Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-07-31Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:37:39Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 hory_ri_me_bauru.pdf: 729119 bytes, checksum: fa7152da19b0e1547930801afa66761b (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A síndrome de Sturge-Weber é uma síndrome de rara incidência e sua manifestação completa consiste na associação de três aspectos: anomalias cerebrais, oculares e cutâneas. As anomalias cerebrais podem ser identificadas pela presença de epilepsias, calcificações e atrofias cerebrais localizadas, causando déficits cognitivos e outros distúrbios funcionais. As anomalias oculares caracterizam-se pela presença de glaucomas, assim como as anomalias cutâneas se manifestam através de hemangiomas faciais, que muitas vezes acabam estigmatizando seus portadores. Pesquisas sobre esta síndrome, concentram-se na área biomédica, destacando-se a neurologia, odontologia e a dermatologia, havendo defasagem de estudo na área da psicologia, em especial na área psico-educacional. Deste modo, este estudo se propõe a descrever os aspectos cognitivos, sociais e educacionais de uma adolescente de 15 anos, portadora da Síndrome de Sturge-Weber, que frequenta a 7ª série do ensino regular e apresenta dificuldades significativas em aprender conteúdos acadêmicos. Foram utilizados como instrumentos de coleta de dados: entrevistas, observações e a aplicação de testes. Os resultados apontam que a adolescente possui déficits cognitivos, acadêmicos, motores e de linguagem que interferem principalmente no desenvolvimento da sua aprendizagem acadêmica, como também nas suas interações sociais. Esses achados contribuem para formação acadêmica de especialistas no ensino a pessoas com deficiência, como também ampliam o universo de conhecimentos científicos sobre a síndrome, sobretudo nas áreas da psicologia e da educação. / The Sturge-Weber Syndrome is a syndrome of rare incidence and its complete manifestation is consisted of three aspects in association: cerebral, ocular and cutaneous anomalies. The cerebral anomalies can be identified by the presence of epilepsies, calcifications and cerebral located atrophies, causing cognitive deficits and other functional disorders. The ocular anomalies are characterized by the presence of glaucomas and also the cutaneous ones are manifested through facial hamangiomas, which most of the times appear to stigmatize their victims. Researches on this syndrome are concentrated on the biomedical area, standing out neurology, dentistry and dermatology with a difference in phase in the psychology area, particularly in rhw psycho-educational one. Thus, this study aims to describe the cognitive, social and educational aspects of a 15-year-old adolescent girl who attends the 7th grade of the regular education system and presents significant difficulties in learning the academic contents. Interviews, observations and the application of tests were used as instruments of data collection. The results point out that the adolescent has cognitive, academic, motor and language deficits, which mainly interfere in her academic learning development as well as in her social interactions. These findings not only contribute to the academic formation of education the syndrome, especially in the psychology and education areas.

The following research was conducted to contribute to the greater understanding of the impact that most often utilized methods of public awareness and education have on behaviors relative to sickness and disease for the general public in terms of action toward prevention behaviors within a healthcare setting. The psycho educational approach is often considered an effective means to promote behavior change as it relates to preventative behavior, and in the clinical therapeutic setting has shown some relevance as an effective procedure. Unfortunately, no research as of yet speaks to the comparative effectiveness this approach may have over other approaches often thought to enhance preventative behavior, such as the more empirically based behavior analytic methods. This study provides such an analysis of the effectiveness each methodology has on changing the behavior of the public at large. Based on a study conducted in the academic setting to increase hand-sanitizing behavior of facility patrons (Loukus & Dixon, in review), this study utilizes the most effective form of prompting found to increase sanitizer use in a public facility. Because healthcare facilities often rely on psycho educational methodologies to influence sanitizer use amongst visitors and employees by placing "sanitizing stations" at the main entrance to the facility, this setting provides an appropriate venue for scientific manipulation of prompting variables to determine effectiveness on public preventative behavior towards sickness and disease, while a simple reversal design enhances the comparative value of effects obtained on behavior through observation and implementation of the two approaches within the setting.

