pdf: 1876181 bytes, checksum: bd12d925a7b8bc206eb9be1d465c2fe8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-21 / This study evaluated the effect of a thermosensitive liposomal anesthetic gel on pain and anxiety during nonsurgical periodontal treatment in patients with special needs. Material and Methods: This study was designed as a split mouth randomized bind clinical trial. Thirty-two young subjects (17.4 ± 5.6) of both genders were selected according to the inclusion criteria: moderate intellectual disability, minimum of 16 teeth, at least one tooth in each sextant with probing depth ≥ 4 mm. Prior periodontal treatment, the index of plaque, marginal bleeding, probing pocket depth and bleeding were obtained. The experimental gel tested was composed of 5% prilocaine/lidocaine, microemulsion thermosensitive liposomal phospholipid gel. It was compared to a commercially available gel Oraqix (5% prilocaine/lidocaine-thermosensitive gel).The negative controls for both gels were periodontal treatment without anesthesia and the rescue drug used was EMLA cream (5% prilocaine/lidocaine), applied in the periodontal pocket if there was discomfort during scaling and root planning (SRP). The parameters used to assess pain intensity and dental anxiety during periodontal treatment were: Hannallah pain scale; Wong-Baker faces pain rating scale and 11-point numerical rating scale, blood pressure and oxygen saturation. All data were compared with ANOVA and chi-square tests. Results: Hannallah pain scale showed significant difference (p<0.05) during SRP. Wong-Baker faces pain rating scale and 11-point numerical rating scale, blood pressure and oxygen saturation did not have significant difference among groups (p>0.05). The anesthetic gel preference between male and female showed significant difference (p<0.0001). Conclusion: Most of the handicapped patients did not require anesthesia to control pain and anxiety during non-surgical periodontal treatment (SRP). Therefore, the non-invasive topical anesthesia could be indicated for anxious patients. / Esta pesquisa avaliou a ação de um gel anestésico lipossomal termossensível na dor e ansiedade durante o tratamento periodontal não cirúrgico em pacientes com necessidades especiais. Material e Método: Este estudo foi clínico, randomizado, boca dividida. Foram selecionados 32 indivíduos jovens (17,4 5,6) de ambos os gêneros conforme critérios de inclusão: deficiência intelectual moderada, mínimo de 16 dentes, com pelo menos um dente em cada sextante com profundidade clínica de sondagem ≥ 4 mm. Antes do tratamento foram obtidos o índice de placa, sangramento marginal, profundidade clínica de sondagem e sangramento. O gel experimental testado era composto de 5 % de prilocaina / lidocaína em microemulsão lipossomal fosfolipídica termossensível. Foi comparado com um gel disponível comercialmente Oraqix (gel de 5 % de prilocaina / lidocaína - termossensível). Os controles negativos para os dois géis foram o tratamento periodontal sem anestesia, e o medicamento de resgate utilizado foi o EMLA creme (5 % de prilocaina / lidocaína), aplicada na bolsa periodontal se houvesse desconforto durante a raspagem e alisamento radicular (RAP). Os parâmetros utilizados para avaliar a intensidade da dor e da ansiedade no tratamento periodontal foram: Escala Comportamental de Hannallah; Escala de Face de Wong-Baker e Escala Numérica de 11 pontos, pressão arterial e saturação de oxigênio. Os dados foram comparados com os testes ANOVA e Qui-quadrado. Resultados: Para a Escala de dor Hannallah houve diferenças significantes (p<0,05) durante a RAP. Para a Escala de Face Wong-Baker, Escala Numérica de 11 pontos, pressão arterial e saturação de oxigênio não foram observadas diferenças significativas entre os grupos (p>0,05). As diferenças foram significativas quanto à preferência pelo tratamento considerando os gêneros masculino e feminino (p<0,0001). Conclusão: A maioria dos pacientes com necessidade especial não precisaram de anestesia para o controle da dor e ansiedade no tratamento periodontal não-cirúrgico (RAP). Portanto, a anestesia tópica não invasiva pode ser indicada para pacientes ansiosos.

Esta tese se propõe a discutir a problemática dos deficientes visuais, que tenham ingressado ou que sejam egressos do ensino superior paulista, do ponto de vista informacional, de forma a identificar como esses estudantes percebem a necessidade, adquirem, compreendem e utilizam a informação. Para tanto, realizou-se uma revisão bibliográfica discutindo os aspectos históricos e conceituais da Information Literacy, bem como suas ações voltadas para estudantes do ensino superior. Contextualizou-se o ambiente informacional do deficiente visual brasileiro, focalizando o ensino superior, bem como, ponderou-se sobre que cenário se apresenta a esses cidadãos do ponto de vista intelectual, tecnológico, de acesso aos recursos físicos, e de conteúdo. Nesse contexto, buscou-se mapear o conjunto de habilidades e competências informacionais a serem desenvolvidas pelos deficientes visuais, no processo de construção de trabalhos acadêmicos, compreendidas a partir do modelo Information Literacy desenvolvido por Carol Kuhlthau denominado Information Search Process ISP, no desenvolvimento dos instrumentos de coleta, no processo de coleta propriamente dito e na análise dos dados coletados. Por trata-se de um estudo exploratório, trabalhou-se numa abordagem qualitativa, elegendo o estudo de usuário para mapear as questões propostas. Realizou-se a entrevista semi-estruturada com 10 deficientes visuais pertencentes às modalidades do ensino superior de graduação e pós-graduação. Elaborou-se os resultados a partir do diagnóstico realizado na pesquisa e o estudo realizado por Christina Doyle no qual apresenta um levantamento dos predicados para uma pessoa ser considerada competente em informação. Como resultado final, apresenta-se um elenco de possíveis ações para que os atores do processo educacional do deficiente visual, sobretudo na educação superior, possam definir ações necessárias ao desenvolvimento ou promoção de programas de Information Literacy específicos para deficientes visuais, com o intuito de torná-los competentes em informação. Identificou-se que essas ações estão contidas em três dimensões relacionadas às barreiras de acessibilidade: informacional, digital e no âmbito dos relacionamentos. / This thesis discuss the issue of visually handicapped, who have ingressed or egressed on higher education of São Paulo as information is regarded; identifying how these students realize the information need and how to acquire, understand and use it. Therefore, a bibliographic review has been developed to discuss the historical and conceptual aspects of Information Literacy, as well as its actions aiming students of higher education. The Brazilians visually handicappeds environment was regarded, focusing on higher education and considering the intellectual, technological, access to physical resources and content scenery in which they live in. In this context, a map of abilities and information literacy skills to be developed by visually handicapped was created, starting from Carol Kuhlthaus Information Literacy model named Information Search Process ISP, which shows the development of gathering instruments, the gathering itself and the analysis of the gathered data. Because it is an exploratory study, a qualitative approach was considered, using the user study to create a map of the questions proposed. A semi-structured interview was made with 10 visually handicapped on graduation or postgraduate education. Produced the results from the diagnosis made in the research and study by Christina Doyle which presents a survey of the predicates for a person to be considered \"information literate.\" As a final result, it presents a list of possible actions for the actors of the educational process of the visually handicapped, especially in higher education, can define actions necessary for the development or promotion of Information Literacy programs specific to the visually handicapped, in order to make them competent in information. It was identified that these actions are contained in three dimensions related to the barriers of accessibility: informational, digital and within relationships.