The aim of this study was to explore refugees experiences of an introduction program in a small Swedish municipality. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with six refugees and was conducted to explore how the introduction program contributed or has not contributed to feelings of being integrated. Our informants have got different backgrounds but have all been forced to flee their home country to Sweden. The interview data was interpreted through earlier research, theories about social exclusion and concepts which were relevant for our study. Our study showed that the informants felt kindly received in the small municipality. The informants emphasizes the small village where segregation among Swedes and refugees was less of a problem. The different parts of the introduction program was of importance, according to the informants, but they also stressed that the introduction program, in itself, isn’t enough to become integrated in the Swedish country. The informants explained that the individual person must take responsibility for its own integration beside taking part of the introduction program. The study showed that the most difficult problems occur when the introduction program is ended and the time to find “established” employment has come.

Specialiųjų poreikių vaikai – tai mūsų visuomenės dalis, todėl būtina gilintis į jų problemų sprendimą, padėti prisitaikyti prie juos supančios aplinkos, pritapti ir surasti savo vietą visuomenėje. Neįgaliųjų vaikų integracija – viena iš aktualiausių diskusijų, mokslinių konferencijų bei mokslinės literatūros temų. Tyrimo tikslas – atskleisti mokinių, besimokančių pagal individualizuotas programas socialinę – edukacinę situaciją mokykloje. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Atlikus mokslinės literatūros analizę, atskleisti mokinių, turinčių specialiųjų poreikių integravimo galimybes. 2. Aptarti mokinių, turinčių specialiųjų poreikių, socialinę – edukacinę situacują instituciniu ( mokyklos ) lygmeniu. 3. Atskleisti mokinių, turinčių specialiųjų poreikių, socialinę- edukacinę situaciją mokymosi veiklos lygmeniu. 4. Aptarti mokinių, turinčių specialiųjų poreikių, socialinę – edukacinę situaciją tarpasmeniniu lygmeniu. Tyrimo metodai: mokslinės literatūros analizė, Q tipo duomenų rinkimas ( anketinė apklausa), lyginamoji analizė, kokybinė ir statistinė duomenų analizė. Anketos parengtos trims respondentų grupėms: 5-9 klasių, specialiųjų poreikių turintiems mokiniams ( 39 mokiniai ), mokytojams ( 23 mokytojai ) ir tėvams ( 27 tėvai) Respondentų nuomone vaikų besimokančių pagal individualizuotas programas, padėtis bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje pasireiškia vienodais lūkesčiais, ugdymo tikslais ir metodais, tai viena iš svarbiausių teigiamos vaiko savijautos... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Special needs childern - is our society, it is necessary to look into thier problems, to adapt to their environment, to adapt and find their place in society. Integration of Disabled Cildern - one of the most pressing debates, conferences and literature themes. Purpose of the survey - to reveal students'learning under individualized programs of national education, the social situation of the school. the tasks were: 1. After the literature analysis, detection of students with special needs into opportunities. 2. Discus pupils with special situation of institutional ( schol) level. 3. Reveal students with special needs, social situation for learning at the operational level. 4. Discuss pupils with special situation of the school interpersonal level. Research methods incultde literature review, Q- type data collection ( guestionnaire ), a comparative analysis of gualitative and statistical data analysis. Profiles of respondents drawn theree groups: 5-9 grade, special needs pupils ( 39 pupils ), teachers ( 23 teachers) and parents ( 27 parents). Felt to be individualized according to childern's learning programs on secondary school gets the same expectations, educational goals and methods, it is one of the most important positive well - being of the child's school history. The study shoved that the individualization of educational programs for student released - a long-term, systematik, planed event. The analysis of pupils... [to full text]

Immigrants are more likely to be unemployed, have temporary jobs and low income, which makes labour market integration an important political challenge. Access to paid work is central for the economic situation and social position in society, but knowledge of factors and policies that improve labour market integration for newly arrived immigrants still remains limited. Prior research point out that integration is a process involving both micro and macro dimension, where individuals gradually approach employment. However, no measure of distance to the labour market exist which can give insight on individuals far away from the labour market. With data from the Public Employment Service, this thesis will develop an index as a way to scale the distance between unemployed and employed. It will look into the dynamics of labour market integration by investigating the hub of active policies aiming at directly affecting the economic situation of immigrant; the introduction programme. A year after finishing the introduction program, there are significant differences in the distance to the labour market and probability of employment between the index groups. The results indicate three main findings; the number of activities, the time until you start an activity and what activities are included in the introduction plan matter for labour market integration. Comparing groups within the index reveals that women, lower educated and individuals arriving as quota refugees are further away from the labour market. In conclusion the index is a useful tool to assess labour market distance and provides a measure with predictive power, even after controlling for individual characteristics.