Expectations in six areas of concern were explored by means of a questionnaire distributed to parents, staffs, and directors of three day care centers. These included physical setting, educational activities, social development, staff relationships with children, staff relationships with parents, and parent relationships with the center. Responses averaged over 50 per cent in each category of respondent. Analysis showed that although there were areas of almost total agreement, there were a number of statements that demonstrated a wide divergence in the expectations of the respondents. This study and the related literature indicate that there is cause for concern that children's needs for consistency in child-rearing practices are not always being met.

This diploma thesis explores the area of sexuality of older people, summarizes previously published theoretical knowledge in this area and is complemented by empirical research. It deals with aging and outlines the changes that may occur in humans during this process, especially in terms of development and transformation of sexuality. This thesis also pursues the perception of senior sexuality by his surroundings and the general public. This thesis also partially covers the issue of institutional care for the elderly. Objective: Mapping of senior population's behaviors and attitudes towards sex and their comparison across genders. Methods: Research conducted by a quantitative survey. Processing and interpretation of data regarding to the relevant age groups, which are based on a survey of sexual behavior carried out in 2013 and guaranteed by Prof. PhDr. Petr Weiss, Ph.D. a Doc. MUDr. Jaroslav Zvěřina, CSc. from the Institute of Sexology, 1st Faculty of Medicine at Charles University, Results: More than a half of the senior population in the Czech Republic does not feel the need to sexually realize themselves. For women this phenomenon is represented more strongly than for men. If older people are living in a stable relationship, they are more likely to keep active sexual life. The average frequency...

In my thesis, The Life of a Handicapped Person, I tried to chart what influences the future of such person and how problems trouble him in life. In the first chapters I defined and separated the types of disabilities, their different impact and problems in diagnosis. The central part of the work is the chapter on systems that influence the life of a disabled person. These systems are mostly influenced by the family because, by accepting the child, the parent, as well as the selected type of upbringing, affects the future of the person and likewise the disabled child has a vital influence on the family. Also included is a chapter on health care, social services and education. The quality of life of a disabled person is also influenced by friends, hence a social process, and partnerships, and equally important is the person's professional role. The fourth chapter relates to research which was carried out by a questionnaire on a group of 46 people with physical disabilities. On the basis of the answers, I verified the validity of the six pre-defined hypotheses.

University: Charles University in Prague Faculty: First Faculty of Medicine Psychiatric clinic, Center for Addictology School Year…….2012/2013…… ABSTRACT DIPLOMA WORK Name …………………Bc. Kristýna Piskáčková....………………………………….… Branch of study: Addictology Matriculation Year: …………2006….………… Thesis supervisor: Mgr. Jaroslav Vacek The number of pages:……80…………… Diploma Thesis Title: Obtaining cannabis drugs by adolescents: the comparison of the wards experience from facilities for foreigners with the selected facilities for wards with Czech nationality The goal of the diploma thesis is to determine the ways and circumstances of obtaining hemp drugs by adolescent users - wards of selected facilities for juveniles. Theoretical part mainly deals with issues such as cannabis drugs, usage patterns, cannabis distribution patterns, drug market and school facilities system for the performance of residential care and protective upbringing. The research part first deals with research questions, methods of data creation, then with the help of data analysis are given the answers to research questions. The used method of obtaining data is semi-structured interview. The survey was conducted with 16 participants. The sample only consists of one gender - male. Their age is from 15 to 18. Participant's statements are kept and...

Thesis deals with the leisure activities of children in institutions for children with ordered institutional care, the objective is to find a comparison leisure clients between two selected devices. The theoretical part describes the term institutional and protective education, including historical and current legal regulations, the procedure for their implementation. The school facilities indicates differences in educational work among selected children's home and children's home with the school. The article introduces the characteristics of free time and leisure activities with the documents relating to free time. The research part more familiar with the characteristics of the device and respondents. Interprets the results obtained through quantitative research, which was used as the main research technique structured interview with three kinds of questions (closed, semi-closed and open). The aim is to analyze the leisure clients aged 11-18 years in selected Seagull Children's home Children's home and the school Sedlec-Prčice and seeing how much different use, offer, scope, content, and structure of leisure activities in these facilities. Further mapping of the current situation regarding leisure clients in similar types of equipment, verification of interests in leisure time, how varied and...

