This essay is about personal assistance for persons with considerable intellectual disabilities. The purpose with the study is: to examine personal assistance for individuals, who can`t speak for themselves, to examine how the individuals can determine and get influence into their assistance and how they can get help with it, to examine the role of an representative in relation to the serviceuser´s assistance and examine if there are factors of gender in the interviews. The chosen method is qualitative interviews. The interviews has been analysed through earlier research about personal assistance and theoretical perspectives like: influence, integration and citizenship and discussed through perspectives of social psychology. The main conclusions are: the influence the serviceusers can have is through persons who know them very well, the role of the representatives are indistinct, the serviceusers can´t determine their assistance themselves and need help with it from relatives, representatives, personal assistants and managers, the persons who know the serviceuser intimately are best to transform the needs to assistance. The factors of gender, are that there are more men as personal assistants than in the care of elderly, and the representatives are mostly men. The personal assistants appreciates the time they have for the serviceuser, the work can be lonely and demanding.

Living arrangements play a key role in affecting participation of people with intellectual disabilities (PwIDs) in the community. Yet, the role of living arrangements in affecting participation has received relatively scant attention, especially from the insider's perspectives. This qualitative study sought to gain an insider's perspective from PwIDs in understanding the meaning of community participation, and the role of different community living arrangements in promoting community participation. Five adults with intellectual disability who were living independently with support were interviewed for this study. A model of full participation was developed to address the relationship between community living and community participation constituting four themes; level and type of support, learning experiences, freedom and choice, and privacy and safety. No gold standard for ideal community participation emerged from the study. Community participation of PwIDs was identified as involvement in meaningful and learning activities as required by the person. / October 2015

The objective of the study was to explore social integration of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in the workplace and to identify the characteristics of positive workplace culture for them. An in-depth qualitative case study was conducted at two worksites to explore the process of social integration. Sources of information included company documents, on site observations, and interviews that were conducted for the following purposes: 1. to describe employees with IDs’ perceptions and needs of social integration and their experiences of social relationships in work settings; 2. to explore co-workers’ perceptions of and relationships with employees with ID; and 3. to identify what characteristics of workplace culture contributed to or detracted from social integration for people with ID. One workplace was an educational organization where four workers with ID were employed, the other a restaurant franchise where one worker with ID was employed. The participants with ID from both worksites believed people with and without disabilities should work together and felt they were included in their workplaces. The co-workers interviewed had positive opinions of fellow employees with ID. Several characteristics of workplace culture had an impact on social integration for employees with ID, including a job structure that promotes social interactions, work pace within the work setting, group or individual employment, culture of acceptance within the work setting, and a supportive managerial approach. The results of the current study have provided strategies to enhance social integration for employees with ID, and highlighted a number of potentially beneficial workplace conditions that merit additional study. Service providers can act as advocates to help create a work environment that emphasizes acceptance and respect for workers in this population. / Thesis (Master, Rehabilitation Science) -- Queen's University, 2008-02-01 15:55:38.935 / South Eastern Ontario Community-University Research Alliance in Intellectual Disabilities

The value of knowledge and the role of subjects have been questioned in recent years. Research shows that students need knowledge through subjects that develop their ability to participate in our society, economy and democracy. Acquisition of knowledge has to be an ongoing process where students learn how to learn by practicing how to reflect, critical thinking, practice problem solving and to set up hypotheses. The PISA report shows students skills in mathematics, science and reading. Research of today are concerned that the PISA report will undermine today’s view of what knowledge is.   The aim of this study is to examine how students with learning disabilities in special school experience their education, their view of knowledge and how they experience their own progress in learning and acquisition of knowledge. The study also views how the education mirror their self-esteem.   Data were gathered through interviews with students in an upper secondary school for students with mild learning disabilities. Theory analysis is based on Dewey´s theories of education and Moira von Wright´s reconstruction of G.H Mead´s theory about human intersubjectivity. Hermeneutic analysis were used for understanding of gathered data.   The outcome of this report is that students aim to learn is for a meaningful future and they wish to get a job and earn money. Important knowledge is mainly mathematics, Information Technology and language skills.  Also to follow rules and social skills are important knowledge. There are traces of awareness in the students answers of skills of knowing that learning is an ongoing process and the importance of acquire information. The students strongly connect acquisition of knowledge to school situations. The study also shows lack of expectations from the surrounding society and in one view of self, there is a separation from themselves and important knowledge. This study also shows that the interviewed persons are aware of that others value their knowledge and that has affected their self-esteem positively.

