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]

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]