Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-98).

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf [154-159]).

Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1984. / Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes special report study entitled : Therapeutic architecture : the role of therapeutic approach to physical therapy. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

O objetivo deste trabalho é criar diretrizes que auxiliem no desenvolvimento de projetos para parques infantis acessíveis às crianças com deficiência. As leis, decretos e normas nacionais, tais como: a lei nº 7.853/1989; o decreto nº 5.296/2004; e as normas ABNT NBR 9050/2004 e NBR 16071/2012, apenas apontam recomendações abrangentes a serem aplicadas nos ambientes de lazer, limitando-se a informar sobre a necessidade de criar-se espaços acessíveis, sem indicar o como e a forma. Sendo assim, a fim de se estabelecer e delimitar as lacunas existentes, este estudo apresenta uma ampla correlação dos dados obtidos em revisão documental de leis nacionais e internacionais, conceitos de ergonomia, acessibilidade, tecnologia assistiva, princípios do design universal e levantamento de campo em escolas da rede pública. Pela amplitude do problema, a pesquisa se restringiu a investigação voltada apenas à acessibilidade dos usuários de cadeiras de rodas, seguindo as etapas da Metodologia Ergonômica para Ambiente Construído – MEAC. Os resultados são diretrizes específicas que servem tanto para o pátio como para os brinquedos do parque infantil. / The aim of this paper is to create guidelines which help in the development of projects for accessible infant playgrounds to handicapped children. The national laws, decrees and rules such as: a law nº 7.853/1989; the decree nº 5.296/2004; and the rules ABNT NBR 9050/2004 and NBR 16071/2012, just aim broad recommendations to be applied in leisure environments, just informing about the necessity of creating accessible places without indicating how and its form. Therefore, with the objective of establishing and delimitating the existing blanks, this study presents a wide correlation from the obtained data in documentary review of national and international laws, ergonomy concepts, accessibility, assistive technology, universal design principles and field survey at public schools. By its problem extent, the research limited the investigation just to accessibility of wheelchair users, following the steps of Ergonomic Methodology for Built Environment – MEAC. The results are specific guidelines which serve for the courtyard as well as for the infant playground toys.

Nowadays, namely at the beginning of the third millennium, every individual is entitled to free choice of occupation and acquisition of the means to satisfy his/her necessaries of life. Even the handicapped people have the same rights as the other citizens and they therefore have not only the right to a special (adapted, modified) conditions of work, but also to assistance in the preparation for employment. Work rehabilitation serves to this purpose. In particular the individual plan of work rehabilitation is designed for the clients {--} handicapped persons. The objective of my work was to describe the specific steps and procedures leading to integration of physically disadvantaged persons within the open labour market, in particular to describe the existing methods enabling the evaluation of the current health potential of the handicapped client as a precondition of integration on the labour market. The determination of qualitative research was the key point of the work. I focused in my work on the research in the region of Chomutov and Žatec, carried out from September 2008 till December 2008 in Chomutov. The persons involved in the project are long-term unemployed job applicants with a certain size of disability.

The purposes of this study were two-fold: to develop a program model for vocational assessment of handicapped students in the public schools that would include information concerning the following components: goals/outcomes, methods, procedures, target populations, and staffing. (2) to compare perceptions of four types of personnel (vocational evaluators, vocational adjustment coordinators, vocational counselors, and educational diagnosticians) concerning the components that should be included in a program model of vocational assessment of handicapped students.

Summaries en Afrikaans and English / Text in Afrikaans / Een van die kenmerke van leergestremde kinders is dat hulle, benewens hul leertekorte, dikwels ook gedragsprobleme manifesteer wat nie net hul leer benadeel nie, maar ook hul uiteindelike volwassewording. Talle skoolse opvoeders wat met hierdie kinders gemoeid is, is nie in staat om hierdie kinders se gedragsprobleme na behore aan te spreek nie. Die doel van hierdie studie is om enkele onderrigstrategiee daar te stel aan die hand waarvan bepaalde gedragsprobleme van leergestremde laerskoolkinders in die hoofstroom van die onderwys aangespreek kan word. V oordat daar oorgegaan is tot die beplanning van hierdie onderrigstrategiee, is daar op die etiologie en manifestasies van leergestremdheid gefokus. Vervolgens is enkele bestaande hulpverleningspraktyke bespreek en aan die hand van ortopedagogiese beginsels geevalueer. Aangesien hierdie hulpverleningspraktyke as ortopedagogies verantwoordbaar beskou is, kon dit as basis dien vir onderrigstrategiee vir die bantering van die volgende gedragsprobleme: aandagtekorte, hiperaktiwiteit, impulsiwiteit, hipoaktiwiteit, katastrofiese gedragsuitinge en aggressie. / One of the characteristics associated with learning disabled pupils is that they not only experience learning difficulties, but often manifest behavioural problems that impede their learning and eventual adulthood. Many educators involved with learning disabled pupils are unable to address the behavioural problems of these children effectively. The purpose of this study is to compile instructional strategies that could be put into practice when dealing with the behavioural problems of learning disabled pupils who are in the mainstream of education. Before planning these strategies, the etiology and manifestations of learning disabilities were addressed. Thereafter, orthopedagogical criteria were applied to evalute certain schools of thought regarding orthopedagogical practices. Having ascertained that the practices in question are orthopedagogically sound, instructional strategies, based on these practices, were planned to address the following behavioural problems: attention deficits, hyperactivity, impulsivity, hypoactivity, catastrophic reactions and aggression. / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Orthopedagogics)

