Therapeutic and support services provision for children with dual intellectual disability and emotional and/or behavioural difficulties was evaluated in the present study. The participants were parents of children with dual disabilities, aged between 5 and 12 and attending mainstream schools in Christchurch, New Zealand, and managers of service providers for the target group. Parents and service managers partook in semi-structured interviews designed to obtain information about patterns of service provision. The results of the present study indicate that parents and managers had similar perceptions of the extent to which services in Christchurch currently met the needs of the target children and families. Additionally, the study functioned as a pilot of the design and methods for a potential future project; therefore parent participants also completed two checklists estimating their child’s adaptive functioning and the type and severity of their emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.

Focal epilepsy in childhood is associated with increased risk for developing behavioral, emotional, cognitive and social–adaptive impairments. The present thesis focused on mental health difficulties in paediatric refractory focal epilepsy. It undertook a detailed evaluation of the predictive power of several demographic (gender, age at assessment), clinical (age at onset and duration of epilepsy, seizure frequency), localization (lobe and lateralization of pathology) and cognitive variables (performance in intellectual, memory and academic attainment measures) for mood, conduct, inattention/hyperactivity and peer relationship difficulties, as assessed by parental report. Data from a population of 282 children and adolescents, previously collected for clinical purposes, were examined, using a series of univariate and multivariate analyses. Mental health difficulties were found to be highly prevalent, with peer relationships the most frequently reported area of difficulty, followed by inattention/hyperactivity and emotional difficulties. Different patterns of associations between the variables examined here and individual emotional/behavioural difficulties were revealed, partially confirming and extending previous findings in the literature. Longer duration of epilepsy was found to increase the risk for developing emotional difficulties; male gender and earlier age at onset the risk for conduct difficulties; male gender, earlier age at onset, longer duration and frontal lobe localization the risk for attention/hyperactivity difficulties; and finally longer duration, higher seizure frequency and right hemisphere lateralization the risk for peer difficulties. Lower cognitive functioning was found associated with overall increased mental health difficulties and a lower VIQ was predictive of all types of difficulties. Developing a firm understanding of the risk factors that contribute to mental health comorbidities in focal paediatric epilepsy can help identify and provide assessment and intervention to children who are at higher risk earlier, thus significantly improving quality of life.

Föreliggande uppsats är en kvalitativ studie med syftet att undersöka några pedagogers uppfattningar av pedagogisk utredning vid upprättandet av åtgärdsprogram för elever i socioemotionella svårigheter. Uppslaget till studien var den aktuella debatt som förs kring skolans arbete kring elever i behov av särskilt stöd samt den nya skollagen som trädde i kraft juni 2011. Metoden som har använts är en halvstrukturerad intervjustudie där sex pedagoger i grundskolan fick samtala utifrån följande frågeområden; Pedagogisk utredning, åtgärdsprogram och delaktighet. Pedagogerna arbetar på fem skilda grundskolor varav två är friskolor. Resultatet visar att det förekommer någon form av pedagogisk utredning på samtliga skolor innan ett åtgärdsprogram skrivs fram. Flertalet av skolorna har dessutom ett skrivet dokument som ska ge struktur och skapa ett samförstånd när pedagogerna ska arbeta med den pedagogiska utredningen. Resultatet visar att elever och föräldrar är delaktiga i processen att diskutera fram konkreta åtgärder till åtgärdsprogrammet och i utvärderingen av dessa. I utredningsfasen i den pedagogiska utredningen och i andra processer såsom resursfördelning och undervisning framkom deras delaktighet inte lika tydligt. Underlaget i den pedagogiska utredningen kom huvudsakligen fram genom samtal där det var den utredningansvariga pedagogen som höll i samtalen samt summerade dem. Vidare kan det i resultatet utläsas en fokusering på eleven som individ och där exempelvis åtgärder som är knutna till eleven är centrala. Pedagogerna lyfte även fram betydelsen av att arbeta med hela gruppen kring exempelvis klassrumsklimat och att ett sådant arbete gynnar elever i socioemotionella svårigheter.

In my story there are daily conflicts that occur around the boy Peter. I focus on the role of the educator and the preschool, on the grey area children, on the interaction with parents and on "fighter relation". I have during my work tried to see this dilemma from differentperspectives. I question my role as a teacher and recently become a preschool teacher. Peter has no diagnosis, but I have decided to proceed from emotional disorders and language difficulties.