Orientador: Lúcia Pereira Leite / Banca: Simone Ghedini Costa Milanez / Banca: Olga Maria Piazentim Rolim Rodrigues / Resumo: A síndrome de Sturge-Weber é uma síndrome de rara incidência e sua manifestação completa consiste na associação de três aspectos: anomalias cerebrais, oculares e cutâneas. As anomalias cerebrais podem ser identificadas pela presença de epilepsias, calcificações e atrofias cerebrais localizadas, causando déficits cognitivos e outros distúrbios funcionais. As anomalias oculares caracterizam-se pela presença de glaucomas, assim como as anomalias cutâneas se manifestam através de hemangiomas faciais, que muitas vezes acabam estigmatizando seus portadores. Pesquisas sobre esta síndrome, concentram-se na área biomédica, destacando-se a neurologia, odontologia e a dermatologia, havendo defasagem de estudo na área da psicologia, em especial na área psico-educacional. Deste modo, este estudo se propõe a descrever os aspectos cognitivos, sociais e educacionais de uma adolescente de 15 anos, portadora da Síndrome de Sturge-Weber, que frequenta a 7ª série do ensino regular e apresenta dificuldades significativas em aprender conteúdos acadêmicos. Foram utilizados como instrumentos de coleta de dados: entrevistas, observações e a aplicação de testes. Os resultados apontam que a adolescente possui déficits cognitivos, acadêmicos, motores e de linguagem que interferem principalmente no desenvolvimento da sua aprendizagem acadêmica, como também nas suas interações sociais. Esses achados contribuem para formação acadêmica de especialistas no ensino a pessoas com deficiência, como também ampliam o universo de conhecimentos científicos sobre a síndrome, sobretudo nas áreas da psicologia e da educação. / Abstract: The Sturge-Weber Syndrome is a syndrome of rare incidence and its complete manifestation is consisted of three aspects in association: cerebral, ocular and cutaneous anomalies. The cerebral anomalies can be identified by the presence of epilepsies, calcifications and cerebral located atrophies, causing cognitive deficits and other functional disorders. The ocular anomalies are characterized by the presence of glaucomas and also the cutaneous ones are manifested through facial hamangiomas, which most of the times appear to stigmatize their victims. Researches on this syndrome are concentrated on the biomedical area, standing out neurology, dentistry and dermatology with a difference in phase in the psychology area, particularly in rhw psycho-educational one. Thus, this study aims to describe the cognitive, social and educational aspects of a 15-year-old adolescent girl who attends the 7th grade of the regular education system and presents significant difficulties in learning the academic contents. Interviews, observations and the application of tests were used as instruments of data collection. The results point out that the adolescent has cognitive, academic, motor and language deficits, which mainly interfere in her academic learning development as well as in her social interactions. These findings not only contribute to the academic formation of education the syndrome, especially in the psychology and education areas. / Mestre

Orientador: Rosely Palermo Brenelli / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T12:59:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cassiani_Simone_M.pdf: 2063323 bytes, checksum: ab3913f853b2a7a1b1188b089621f91e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Os objetivos centrais da presente investigação foram descrever a atuação psicopedagógica em grupos de apoio para alunos com dificuldade de aprendizagem numa rede municipal de ensino do interior do Estado de São Paulo e verificar se esses alunos encaminhados apresentaram evolução no rendimento escolar. Por ser uma pesquisa documental foram utilizados documentos e registros de 07 (sete) escolas de Ensino Fundamental, referentes a 128 (cento e vinte e oito) alunos de 1ª e 2ª séries que freqüentaram o Grupo de Apoio, em 2006 (dois mil e seis), por no mínimo três bimestres, cujas dificuldades se centravam nas áreas de Língua Portuguesa e de Matemática. Os documentos e descrições permitiram realizar uma análise sobre a forma de os professores encaminharem seus alunos com dificuldades de aprendizagem aos Grupos de Apoio, caracterizando as dificuldades como genéricas e específicas. Os registros dos documentos possibilitaram considerar a atuação psicopedagógica de forma geral na rede de ensino, o acompanhamento específico aos professores do Grupo de Apoio e as capacitações oferecidas a eles. Com os documentos relativos às atas finais, o desempenho dos alunos e o resultado de promoção e retenção foram analisados. Os dados demonstraram que houve uma redução significativa nas dificuldades apresentadas pelos alunos nos aspectos referentes à leitura e escrita e ao lógico-matemático, além de outras habilidades subjacentes ao ato de aprender. A atuação psicopedagógica analisada revela as atribuições da psicopedagoga frente às escolas, o enfoquedado à formação continuada dos professores que atuam com os alunos nos Grupos de Apoio e o acompanhamento direcionado junto ao professor destes grupos. O índice de promoção não alcançou a totalidade dos alunos encaminhados ao Grupo de Apoio, sendo 48,1% e 59,2% na 1ª e 2ª série respectivamente. Nesse sentido, não houve resultado estatisticamente significativo na recuperação de todos os alunos, entretanto as dificuldades de aprendizagem foram reduzidas na maioria das categorias quando comparadas entre o diagnóstico inicial e avaliação final do desempenho dos alunos, na perspectiva do professor da sala regular. Esses resultados revelam a importância do psicopedagogo institucional na orientação conjunta das atividades escolares. / Abstract: The main objectives of the present work were to describe the psycho educational performance of students with learning difficulties, attending support groups in a chain of municipal schools located in the country side of the state of São Paulo, as well as verifying whether such students showed any improvement in their academic performance. As a documental research, it was used reports and records from seven primary schools concerning one hundred twenty-eight students in first and second grades who had attended the support groups in 2006 for at least one semester and a half, whose difficulties were mainly in Portuguese Language and Mathematics. After analyzing the documents and descriptions, the teachers sent their students with learning difficulties to the support groups, pointing out as generic and specific difficulties. The reports also allowed to consider the psycho educational performance in a general way in the teaching chain, the specific follow up of the teachers working in the support groups as well as the professional qualifications offered to them. With the documents concerning the final minutes, the students' performance and the results of promotion and retention were analyzed. The data showed a significant decrease regarding the students' difficulties in reading and writing as well as in the logic of mathematics, apart from other learning skills. The psycho educational performance analyzed, shows the psycho educationalist' work on the face of schools, the importance given to the constant education of the support group teachers as well as the follow up of the teacher in such groups. The promotion rate did not reach all the students who attended the support groups being 48,1% and 59,2% in first and second grades respectively. This way, one cannot statistically state that all the students overcame their difficulties however, the learning difficulties were significantly reduced in most of the categories when comparing from the initial diagnosis to the final evaluation of the students' performance, from the view of a regular class teacher. The results show the importance of the institutional psycho educationalist working along in the school activities. / Mestrado / Psicologia Educacional / Mestre em Educação