Esta pesquisa investiga como ocorre o processo de noção de número em dez sujeitos, com idades que variam de 9 a 18 anos, com Necessidades Educacionais Especiais, especificamente com déficit intelectual, que frequentam a Sala de Integração e Recursos na rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa com estudos de casos múltiplos (Yin, 2010). Os procedimentos incluem o uso do Método Clínico para a aplicação das técnicas de conservação de quantidades contínuas, quantidades descontínuas, seriação e o uso do jogo da trilha. O estudo de campo teve a duração de quatro meses, no primeiro e segundo semestre de 2012. A fundamentação teórica desta pesquisa baseou-se na Epistemologia Genética de Jean Piaget e em outros autores que contribuíram para a análise dos dados, tais como: Kamii (1987), Nunes e Bryant (1995, 1997, 2005), Nogueira (2002, 2007, 2011), Rangel (1987), Lino de Macedo (1997), Golbert (2002, 2011), Gelman e Gallistel (1978) e ainda as pesquisas de Inhelder (1973), Mantoan (1997) e Coll e org. (2004). Os resultados desta investigação apontam que oito dos dez sujeitos apresentaram ausência de conservação, pelo fato de terem ignorado a noção de quantidade total ou multidimensional, situando-se na primeira fase em todas as técnicas. Dois dos sujeitos atingiram, em algumas das técnicas, a segunda fase, chamada de início de conjuntos permanentes, e um deles chegou à terceira fase, chamada de conservação necessária. Na técnica da seriação, observou-se que apenas um sujeito dentre os dez casos investigados não apresentou nenhuma série. Os demais sujeitos demonstraram algumas dessas relações de ordem, e um dentre os sujeitos apresentou a seriação completa com dez bastões. Os dados fornecidos pelo jogo da trilha completaram significativamente o entendimento das condutas dos sujeitos com déficit intelectual. Todos realizaram a contagem do dado. Foram percebidas diferenças interessantes na linguagem dos sujeitos, que possibilitam pensar em novas investigações referentes ao tema. Como conclusão, constatou-se que os sujeitos usaram esquemas práticos e estruturas prévias para assimilar novos objetos; fizeram relações a partir de conhecimentos anteriores para enfrentar as tarefas e interpretá-las e alguns relacionam os numerais com experiências do seu cotidiano. / This research investigates the notion of numbers in ten subjects with ages range from 9 to 18 who have Special Educational Needs – especially the ones who have intellectual disabilities – and attend the Sala de Integração e Recursos (SIR – Room of Integration and Resources) of a municipal school from Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is a qualitative research, based on multiple case studies (Yin, 2010). The procedures include the Clinic Method for the application of the conservation techniques (conservation of continuous and discontinuous quantities), seriation and the use of a track board game. The field study lasted four months, during the first and the second semesters of 2012. The theoretical foundation of this research is based on Jean Piaget’s Genetic Epistemology and on other authors who contributed to the data analysis, such as Kamii (1987), Nunes and Bryant (1995, 1997, 2005), Nogueira (2002, 2007, 2011), Rangel (1987), Lino de Macedo (1997), Golbert (2002, 2011), Gelman and Gallistel (1978) and also the researches made by Inhelder (1973), Mantoan (1997) and Coll et al. (2004) The results of this investigation indicate that there is absence of conservation in eight of the ten subjects, for they ignored the notion of total or multidimensional quantity, appearing to be in the first stage in all the techniques applied. Two of the subjects achieved, in some of the techniques, the second stage, known as the attainment of object permanence, and one of them achieved the third stage, also called necessary conservation. During the seriation technique, we observed that only one of the ten cases did not present any series. All the other subjects presented some of this order relations, and one of them presented the complete seriation, with ten sticks. The data provided by the track board game completed significantly the understanding of the the intellectually disabled subjects’ conduct. All of them calculated the dice’s outcome. We also noticed some interesting differences between the subjects’ languages, which led us to think about possible new investigations related to this theme. In conclusion, it was found that the subjects used practical schemes and structures prior to assimilate new objects; made relations from previous knowledge to meet the tasks and interpret them and some numerals relate to experiences of their daily lives.