Dabartinėje visuomenėje visose gyvenimo srityse stresas yra labai aktuali socialinė ir sveikatos problema. Tobulėjant informacinėms technologijoms, automatizacijai, mechanizacijai, spartėja gamybos ir konkurencijos tempai, auga informacijos srautai, didėja dirbančiojo atsakomybė. Visa tai didina intelektinę, nervinę ir emocinę įtampą ir sukelia profesinį stresą. Viena sunkiausių ilgalaikio streso pasekmių slaugytojoms yra sveikatos sutrikimai. Tyrimo tikslas. Įvertinti terminalinės būklės pacientus prižiūrinčių slaugytojų emocinius sunkumus bei jų kontrolės galimybes darbe. Tyrimo uždaviniai. 1. Išsiaiškinti terminalin��s būklės pacientus prižiūrinčių slaugytojų profesinius motyvus ir lūkesčius. 2. Išanalizuoti su darbu susijusius slaugytojų emocinius sunkumus bei jų įveikos būdus. 3. Įvertinti darbo organizavimo reikšmę slaugytojų savijautai. Tyrimo metodika. Atliktas kokybinis aprašomasis tyrimas, kurio metu panaudotas pusiau struktūruoto interviu metodas. Tyrime dalyvavo 18 slaugytojų, dirbančių keturiose Kauno miesto terminalinės būklės pacientų gydymo ir slaugos institucijose. Atrenkant skirtingų tipų institucijose dirbančius respondentus siekta atspindėti galimą požiūrių įvairovę. Duomenys buvo renkami 2008 m. sausio – vasario mėnesiais. Rezultatai. Tyrimas parodė, kad skirtingose terminalinės būklės pacientų slaugos institucijose dirbančios slaugytojos savo kasdieninėje veikloje patiria panašius sunkumus, neigiamai veikiančius jų savijautą ir sveikatą. Kasdien... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Stress is a very actual social and health problem in all spheres of life of present society. While improving information technologies, automation, mechanization, rates of production and competition accelerates, information flow grows, labouring man‘s responsibility increases. All this grows intellectual, nervous and emotional tension and raises professional stress. One of the most difficult outcomes of enduring stress for tenders is health disorder. Objective of research. Evaluate tenders‘ nursing patients in terminal state emotional difficulties and their control possibilities in work. Goals of research. 1. Ascertain tenders‘ nursing patients in terminal state professional motives and suspenses. 2. Traverse emotional difficulties connected with tenders‘ work and their defeat modes. 3. Evaluate meaning of work organization for tenders‘ feelings. Methodology of research. Qualitative descriptive research has been made, during the course of which semistructural interview method has been used. 18 tenders have participated in research who work in four Kaunas city institutions of patients‘ in terminal state treatment and nursing. Selecting respondents working in diverse type institutions the purpose was to reflect possible variety of attitudes. Data was collected during January and February of 2008. Results. Research has showed that nurses working in different institutions of nursing patients in terminal state in their ordinary activity experience similar difficulties... [to full text]

Social and emotional difficulties observed among highly able students are addressed. The asynchronous development, perfectionism, over-excitability, underachievement, and other social and emotional difficulties are discussed, describing factors related to them. The article finalizes highlighting possible contributions of the psychologist on counseling high ability students, their families and teachers, with the purpose of preventing or reducing maladjustments, as well as of helping them optimize their developmental process. / Se describen dificultades socio-emocionales que fueron observadas en alumnos con altas habilidades. Asimismo, se discute la asincronía entre distintas dimensiones del desarrollo, tales como el perfeccionismo, la hipersensibilidad, el bajo rendimiento, además de otro tipo de dificultades socio-emocionales, presentándose factores asociados a las mismas. Finalmente se señalan las posibles contribuciones del psicólogo en lo que se refiere a la orientación de los alumnos con altas habilidades, sus familias y profesores, a nivel de prevención o minimización de los desajustes, así como para contribuir a la optimización de su proceso de desarrollo.