Within this study, a psycho-educational strategy was designed to promote online safety practices for adolescents living in the northern suburbs of Cape Town. The study made use of a mixed method methodology, including both quantitative and qualitative research. This enabled access to 183 adolescents, as well as gaining more focused and specific insights from adolescent focus groups with a total of eight focus groups. This psycho-educational strategy was designed in the form of an interactive website. The website included information on safety practices pertaining to six areas of online safety. The information was provided in various formats, including videos, clips, slide shows and questionnaires. The six areas which were focused on included cyber bullying, pornography, social networking, online gaming, sharing of personal information and plagiarising and stealing of content. Adolescents were exposed to the website in order to test its usability and its effectiveness as a tool for education regarding online safety. From the literature and findings of the research, it is evident that there is a dire need for age-appropriate and relevant mechanisms to address online safety among adolescents. The present research revealed; through the remarks obtained from focus groups, that adolescents could benefit from the psycho-educational strategy as it created an awareness of the possible harms of the internet; awareness that was previously limited. Specific areas of concern included cyber bullying and the reality that they face regarding this hurtful activity. Adolescents further indicated that they lacked knowledge in areas concerning pornography, plagiarising and sharing of personal information. By creating an awareness regarding possible harms, adolescents are enabled to safeguard themselves from potential harm, and if education is used in future, it can play a preventative role in terms of the negative consequences of online activities. The research indicated that a psycho-educational perspective holds value when addressing online safety. Lastly, the internet as a form of psycho-education was successful as the adolescents accepted and related to this means of education. The psycho-educational strategy is an innovative tool that can be used by schools, parents and educators when engaging with adolescents about online safety. / PhD (Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Within this study, a psycho-educational strategy was designed to promote online safety practices for adolescents living in the northern suburbs of Cape Town. The study made use of a mixed method methodology, including both quantitative and qualitative research. This enabled access to 183 adolescents, as well as gaining more focused and specific insights from adolescent focus groups with a total of eight focus groups. This psycho-educational strategy was designed in the form of an interactive website. The website included information on safety practices pertaining to six areas of online safety. The information was provided in various formats, including videos, clips, slide shows and questionnaires. The six areas which were focused on included cyber bullying, pornography, social networking, online gaming, sharing of personal information and plagiarising and stealing of content. Adolescents were exposed to the website in order to test its usability and its effectiveness as a tool for education regarding online safety. From the literature and findings of the research, it is evident that there is a dire need for age-appropriate and relevant mechanisms to address online safety among adolescents. The present research revealed; through the remarks obtained from focus groups, that adolescents could benefit from the psycho-educational strategy as it created an awareness of the possible harms of the internet; awareness that was previously limited. Specific areas of concern included cyber bullying and the reality that they face regarding this hurtful activity. Adolescents further indicated that they lacked knowledge in areas concerning pornography, plagiarising and sharing of personal information. By creating an awareness regarding possible harms, adolescents are enabled to safeguard themselves from potential harm, and if education is used in future, it can play a preventative role in terms of the negative consequences of online activities. The research indicated that a psycho-educational perspective holds value when addressing online safety. Lastly, the internet as a form of psycho-education was successful as the adolescents accepted and related to this means of education. The psycho-educational strategy is an innovative tool that can be used by schools, parents and educators when engaging with adolescents about online safety. / PhD (Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

