The study was made using the technique of standardised written interview and narrative method; it revealed the perspective of social participation in the community of comprehensive school by the disabled. Teachers of Siauliai town and district comprehensive schools, teaching Ethics and the Lithuanian language to primary and basic forms took part in the questioning. The study helped to disclose how the contents of education is conveyed to pupils, if social participation of the disabled is induced in the community of a school, and what is the teachers’ opinion about making “a school for everybody”. Teachers’ opinion, attitude and persuasion was analysed in respect of the disabled.

The final work treats of financing the social participation of disabled people in the public administrations of self-government institutions in order to disclose the peculiarities of financing the disabled social participation activities in Lithuanian Municipalities. Theoretical part speaks about the basic questions in public administration of self-government institutions and the spheres associated with public administration of disabled people social integration is stressed. In addition, the activities of state policy and legislative basis on the level of disabled integration have been examined, the present situation in Lithuania is given and paradigm of their social participation is presented in this work. The greatest attention in this work is given to the financing of the activities of disabled social participation according to their different spheres, comparing the situation in 2002 and 2003, showing dynamics in financing. Financing peculiarities of social participation activities of the disabled in Lithuanian municipalities have never been studied up to now. The results will help to find out the main obstacles of disabled social participation activities better, understand that some of their activities are least financed by municipality budgets and clear out how social participation of the disabled is realized on the basis of financing in Lithuanian municipalities.

The practical experience and theoretical description of social participation of families, having the disabled children, create the basis for searching for a concrete method of social involvement of parents in a child’s educational processes at a special school. In the doctoral research, psychosocial and educational peculiarities of a family, having a disabled child are analysed, using empowerment, conflict and communicative action theories; the constructivist theoretical background for educational help for family and salutogenesis approach are presented. The research aimed at answering such questions as: What psychological, educational and social features characterise the social participation of families of the disabled children? What are the strategies of social participation of parents? What traditions of parental participation and involvement in a child’s educational process are formed in the praxis of special education? How can the involvement of the disabled and their families be developed at special school? What should be the structure, the purposefulness and the dynamics of parental involvement? The object of the research is parental involvement in the educational process of a disabled child at special school as a strategy of social participation. The aim of the dissertational research was not only to identify the strategies of social participation of parents, but also to create and try the methodology of the development of social participation in practice. It was also... [to full text]

In the doctoral research, psychosocial and educational peculiarities of a family, having a disabled child are analysed, using empowerment, conflict and communicative action theories; the constructivist theoretical background for educational help for family and salutogenesis approach are presented. The research aimed at answering such questions as: What psychological, educational and social features characterise the social participation of families of the disabled children? What are the strategies of social participation of parents? What traditions of parental participation and involvement in a child’s educational process are formed in the praxis of special education? How can the involvement of the disabled and their families be developed at special school? The object of the research is parental involvement in the educational process of a disabled child at special school as a strategy of social participation. The aim of the dissertational research was not only to identify the strategies of social participation of parents, but also to create and try the methodology of the development of social participation in practice. It was also aimed at establishing and implementing the model of parental involvement in educational process of a disabled child at special school. For this purpose an action research was undertaken in one Lithuanian specialised school, where throughout the academic year it was sought to involve parents in the education process of children with a moderate... [to full text]