Anotace: Tato diplomová práce se věnuje vzdělávání a přípravou dětí z ústavní výchovy na samostatný život. V teoretické části najdeme především okolnosti a příčiny pobytu dětí v ústavních zařízeních, funkce jednotlivých zařízení a také, jak se této přípravě jednotlivé organizace pro děti s nařízenou ústavní výchovou věnují. Nedílnou součástí je analýza jednotlivých nevládních organizací na území hlavního města Prahy, které děti v tomto směru vzdělávají a pomáhají jim s přechodem do samostatného života. Praktická část se zaměřuje na jeden ze střednědobých vzdělávacích projektů, který umožňuje svým klientům vyzkoušet si úkoly patřící k samostatnému životu v bezpečném prostředí, ještě než ústavní zařízení opustí. Praktickou část tvoří především kvalitativní výzkum provedený metodou rozhovoru, které vycházejí z cílů projektu. Výzkum zjišťuje znalosti a dovednosti klientů, které si během kurzu osvojili. Annotation: This diploma thesis is dedicated to education and training of children in institutional care to independent life. In the theoretical part we can find especially the circumstances and causes why children have to stay in institutions, the functions of individual institutions, as well as the preparation of individual organizations for children in the institutional education pay. An integral part is an...

Although the importance of Attachment in the normal development of a child has repeatedly been shown (Bowlby, 1961; 1979) there is a limited amount of research into its relationships with the usage of defense mechanisms and emotions. This research, therefore, investigated the relationships between attachment type, defense mechanisms and emotions during middle childhood (8-12 years) in 64 children from 4 children’s homes and 1 hospital in the Gauteng area. The children completed the Deferential Emotions Scale IV (DES-IV), the Attachment Story Completion Test (ASCT) and the Attachment Security Scale (ASS). The legal guardians of the children completed the Comprehensive Assessment of Defense Scale (CADS). Significant correlations were found to exist between the usage defense mechanisms and emotions. The results obtained from the analyses therefore suggest a complex interplay of relationships between attachment, defense mechanisms and emotion during middle childhood for the children in these institutions. For example, the research found that certain defense mechanisms and emotions were found to be correlated in a complex and interrelated system of interactions. Similarly, although no significant associations were found between attachment, defense mechanisms and emotions were found, the frequency distributions provided detailed information suggesting that attachment does influence the defenses used and emotion during middle childhood. These finding suggest that further research needs to be conducted in this area to further this knowledge base and to inform the caregivers and staff at institutions such as those included in the study.

This document is submitted in partial fullfilment for the degree: Master of Architecture [Professional] at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, in the year 2015. / People with intellectual disabilities are considered to be marginalised in our society. They continue to face prejudices, stigmas and are discriminated against resulting in social exclusion. This thesis develops a framework and methodology for pursuing inclusive environments and viable productivity within the workplace for persons with intellectual disabilities. The lack of opportunities within the workplace for individuals with intellectual disabilities intensi es their exclusion from society. The road to achieving inclusivity within the workplace has become a challenging one to navigate, as previous strategies which were developed to enable equality are far removed from what was intended. More often than ever before, employers are challenged from both a legal and political perspective for failing to diversify the workplace. Equality advocates as well as those who attempt to diversify their companies face obstacles within the workplace, namely inadequate resources or uncertainty about their appropriate role or approach in dealing with minorities. The building will serve as a learning hub, used by both persons with intellectual disabilities and people who are commonly referred to as able bodied. It will function as a level between education (if any) and the period before entering the workplace. The learning hub will afford persons with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to explore their capabilities in environments similar to that of a workplace and gain knowledge and experience prior to entering the workplace. The program envisaged in this thesis will demonstrate that this intervention is mutually bene cial to a company and the individual with an intellectual disability. In the first instance, the employer acquires knowledge and skills to act as a catalyst in enabling the transition of a person with an intellectual disability into the workplace to augment inclusivity. Secondly, the person with an intellectual disability through the program will be clothed with knowledge and expertise enabling meaningful participation amongst able-bodied employees. The transformation within workplaces as a result of the knowledge gained through this centre should create an enabling environment that incorporates the individual’s needs or one that best satis es their needs. The support by the employer is vital in the outcome and success of integrating people with disabilities into the social framework. The building is developed around a range of interactive programs between those with intellectual disabilities and people acting as the supervisors from workplaces. The supervisors, through training will be best placed to oversee progression and be empathetic toward staff with intellectual disabilities. This will enable them to transfer their knowledge and expertise of dealing with and accommodating employees with intellectual disabilities to their respective workplaces. A mock work environment will form the basis of the experiential training ground and in conjunction with job sampling will establish where a user will be best suited within the work environment. Public facilities encourage members of the public to become active participants within the space providing exposure and understanding towards those with intellectual disabilities. The centre is expected to be both accessible and lasting and will mediate experiential training and aligning it to workplace practices. The centre will be a vital space to enhance inclusion and for producing sustainable change for this marginalised group of persons. The building is located within an educational precinct on Melle Street, Braamfontein. The site which is in close proximity to the Central Business District allows for the centre to feed into businesses and vice versa. The location also allows for easy access to people from all over Johannesburg utilising various transport methods. The site being amid universities and schools ensures integration and optimum use, for educational facilities to link into this program. It also allows for social cohesion through exposure between the users of the building and other students in the surrounding area. / EM2017