Esta pesquisa investiga como ocorre o processo de noção de número em dez sujeitos, com idades que variam de 9 a 18 anos, com Necessidades Educacionais Especiais, especificamente com déficit intelectual, que frequentam a Sala de Integração e Recursos na rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa com estudos de casos múltiplos (Yin, 2010). Os procedimentos incluem o uso do Método Clínico para a aplicação das técnicas de conservação de quantidades contínuas, quantidades descontínuas, seriação e o uso do jogo da trilha. O estudo de campo teve a duração de quatro meses, no primeiro e segundo semestre de 2012. A fundamentação teórica desta pesquisa baseou-se na Epistemologia Genética de Jean Piaget e em outros autores que contribuíram para a análise dos dados, tais como: Kamii (1987), Nunes e Bryant (1995, 1997, 2005), Nogueira (2002, 2007, 2011), Rangel (1987), Lino de Macedo (1997), Golbert (2002, 2011), Gelman e Gallistel (1978) e ainda as pesquisas de Inhelder (1973), Mantoan (1997) e Coll e org. (2004). Os resultados desta investigação apontam que oito dos dez sujeitos apresentaram ausência de conservação, pelo fato de terem ignorado a noção de quantidade total ou multidimensional, situando-se na primeira fase em todas as técnicas. Dois dos sujeitos atingiram, em algumas das técnicas, a segunda fase, chamada de início de conjuntos permanentes, e um deles chegou à terceira fase, chamada de conservação necessária. Na técnica da seriação, observou-se que apenas um sujeito dentre os dez casos investigados não apresentou nenhuma série. Os demais sujeitos demonstraram algumas dessas relações de ordem, e um dentre os sujeitos apresentou a seriação completa com dez bastões. Os dados fornecidos pelo jogo da trilha completaram significativamente o entendimento das condutas dos sujeitos com déficit intelectual. Todos realizaram a contagem do dado. Foram percebidas diferenças interessantes na linguagem dos sujeitos, que possibilitam pensar em novas investigações referentes ao tema. Como conclusão, constatou-se que os sujeitos usaram esquemas práticos e estruturas prévias para assimilar novos objetos; fizeram relações a partir de conhecimentos anteriores para enfrentar as tarefas e interpretá-las e alguns relacionam os numerais com experiências do seu cotidiano. / This research investigates the notion of numbers in ten subjects with ages range from 9 to 18 who have Special Educational Needs – especially the ones who have intellectual disabilities – and attend the Sala de Integração e Recursos (SIR – Room of Integration and Resources) of a municipal school from Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is a qualitative research, based on multiple case studies (Yin, 2010). The procedures include the Clinic Method for the application of the conservation techniques (conservation of continuous and discontinuous quantities), seriation and the use of a track board game. The field study lasted four months, during the first and the second semesters of 2012. The theoretical foundation of this research is based on Jean Piaget’s Genetic Epistemology and on other authors who contributed to the data analysis, such as Kamii (1987), Nunes and Bryant (1995, 1997, 2005), Nogueira (2002, 2007, 2011), Rangel (1987), Lino de Macedo (1997), Golbert (2002, 2011), Gelman and Gallistel (1978) and also the researches made by Inhelder (1973), Mantoan (1997) and Coll et al. (2004) The results of this investigation indicate that there is absence of conservation in eight of the ten subjects, for they ignored the notion of total or multidimensional quantity, appearing to be in the first stage in all the techniques applied. Two of the subjects achieved, in some of the techniques, the second stage, known as the attainment of object permanence, and one of them achieved the third stage, also called necessary conservation. During the seriation technique, we observed that only one of the ten cases did not present any series. All the other subjects presented some of this order relations, and one of them presented the complete seriation, with ten sticks. The data provided by the track board game completed significantly the understanding of the the intellectually disabled subjects’ conduct. All of them calculated the dice’s outcome. We also noticed some interesting differences between the subjects’ languages, which led us to think about possible new investigations related to this theme. In conclusion, it was found that the subjects used practical schemes and structures prior to assimilate new objects; made relations from previous knowledge to meet the tasks and interpret them and some numerals relate to experiences of their daily lives.