Teorinė mokslinės literatūros šaltinių analizė parodė, kad socialinis dalyvavimas traktuojamas kaip daugialypis konstruktas apimantis skirtingomis formomis grįstą, aktyvų asmens dalyvavimą visuomenės gyvenime. Egzistuoja NVO apibrėžties problema, tačiau dažniausiai NVO apibūdinama kaip, bet kuri pelno nesiekianti organizacija, telkianti ir vienijanti žmones bendrų tikslų siekimui. Mokslinėje literatūroje akcentuojamas pozityvus NVO vaidmuo skatinant neįgaliųjų socialinį dalyvavimą, sprendžiant įvairias jų socialines problemas. Remiantis teorine analize, gyvenamoji teorija yra asmens paaiškinimas apie ugdomąjį poveikį savo paties mokymuisi, mokymuisi iš kitų, ir mokymuisi iš socialinių aplinkų. Socialinė pedagogika ir gyvenamoji teorija gali būti sietinos pedagoginės kilmės, mokymosi visą gyvenimą trukmės, naratyvinių socialinės pedagogikos žinių plėtotės ir refleksijų aspektais. Kokybiniu, grupinės diskusijos, metodu buvo atliktas tyrimas, kurio tikslas – atskleisti subjektyvias neįgaliųjų dalyvavimo NVO veiklose patirtis. Empirinio tyrimo duomenys apibendrinti kokybinės turinio analizės metodu. / Theoretical analysis of scientific literature sources showed that social participation is construed as multiple construct covering different-form-based active participation of a person in social life. There exists a problem of the definition of NGO (non-governmental organization); however, NGO is most frequently defined as any non-profit organization uniting people in pursuit of common goals. Scientific literature focuses on the positive role of NGOs in encouragement of social participation of the disabled and in solving various social problems of this group of people. Based on the theoretical analysis, living theory is person’s explanation about the educational impact on the self-education, learning from others and learning from social environments. Social pedagogy and living theory may be of related educational origin, of life-long learning duration, development of knowledge of narrative social pedagogy and aspects of reflections.

A. Čepienė. Kaimo bendruomenės narių socialinio dalyvavimo modeliavimas. Socialinio darbo magistro studijų programos baigiamasis darbas. Darbo vadovas prof. dr. E. Acienė, Klaipėdos universitetas: Klaipėda, 2011. – 66 p. Darbe atlikta teorinių šaltinių analizė. Pirmoje tyrimo dalyje pristatomas kiekybinis tyrimas, siekiant išsiaiškinti šiandieninio kaimo bendruomenės žmonių gyvenimą, jų veiklos galimybes, kuriant geresnį, aktyvesnį gyvenimą. Antroje tyrimo dalyje pristatomas kokybinis tyrimas, pasirenkant pusiau struktūruoto interviu metodą, siekiant patikslinti kaimo bendruomenių evoliucijos (raidos) įtaką, aplinkos poveikį kaimo bendruomenės veikloms, kaimo bendruomenių tikslus, veiklos struktūrą bei kaimo bendruomenių veiklų aktyvinimą. Iškelta tyrimo hipotezė – nūdienos kaimo bendruomenės narių socialinis dalyvavimas bendruomenės veikloje nėra aktyvus, neturi aiškių dimensijų tiek turinio, tiek veiklų prasme. Tyrimo objektas. Kaimo bendruomenės narių socialinio dalyvavimo modeliavimas. Tyrimo tikslas – suformuoti kaimo bendruomenės socialinio dalyvavimo modelį paremtą aktyviu bendruomenės narių dalyvavimu socialinėse veiklose ir profesionalia socialinio darbuotojo pagalba. Tyrimo uždaviniai: Atskleisti socialinį dalyvavimą aktyvioje ir atviroje kaimo bendruomenėje akcentuojant socialinio dalyvavimo fenomeną. Išanalizuoti kaimo bendruomenės socialinį dalyvavimą sprendžiant problemas, įvertinant bendruomenės socialinio dalyvavimo raišką socialinio darbo aspektu... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / A. Čepienė. Simulation of Social Participation of Village Community Members. The final paper of social work master‘s degree supervised by Prof. Dr. E. Acienė, Klaipėda University: Klaipėda, 2011–66 p. The analysis of the theoretical sources is carried out in the work. In the first part of the study a quantative research aiming to find out today‘s rural community peoples‘ life, their work opportunities to create a better and more active life is presented. In the second part of the study a qualitative research having used a semi-structured interview method in order to clarify the influence of rural communities evolution, the impact of environment on activities in rural communities, the objectives and structure of activities of rural communities and activating of rural communities work is presented. The hypothesis of the research is that today‘s rural community members‘ social participation is not active, with no clear content and work dimensions. The object of the research is rural community members’ simulation of social participation. The goal of the research is to establish a rural community-based model of social participation based on active community participation in social activities and a professional social worker‘s assistance. The following are the tasks of the research: To reveal social participation within an active rural community emphasizing the phenomenon of social participation. To analyze the social participation of rural communities in solving problems... [to full text]