This dissertation is concerned with the issues surrounding substitute family care in the Czech Republic and presents an analysis of its legal regulation as set out in both private law and public law regulations. The term substitute family care encompasses several independent legal institutions, which together form a system serving to protect children at risk who cannot grow up in their own family. The system of substitute care is divided into family-type individual care on the one hand and collective care provided in institutional facilities on the other. This dissertation examines the historical development of forms of substitute care, analyses their current legal regulation, including procedural regulation, and evaluates the interconnectedness and mutual harmoniousness of individual legal regulations. It analyses the inner workings of the substitute care system and delineates the rights and obligations of entities which enter into it in various capacities, with an emphasis on how the fulfilment of the rights of a minor is enforced and how their best interest is considered. Given the subject matter, the topic of the dissertation is approached in an interdisciplinary fashion, for the interdisciplinary cooperation of individual persons acting on behalf of the state in the legal relations of...

No Brasil, historicamente predominou uma cultura de institucionalização da infância pobre. A doutrina jurídica praticada ao longo do tempo, as concepções de família e criança, a desigualdade social influenciam as práticas de atendimento à infância. O Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente prevê que o abrigo em entidade é medida provisória e excepcional. Esta pesquisa objetiva caracterizar a situação do abrigamento de crianças de zero a seis anos em Ribeirão Preto, nos quatro abrigos que atendem essa faixa etária, focando: caracterização das crianças abrigadas e suas famílias (dados sócio-demográficos) e caracterização da trajetória do abrigamento. Os dados foram coletados pela pesquisadora, também psicóloga do Fórum de Ribeirão Preto-SP. Pesquisou-se o período de abril/2003 a abril/2005, nos prontuários/pastas das crianças nos abrigos, no banco de dados do Setor de Serviço Social e Psicologia do Fórum e nos processos dessas crianças na Vara da Infância e Juventude do Tribunal de Justiça. Foram utilizadas duas fichas para coleta de dados, uma relativa à criança e à trajetória do abrigamento e outra relativa à família. Além disso, como procedimentos auxiliares para compreensão da realidade realizaram-se entrevistas com os coordenadores dos abrigos, conselheiros tutelares, presidente do Conselho Municipal dos Direitos da Criança e Adolescente de Ribeirão Preto e, com atores sociais em Porto Alegre-RS. Considerando a complexidade do fenômeno, o referencial teórico-metodológico a orientar a coleta e análise deste trabalho é a perspectiva da Rede de Significações. Dentre alguns dos resultados ressalta-se significativa ausência de informações sobre as crianças e suas famílias; 258 crianças foram abrigadas no período; 59% meninos; 51% afros-descendentes; 50% sem informação sobre terem pai; 78% têm irmãos, 55% recebem visitas familiares; 27% estiveram abrigados anteriormente; 86% moram em bairros situados nas zonas mais pobres. Para as famílias, predominância de afros-descendentes; mães como únicas responsáveis pelos filhos; pais com baixa escolaridade, desemprego ou trabalhos que exigem pouca qualificação e oferecem baixos salários; reduzido número de registros de encaminhamentos para programas de atendimento à família. Sobre motivo do abrigamento, predominância de negligência, abandono e falta temporária de condições, associado à dificuldade financeira da família; significativos períodos de institucionalização tanto curtos de até cinco dias quanto longos de um ano ou mais; 63% das crianças retornaram à família de origem e 13% foram adotadas. Um abrigo é municipal, os demais ONGs; apresentam restrições de dias/horários para visitas familiares; apenas dois fazem trabalhos de reintegração familiar e acompanhamento pós-desabrigo. As instituições são atravessadas por mudanças políticas e contextuais, trazendo (des)continuidades no cuidado provido e diferenças nas formas de (não)fazer o registros dos dados. Observaram-se dificuldades de articulação entre os atores envolvidos no abrigamento; dificuldades em delimitar critérios para realizar abrigamentos e desabrigamentos e insuficiência na oferta de políticas públicas. Ao dar visibilidade para as crianças e famílias, a pesquisa contribui com diretrizes atuais de mapeamento local, bem como desnuda a dinâmica do abrigamento. Através dos indicadores pode contribuir para alteração dessa realidade: criação e manutenção do sistema de registros dos dados das crianças e famílias; subsídios para a formulação de políticas públicas a esse segmento. / The institutionalization of poor children has historically and culturally predominated in Brazil. The juridical doctrine practiced over time, the conceptions about family and children, and the social inequality all have influenced the child care services. In Brazil, the Child and Adolescent Statute foresees that \"keeping the child in foster institution\" is a transient and peculiar measure. The objective of the present research is to characterize the institutional situation of children aged 0 to 6 years old who live in four foster institutions situated in Ribeirão Preto by examining the sheltered children and their families (socio-demographic data) as well as their path towards institutionalization. Data were collected by the researcher, who is also psychologist of the Court of Ribeirão Preto, SP. The period of time between April 2003 and April 2005 was studied and the corresponding records/files were obtained from the childrens foster institutions, from the Psychology and Social Services database, and from the court processes. Two types of data were collected, namely, one relative to both children and their path towards institutionalization and other relative to their family. Besides, further procedures were performed in order to better understand the real situation of the children: interviews with coordinators of the shelters, tutor-counsellors, Chairman of the Ribeirão Preto Council for Child\'s and Adolescents Rights, and social actors in Porto Alegre, RS. Considering the complexity of the phenomenon, the theoretical-methodological basis to guide both data collection and study analysis involves the perspective of the Network of Meanings. Among the results, the most significant one was the lack of information on the children and their families; 258 children were sheltered in the period of study; 59% were boys; 51% were afro-descending; 50% knew nothing about their father; 78% had siblings; 55% received family visits; 27% had been previously sheltered; and 86% lived in poor areas. Their families were predominantly afro-descending; the mothers were the only responsible for the children; their parents had low educational level and most of them were unemployed or worked in low-qualification jobs with lower wages; and they had a reduced number of referrals to family social programs. The reasons for institutionalization include negligence, abandonment and transitory lack of social conditions in association with financial difficulties. The length of institutionalization ranged from short periods of five days to longer periods of one year or more; 63% of the children returned to their family of origin, and 13% were adopted. One of the foster institution is municipal and the other ones are ONGs, and all have time restrictions regarding family visits. Only two foster institutions have programs for family reintegration and post-institutionalization follow-up. These institutions suffer political and contextual changes, often resulting in care interruption and differences in the method of recording the data. Arrangement difficulties were observed among the actors involved in establishing criteria for institutionalization and (de)institutionalization in addition to the lack of public policy. By giving visibility to such children and families, the present research provides updated local mapping guidelines as well as reveals the dynamics of institutionalization. Through these indicators, this reality can be changed as follows: creation and maintenance of a recording data system for children and their families, and subsidies for formulating public policies to this population.