O objetivo deste trabalho é criar diretrizes que auxiliem no desenvolvimento de projetos para parques infantis acessíveis às crianças com deficiência. As leis, decretos e normas nacionais, tais como: a lei nº 7.853/1989; o decreto nº 5.296/2004; e as normas ABNT NBR 9050/2004 e NBR 16071/2012, apenas apontam recomendações abrangentes a serem aplicadas nos ambientes de lazer, limitando-se a informar sobre a necessidade de criar-se espaços acessíveis, sem indicar o como e a forma. Sendo assim, a fim de se estabelecer e delimitar as lacunas existentes, este estudo apresenta uma ampla correlação dos dados obtidos em revisão documental de leis nacionais e internacionais, conceitos de ergonomia, acessibilidade, tecnologia assistiva, princípios do design universal e levantamento de campo em escolas da rede pública. Pela amplitude do problema, a pesquisa se restringiu a investigação voltada apenas à acessibilidade dos usuários de cadeiras de rodas, seguindo as etapas da Metodologia Ergonômica para Ambiente Construído – MEAC. Os resultados são diretrizes específicas que servem tanto para o pátio como para os brinquedos do parque infantil. / The aim of this paper is to create guidelines which help in the development of projects for accessible infant playgrounds to handicapped children. The national laws, decrees and rules such as: a law nº 7.853/1989; the decree nº 5.296/2004; and the rules ABNT NBR 9050/2004 and NBR 16071/2012, just aim broad recommendations to be applied in leisure environments, just informing about the necessity of creating accessible places without indicating how and its form. Therefore, with the objective of establishing and delimitating the existing blanks, this study presents a wide correlation from the obtained data in documentary review of national and international laws, ergonomy concepts, accessibility, assistive technology, universal design principles and field survey at public schools. By its problem extent, the research limited the investigation just to accessibility of wheelchair users, following the steps of Ergonomic Methodology for Built Environment – MEAC. The results are specific guidelines which serve for the courtyard as well as for the infant playground toys.

The aim of the thesis was "To assess the current state of awareness of the personnel of the social services providers in the field of extraordinary events, to assess the effectiveness of the implemented training program". Based on the stated objective, then, to verify 2 established hypotheses. Hypothesis No. 1, ´Awareness of social service provider staff on the recommended behaviour manners during extraordinary events does not reach 80% of correct response success´ , and Hypothesis No. 2, ´Social service provider staff education leads to an improvement in the current situation of behaviour manners during extraordinary events´. To fulfill this aim, a research survey was created, which I personally carried out in 4 social service providers, fulfilling the following criteria: the social service provider had to provide a ´stay´ form, handicapped individuals had to stay there´, and the place had to be located in the region of South Bohemia. The results were being evaluated via graphics processed in Microsoft Excel Word 2007 programme. To evaluate Hypothesis No. 2 I created an educative material in an e-learning form, containing 5 thematic areas: protection of population, fire, floods, chemical substances, and radio-active substances. I introduced this educative material to the social service provider staff, and subsequently I carried out a second round of interview survey. In the results of this work I was comparing the staff´s responses before the implemented educative programme, and after. The results of my research work have proven that the less staff takes part in education on protection of population, the less individuals are introduced to the recommended manners of behaviour during extraordinary events. The educative programme has brought valuable information for the social service provider staff. An improvement was missing in certain responses, but in my opinion, this is due to an extremely expert or thematic area of questions. The educative programme has brought valuable information for the social service provider staff. A significant improvement was noticed in the second round of questionnaire survey after implementing the educative programme. An improvement was missing in certain responses, but in my opinion, this is due to an extremely expert or thematic area of questions.