Effective communication is an important concern when working with individuals with hearing loss. This concern is apparent in the long-term elder care setting, where caregivers communicate with older adult patients every day, many of whom have hearing loss. However, there is limited training available to these caregivers working with residents with hearing loss. The purpose of this project is to establish the need and context for the development of an educational program for caregivers working with these residents with hearing loss. A total of 38 caregivers employed by three elder care facilities in Tucson, Arizona were surveyed. Results from this survey demonstrated that caregiver respondents felt they are knowledgeable and comfortable working with residents with hearing loss. However, there was an apparent gap as caregivers also reported that the presence of hearing loss among residents makes their jobs more difficult and stressful. Furthermore, they reported feeling that hearing loss impacts communication with residents and negatively effects the quality of care. Based on the findings of this survey, there is a need identified for educational opportunities for caregivers working with residents with hearing loss. The findings from this survey provide a foundation for the establishment of hearing health continuing education programs for caregivers working in long term elder care facilities. Specific recommendations regarding potential content of training programs are offered based on the survey findings. Implementation of caregiver trainings may ultimately lead to improved caregiver-resident communication and positively impact the quality of life for residents with hearing loss.

Laimės trokštantis žmogus alksta Dievo meilės. Asmens prigimtyje įrašytas antgamtės siekimas, t.y. noras pažinti Dievą per Kristų veikiant Šventajai Dvasiai. Tikėjimu ir Kristaus kaip Tiesos ir Meilės ilgesiu turi būti paremtas kasdieninis krikščionio gyvenimas. Suaugusiųjų krikščioniško ugdymo poreikiui didėjant Lietuvoje, Bažnyčia imasi realių praktinių veiksmų apmokant katechetus, kuriant suaugusiųjų rengimo programas įvairiuose rajonuose ir įsisavinant gerąja užsienio šalių pastoracinę praktiką. Ypatingai didelį dėmesį skiria pagrindinei metodinei bazei kurti, idant pritraukti ne tik jaunuolius, bet taip pat evangelizuoti ir suaugusiuosius. Kaip ,,atspirties taškas“ ypatingai pasitarnauja ,,Alfa“ kursas. / Human desired for happiness is starveling for God love. Supernature aiming is written in human's nature – the wish to know God through Christ by acting Holy Spirit. Faith and yearning in Christ as Truth and Love schould be based daily Christian life. Christian education of adults demand is growing in Lithuania, therefore, Church is taking real practise actions by instructing catechits by creating adults training programs in variuos areas and assimilating good foreign countries pastoral practise. Particularly large consideration is distinguished to create basic metodical basis in order to attract not even youth, but also to evangelize the adults. As starting point particularly helps ''Alfa“ course.

The topic of this diploma's thesis is comparison of the educational needs of school managers and managers from the private business sector. The theoretical part deals with concept of management, the definition of school management and specifics of school. It also focuses on managers, education of managers, including educational needs, their identification and saturation through further education. The aim of the research part is to identify educational needs and phenomena associated with them and the subsequent comparison between schools and non-school managers. The core of the thesis is qualitative research conducted by semistructured interview with four representatives of school management and four representatives of non school management. During the subsequent analysis were used the principles of grounded theory. Identified fields of educational needs are very similar in both groups, significant differences were identified in the phenomena related to educational needs. KEYWORDS comparison, educational need, manager, school management, qualitative research