Orientador: Anita Liberalesso Neri / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T04:10:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Siqueira_MariaElianeCatundade_D.pdf: 1649421 bytes, checksum: 1bdf8bc0c2f624d79bfa63d5442e6174 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: A longevidade das pessoas com deficiência intelectual é fato concreto no processo de envelhecimento da população brasileira e não mais possibilidade delineada como perspectiva. Orientado pelas proposições da Organização Mundial de Saúde, realizou-se dois estudos complementares em Poços de Caldas, cidade de porte médio do Estado de Minas Gerais. Objetivos: o Estudo 1 pesquisou junto a 798 pessoas adultas os atributos positivos e negativos Socialmente definidos com relação a pessoas com deficiência intelectual, se no contexto enfocado predominavam atributos positivos ou negativos com relação a essas pessoas, se gênero, idade e escolaridade influenciavam na menção a atributos, se convivência ou não convivência influenciavam na atribuição de qualidades positivas e negativas. O Estudo 2 ouviu nove cuidadores de pessoas envelhecendo com deficiência intelectual investigando se as famílias se preocupavam em planejar o seu futuro, quais eram as suas expectativas em relação a essa questão, se a pessoa com deficiência intelectual, seus irmãos e outros familiares participavam desse planejamento, que programas/serviços de políticas públicas julgavam ser necessários para atender a pessoa com deficiência intelectual envelhecendo, e lhes respaldar nos cuidados de longa duração. Resultados: O 1 mostrou maior menção a atributos positivos do que a negativos, que as mulheres, em maior número, mantinham convivência com as pessoas com deficiência intelectual, mais homens citando atributos positivos relativos a aspectos emocionais, maior número de mulheres com menções a atributos de incapacidade, de homens citando atributos de dependência. Quanto à escolaridade e atributos, teve-se maior número de atributos de incapacidade e de atributos negativos citados pelos respondentes com maior nível de escolaridade, e maior número de atributos de capacidade citados pelos que declararam menor nível de escolaridade. Relações entre grupos de idade e convivência mostraram maior número de adultos jovens e maduros convivendo com pessoas com deficiência intelectual, que, respondentes com nível de escolaridade até a 4ª serie do ensino fundamental e colegial, foram os que mais indicaram conviver com essas pessoas. O estudo 2 concluiu que os cuidadores só realizam planejamento para o futuro em relação às questões financeiras; suas principais preocupações dizem respeito a questões residenciais, de atenção em saúde e de garantia de participação na vida em comunidade das pessoas de quem cuidam. Que o envelhecimento, tanto do cuidador como da pessoa com deficiência intelectual, acarretou o aumento do ônus físico, mas também ampliou a satisfação psicológica com o cuidado de longa duração. Que irmãos e a família ampliada não são chamados a participar do planejamento para o futuro, mas os cuidadores esperam que os cuidados, quando não mais puderem prestar, continuem disponibilizados no âmbito da família. Quanto às demandas por políticas públicas, indicaram atenção social e em saúde, alternativas residências e necessidade de apoio para continuarem prestando cuidados de longa duração, especialmente no âmbito da família. Conclusões: garantia de acesso a políticas públicas, especialmente Saúde e Assistência Social, implementação de espaços de convivência e apoio aos cuidados de longa duração, são medidas urgentes para garantir direitos e inclusão social das pessoas com deficiência intelectual que alcançam a longevidade. / Abstract: The longevity of people with intellectual disabilities is a real fact when it comes to the aging process of the Brazilian population and not like a possibility lined as a perspective anymore. Guided by the propositions of the World Health Organization; was possible to make two additional studies in the medium-sized city of Poços de Caldas - Minas Gerais state. Targets: The first study worked through 798 adults the positive and negative attributes socially defined related to intellectual disabilities people, if in the focused context predominated positive or negative attributes related to these people; if; gender; age and education have influence on this attributes; and if living together is a point of influence saying about attributing of positive and negative qualities. The second one worked with nine caregivers of people that are aging with intellectual disabilities; and investigating if the families were thinking about planning their future; what were their feelings related to the subject; if the person that has the disease and their family were into this planning