Intensyviai plėtojantis socialinio darbo specialybei, sparčiai kintančioje Lietuvos visuomenėje, neįgaliųjų socialinis dalyvavimas tampa vienu įdomesniu socialinio darbo tyrinėjimo klausimu, nes paliečia kertinius šios profesinės veiklos principus. Darbe yra aptariama konkreti socialinė problema, būtent potencialiai socialiai atskirtų sutrikusio intelekto asmenų socialinis dalyvavimas. Darbo tikslas – atskleisti sutrikusio intelekto asmenų socialinio dalyvavimo raišką ir plėtotės galimybes. / Under conditions of intensive development of the social work speciality and in the rapidly changing Lithuanian society, social involvement of the disabled is becoming an interesting problem of research into social work since it refers to the key principles of this activity. The thesis analyses a specific social problem: social involvement of potentially socially excluded mentally disabled people. The aim of the study is to reveal the forms and development possibilities for social involvement of mentally retarded people.

Darbe yra atliekama teorinė pasaulietinių ir religinių nevyriausybinių organizacijų veiklos ypatybių , padedant spręsti pradinukų socialines problemas, analizė. Iškeltos hipotezės: 1. Pasaulietinės ir religinės NVO taiko panašius veiklos metodus padėti pradinukams (Nulinė hipotezė). 2. Religinių ir pasaulietinių NVO darbe su vaikais ir tėvais dar nėra plačiai taikomi socialinio dalyvavimo ir partnerystės principai. 3. Mokyklų pedagogai turi įvairias nuostatas ir lūkesčius dėl NVO dienos centrų. Šie lūkesčiai priklauso nuo NVO vykdomos veiklos (Alternatyvioji hipotezė). Anketinės apklausos metodu buvo atliktas tyrimas, kurio tikslas - ištirti pasaulietinių ir religinių nevyriausybinių organizacijų veiklos ypatybes, padedant spręsti pradinukų socialines problemas. Atlikta statistinė (aprašomoji vidurkių; neparametrinė; vienafaktorinė dispersinė; koreliacinė bei regresinė) surinktų duomenų analizės. Empirinėje dalyje nagrinėjamas darbas su vaikais socialinio dalyvavimo aspektu, apimantis: darbą su tėvais (Partnerystės modelis), tarpininkavimą, partnerystę su institucijomis , vertybių laikymąsi NVO dienos centruose. Svarbiausios empirinio tyrimo išvados: 1. Tyrimas parodė, kad stengiamasi taikyti vaikų socialinio dalyvavimo principus NVO; į NVO gyvenimą stengiamasi įtraukti ir tėvus, tačiau tam ne visada pakanka tėvų motyvacijos ar NVO surandamų būdų tai motyvacijai kelti. Taigi hipotezė apie socialinį dalyvavimą ir partnerystę NVO iš dalies pasitvirtino. 2... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The analysis of theoretical world and religious non-governmental organizations peculiarities of activity starting to solve infants' problems has been done in the work. The hypothesis has been enthroned: 1. World NGO and religious NGO apply similar methods of activity to help infants (Zero hypothesis). 2. In religious and world NGO work with children and parents social participation and partnership’s principles. 3. Schools pedagogues have various attitudes and expectations to NGO day centers which depend on NGO work activity (Alternative hypothesis). According to the questionnaire method, the research has been done and the aim of this research – to investigate peculiarities of world and religious non-governmental organizations which would help to solve infants’ problems. Statistical data analysis (describing averages’, non-parametrical analysis, one factor dispersive analysis, correlation and regression analysis) has been done. 47 NGO day centers workers, children's parents and 79 pedagogues who are working with infants from Lithuania have participated in the research. The work with infants in social aspect, work with parents (Partnership model), intermediation, partnership with institutions, pursuance of values in NGO day centers are analyzing in the empirical part. The most important conclusions of the empirical research are: 1. The research showed that there is trying to apply children's social participation principles in NGO, to involve parents in the life of NGO... [to full text]