The purpose of this study is to provide a ready reference that may be the basis for helping teachers develop a detailed program to meet some common social and emotional difficulties of six-year-old children. An analysis of the findings and opinions of clinical psychology and educational authorities pertinent to this problem should yield conclusions and recommendations which may be objective enough to lead to a better understanding of the six-year-old child.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:28:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ingrid Piccollo Comparini.pdf: 1748203 bytes, checksum: 1d44a782833ca5cff3f6695e7f900ac5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-18 / Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas / The Human Figure Drawing is one of the techniques most commonly used by psychologists at the international level. The aim of this study was to search criterion validity of evidence to the Human Figure Drawing (HFD) as a form of emotional measure. Also, gender influences and type of school were studied in developing of the drawing. Thus, this study had 91 children from a city of S?o Paulo, 57 girls (62.6%) and 34 boys (37.4%), aged 11 (52.7%) and 12 years old ( 47.3%) who were attending basic education institutions (-47.3% private - and public - 52.7%). The instruments used were: the HDF evaluated by emotional difficulties system developed by Wechsler (2013) and YSR - Youth Self Report. The results obtained in the two instruments were compared by the Pearson correlation for total emotional indicators. The specific items of HFD were compared with the behavioral dimensions of YSR. Differences of gender and type of school were analyzed by analysis of variance. The results showed no significant correlation between total emotional indicators in the drawings and in the total of YSR there being no validity by external criteria. 4 items showed significant positive correlations and 7 items showed significant negative correlations. The results suggest the need to review the indicators taken as emotional as it found no evidence of validity for external criterion when measured according to the obtained total. The conclusion is the need for more studies on the existence of emotional indicators in the design considering that its use is widespread in the professional practice of psychologists. / O Desenho da Figura Humana ? uma das t?cnicas mais utilizadas por psic?logos em n?vel internacional. O objetivo deste estudo foi buscar evid?ncias de validade de crit?rio para o Desenho da Figura Humana (DFH) enquanto forma de medida emocional. Al?m disso, foram estudadas influencias de g?nero e tipo de escola na elabora??o do desenho. Desta forma, este estudo contou com 91 crian?as de uma cidade do interior de S?o Paulo, 57 meninas (62,6%) e 34 meninos (37,4%),com idades entre 11 (52,7%) e 12 anos (47,3%) que estavam frequentando institui??es de educa??o b?sica (particulares -47,3% - e p?blicas - 52,7%). Os instrumentos utilizados foram: DFH avaliado pelo sistema de dificuldades emocionais elaborado por Wechsler (2013) e YSR Youth Self Report - Invent?rio de Auto-Avalia??o para Jovens. Os resultados obtidos nos dois instrumentos foram comparados pela correla??o de Pearson pelos totais de indicadores emocionais. Os itens espec?ficos do DFH foram comparados com as dimens?es comportamentais do YSR. As diferen?as de g?nero e tipo de escola foram analisadas pela An?lise de Vari?ncia. Os resultados encontrados apontaram n?o existir correla??es significativas entre totais de indicadores emocionais no desenho e nos totais do YSR n?o existindo, portanto validade dos indicadores emocionais no DFH por crit?rio externo. Quatro itens apresentaram correla??es positivas significativas, por?m baixas, e 7 itens apresentaram correla??es negativas significativas entre o DFH e YSR. Os resultados encontrados sugeriram a necessidade de revis?o dos indicadores no DFH tidos como emocionais j? que n?o foram encontradas evid?ncias de validade por crit?rio externo Conclui-se a necessidade de mais estudos sobre a exist?ncia de indicadores emocionais no desenho considerando que seu uso ? bastante difundido na pr?tica profissional de psic?logos.