and which are the services of public policy they believe is necessary to help the intellectual disabilities people and the caregivers to improve their "job". Results: The first study shown more mentions about positive attributes than the negative according to it; most of the women had a closer relation to the intellectual disabilities people; in other hands; most of the man focused on the positive attributes related to emotional aspects; inability attributes was most mentioned for the woman; however, dependency was related for most of the mans. Talking about attributes related to education; the righter level education respondents most cited negative attributes and the ones related to incapability; but the attributes related to capability was most cited by the responses that declared as being low education level. When it comes to age and the intense of relation, the study shown that. The second one; concluded that the caregivers just plan the future related to financial issue, principally according to dwelling; health care and the relation between their assist and the community. The aging of the caregiver and the assist didn't came up just the change of the body; but the increase of the pleasure of taking care; this way, brothers and family usually don't be part of planning the future of the intellectual disabilities people; however; the wish of the caregivers is their assist being care for family members Social attention and health are important issues of demand of public politics, in addition to; support for the caregivers and family members. Conclusions : access for the public politics; specially health; social assistance; creation of living space and assistance destined for the caregivers are urgent actions that can provide social inclusion and longevity for the intellectual disabilities people. / Doutorado / Psicologia Educacional / Doutor em Educação

Guided by feminist social constructionism, intersectionality and the social construction of disability, this thesis investigates the ways that sexual assault support workers and disability support workers in a medium-sized Ontario city construct women survivors of sexual assault who have a developmental disability, and how their service delivery reflects these constructions. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with sexual assault support workers and disability support workers. Results suggest that these workers construct their service users in multiple, sometimes conflicting, ways, resisting and reproducing several ableist and sexist social constructions. Furthermore, sexual assault support workers and disability support workers often construct their service users in opposing ways. This reveals a divide between the two types of organizations. Bridging this gap may have the potential to improve services for women survivors of sexual assault who have developmental disabilities.

Esta pesquisa investiga como ocorre o processo de noção de número em dez sujeitos, com idades que variam de 9 a 18 anos, com Necessidades Educacionais Especiais, especificamente com déficit intelectual, que frequentam a Sala de Integração e Recursos na rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa com estudos de casos múltiplos (Yin, 2010). Os procedimentos incluem o uso do Método Clínico para a aplicação das técnicas de conservação de quantidades contínuas, quantidades descontínuas, seriação e o uso do jogo da trilha. O estudo de campo teve a duração de quatro meses, no primeiro e segundo semestre de 2012. A fundamentação teórica desta pesquisa baseou-se na Epistemologia Genética de Jean Piaget e em outros autores que contribuíram para a análise dos dados, tais como: Kamii (1987), Nunes e Bryant (1995, 1997, 2005), Nogueira (2002, 2007, 2011), Rangel (1987), Lino de Macedo (1997), Golbert (2002, 2011), Gelman e Gallistel (1978) e ainda as pesquisas de Inhelder (1973), Mantoan (1997) e Coll e org. (2004). Os resultados desta investigação apontam que oito dos dez sujeitos apresentaram ausência de conservação, pelo fato de terem ignorado a noção de quantidade total ou multidimensional, situando-se na primeira fase em todas as técnicas. Dois dos sujeitos atingiram, em algumas das técnicas, a segunda fase, chamada de início de conjuntos permanentes, e um deles chegou à terceira fase, chamada de conservação necessária. Na técnica da seriação, observou-se que apenas um sujeito dentre os dez casos investigados não apresentou nenhuma série. Os demais sujeitos demonstraram algumas dessas relações de ordem, e um dentre os sujeitos apresentou a seriação completa com dez bastões. Os dados fornecidos pelo jogo da trilha completaram significativamente o entendimento das condutas dos sujeitos com déficit intelectual. Todos realizaram a contagem do dado. Foram percebidas diferenças interessantes na