The purpose of this study was to compare and analyze test scores on the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery (Battery) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children -- Revised (WISC-R) for a sample of subjects classified as learning disabled and a sample of subjects classified as gifted and talented. Subjects were randomly selected and included 51 school-identified learning disabled students and 46 school-identified gifted and talented students. All subjects were administered the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability (WJTCA), the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement (WJTA) and the WISC-R. The specific areas of investigation for each sample included: (a) performance on the Achievement-Aptitude Profile of the Battery, (b) comparability of full scale scores, (c) performance on the Cognitive clusters of the Battery, (d) performance on the Achievement clusters of the Battery, and (e) the magnitude of Verbal-Performance Scale Score discrepancies on the WISC-R. Results indicated that the majority (74.5%) of the subjects classified as learning disabled and a few (10.9%) of the subjects classified as gifted and talented evidenced a moderate or severe deficit on the Achievement-Aptitude Profile. The subjects classified as learning disabled scored significantly higher on the Full Scale score of the WISC-R than on the full scale score of the WJTCA, while the difference between full scale scores was not significant for the subject classified as gifted and talented. An important finding was that scores obtained on the Reasoning cluster were invalid for subjects in both samples. Further analyses indicated that the alternative clusters, Oral Language and Broad Reasoning (Woodcock, 1983) provided a more accurate appraisal of abilities for each sample. Overall, the study provided insights regarding test performance on the Battery and the WISC-R for these two diverse samples.

ABSTRACT GROUP LEADERSHIP OF EXPERIENCED MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSLEORS by Robert E. Rice Middle school students experience biological, cognitive, and social changes as they struggle with identity formation, self-concept, self-esteem, and academic success. Psycho-educational groups are an effective and efficient method for confronting social/emotional or academic problems that prohibit middle school students from performing well in schools. An essential component in the successful counseling of middle school groups is the skill and experience of the group leader. Research on school-based groups has focused on all areas with the exception of group leadership. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore how experienced middle school group leaders approach and conduct psycho-educational groups. This qualitative study uses a grounded theory methodology to investigate the practices, experiences, and perceptions of fourteen middle school counselors. The theory that emerged is grounded in the data from the participants and represents how they were able to conduct small groups in schools despite barriers many other school counselors experienced. Through educational leadership, relationship building, and an understanding of the systems at work in schools, these participants were able to establish a group program in their schools. The participants in this study also reveal the experiences they used to develop their skills as group leaders. The results of this study may have important implications to middle school counselors, researchers, and counselor educators in understanding the group and educational leadership skills needed to conduct effective groups in a middle school setting.

In 1982, a new model of psycho-educational assessment, called the Initial Assessment and Consultation Approach (IAC), was introduced into the Education Clinic of the Division of Specialised Education at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS). It has continued to be used in the new Emthonjeni Centre at WITS University. The IAC assessment model was developed in response to criticisms and limitations of existing assessment practices. It represents an approach that is client oriented, in that it encourages consultants and clients to arrive together at their own decisions. Key to the model is a joint problem-solving approach, where the concept of the client’s control, consent and commitment are imperative. The aim of this study was to explore student consultants’ perceptions of the IAC model of assessment. More specifically, the study explored the perceptions of the effectiveness of the IAC as a tool for psycho-educational assessment; the student consultants’ opinion regarding the model and lastly past students’ use of the IAC approach at internship sites or places of work. The results of the study were qualitatively examined through the use of thematic content analysis, which provided rich description participants’ opinions. The sample consisted of forty respondents. Information letters were distributed to all participants and data was gathered through the use of an online questionnaire. The questionnaire was structured specifically to elicit the participants’ perceptions of the IAC model of psycho-educational assessment. The results indicate that the IAC is perceived as an effective approach to psycho-educational assessment, by student consultants at WITS University, and many of the principles of the approach are continued to be adopted by past students at their internship sites or places of work.

Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Guidance & Counselling)