Studien är en kvalitativ studie med en hermeneutisk fenomenologisk ansats. Syftet med studien är att förstå och beskriva hur sju förskollärare upplever sitt arbete med barn i behov av särskilt stöd i förskolan. Studiens resultat visar att förskollärarna upplever att de arbetar med barn i behov av särskilt stöd. Samtliga respondenter berättar om barn som har behov av särskilt stöd av socioemotionell karaktär. De beskriver att de arbetar med barn som har svårt att kommunicera, att koncentrera sig, att styra sina impulser och som behöver stöd i sitt samspel och sina relationer med andra barn och vuxna. Förskollärarna berättar att de har funderingar över vilka barn som egentligen är barn i behov av särskilt stöd. De tydliggör att alla barn har olika behov och förutsättningar. Studiens resultat visar att förskollärarna har strategier för att möta barn i behov av särskilt stöd. Strategier som de lyfter som framgångsrika är att skapa närhet och trygghet, att fånga intresse och motivation, att stötta i leken, att skapa tydlighet och struktur, att arbeta med mindre barngrupper, att ta vara på utemiljön samt att samverka inom och utanför arbetslaget. Respondenterna menar att dessa strategier gynnar alla barn i barngruppen. Resultatet visar också att förskollärarna upplever en del svårigheter kring att möta barn i behov av särskilt stöd. Svårigheter som de lyfter är att barngrupper är stora, att personaltätheten är låg, att barnet lätt blir syndabock, att det brister i anknytningen och att det brister i samverkan. / The study is a qualitative study with a hermeneutic, phenomenological approach. The purpose of the study is too understand and describe how seven preschool teachers experience their efforts with children in need of special support in the preschool. The study’s results show that the preschool teachers believe that they work with children in need of special support. All respondents report about children in need of special support of socio emotional nature. They describe that they work with children with troubles communicating, concentrating, control impulses, and who needs support in their relationships with other children and with grown-ups. The preschool teachers acknowledge that they contemplate which children that really are children in need of special support. They highlight that every child have different needs and pre-conditions. The results of the study show that the preschool teachers have strategies in their efforts with children in need of special support. Strategies which are brought forward and considered successful include to create closeness and safety, to capture interest and motivation, to support the children’s play, to create clearness and structure, to work with small groups of children, to benefit from the outdoor environment, and to cooperate within and between teams. The respondents think these strategies benefit all children in the children’s group. The results also show that the preschool teachers experience some difficulties related to supporting children in need of special support. Difficulties brought forward include too large children’s groups, too few staff members, the tendency to make a child into a scapegoat, flaws in connection and flaws in the interaction.

Darbe atlikta teorinė elgesio ir emocijų sunkumų turinčių vaikų samprata, sutrikimų atsiradimo priežastys, dailės terapijos galimybės bendravimo įgūdžių plėtojimui, analizė. Kvazieksperimento metodu atliktas tyrimas, kurio tikslas - ištirti dailės terapijos poveikį bendravimo įgūdžių plėtojimui, ugdant priešmokyklinio amžiaus vaikus, turinčius elgesio ir emocijų sunkumų. Atlikta matematinė aprašomoji duomenų analizė, pateikta naudojant atvejo analizės metodą. Tyrime dalyvavo patogiuoju būdu atrinkti 9 priešmokyklinio amžiaus vaikai, turintys elgesio ir emocijų sunkumų, kurie sudarė tikslinę grupę. Empirinėje dalyje analizuoti stebėjimo protokoluose užfiksuoti duomenys apie bendravimo įgūdžių raišką, dinamiką dailės terapijos sesijos metu, stebėtas poveikis. Diagnostinių piešinių testais analizuota ugdytinių bendravimo įgūdžių požymių kaita. Ieškota bendravimo įgūdžių požymių piešiniuose bei bendravimo įgūdžių duomenų, fiksuotų stebėjimo protokoluose, sąsajos. Atlikus tyrimo duomenų analizę, suformuluotos pagrindinės išvados: • Stebėjimo protokolų duomenys parodė tendenciją dailės terapijos sesijų metu pasireikšti pozityviai bendravimo raiškai. • pirminio ir baigiamojo diagnostinių H-T-P piešinių rezultatai atskleidė bendravimo požymių piešiniuose kitimą teigiama linkme. Žemos savivertės, agresyvumo, depresyvumo požymių, įtakojančių žemą bendravimo poreikį ar neigiamą bendravimo raišką, sumažėjo, o bendravimo poreikio požymių padaugėjo. / The paper deals with theoretical analysis of children with emotional and behavioral difficulties and opportunities of art therapy in developing communication skills. The purpose of investigation was to find out whether art therapy has a positive effect on the development of communication skills of preschool children with emotional and behavioral difficulties. Quasi-experimental method was used to investigate art therapy effect. The mathematical descriptive analysis of the data was presented using the case study method. The study included 9 preschool children with behavioral and emotional difficulties, target group was selected using convenient way. In empirical part were analyzed data, about resolution skills and dynamics of the art therapy in sessions. By the help of diagnostic drawing tests attributes of communication skills were analyzed and captured in monitoring protocols. After the data analysis, the most important empirical conclusions that were drawn are: 1. Performed experiment revealed positive effect of art therapy on the development of social and communication skills. 2. Monitoring protocols showed a tendency to unfold the expression of positive communication 3. H-T-P drawing test results revealed positive direction. Low self-esteem, aggression, depressive symptoms, affecting the low need for communication or expression of negative communication decreased after experiment.