linguagem dos sujeitos, que possibilitam pensar em novas investigações referentes ao tema. Como conclusão, constatou-se que os sujeitos usaram esquemas práticos e estruturas prévias para assimilar novos objetos; fizeram relações a partir de conhecimentos anteriores para enfrentar as tarefas e interpretá-las e alguns relacionam os numerais com experiências do seu cotidiano. / This research investigates the notion of numbers in ten subjects with ages range from 9 to 18 who have Special Educational Needs – especially the ones who have intellectual disabilities – and attend the Sala de Integração e Recursos (SIR – Room of Integration and Resources) of a municipal school from Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is a qualitative research, based on multiple case studies (Yin, 2010). The procedures include the Clinic Method for the application of the conservation techniques (conservation of continuous and discontinuous quantities), seriation and the use of a track board game. The field study lasted four months, during the first and the second semesters of 2012. The theoretical foundation of this research is based on Jean Piaget’s Genetic Epistemology and on other authors who contributed to the data analysis, such as Kamii (1987), Nunes and Bryant (1995, 1997, 2005), Nogueira (2002, 2007, 2011), Rangel (1987), Lino de Macedo (1997), Golbert (2002, 2011), Gelman and Gallistel (1978) and also the researches made by Inhelder (1973), Mantoan (1997) and Coll et al. (2004) The results of this investigation indicate that there is absence of conservation in eight of the ten subjects, for they ignored the notion of total or multidimensional quantity, appearing to be in the first stage in all the techniques applied. Two of the subjects achieved, in some of the techniques, the second stage, known as the attainment of object permanence, and one of them achieved the third stage, also called necessary conservation. During the seriation technique, we observed that only one of the ten cases did not present any series. All the other subjects presented some of this order relations, and one of them presented the complete seriation, with ten sticks. The data provided by the track board game completed significantly the understanding of the the intellectually disabled subjects’ conduct. All of them calculated the dice’s outcome. We also noticed some interesting differences between the subjects’ languages, which led us to think about possible new investigations related to this theme. In conclusion, it was found that the subjects used practical schemes and structures prior to assimilate new objects; made relations from previous knowledge to meet the tasks and interpret them and some numerals relate to experiences of their daily lives.

Adolescents with Intellectual disabilities (ID) have the same sexual and physiological developments as typically developing adolescents, including the same sexual feeling and sexual needs. However, because of cognitive limitations and lack of self-care abilities, they have a higher risk of sexual assault than others. As all other youth they need sex education to prevent sexual exploitation and to learn how to protect themselves. Since parents often are the primary caregivers of adolescents with ID, and they are also the primary educators of adolescents’ sexual education, parents play a crucial role in the development of adolescents’ sexual behavior. It is vital to understand what parents’ perceptions on sex education are. In the past, there have been few studies on the perceptions of parents on sexual education for adolescents with ID. Therefore, this paper aims to explore their perceptions through a systematic literature review. A series of electronic databases were searched, and three studies were identified for the review based on inclusion criteria. Content analysis was used to synthesize the results of the included studies. Findings show that mothers want to provide appropriate sex education for their children, including how to protect themselves and education on inappropriate sexual behavior, and family planning is not included in sex education, and believed that school could be the best choice regarding on providing sex education. The study also found that mothers have barriers to providing sexual education, such as lack resources and supports, poor knowledge about the sexuality, lack of confidence and sexuality is a very private matter. But there are also facilitators, the important role and responsibility of the mothers in providing sex education in the family, and the open and honest way in which the mother communicates with her children about sexual issues. These findings will help teachers or practitioners to consider the situation of parents when developing sex education programmes for adolescents with ID.