Framför dig har du nu en studie som berör ämnet självbestämmande ur ett personalperspektiv. Studien bygger på en kvalitativ ansats där empirin har samlats in med hjälp av semistrukturerande intervjuer. De frågeställningar som ställs i denna studie är: Hur kan personal som arbetar med personer med funktionsnedsättning i sitt professionella förhållnings- och arbetssätt ta hänsyn till den enskildes rätt till självbestämmande? När personal och den enskilde har olika åsikter om vad som ska bestämmas för den enskilde, hur utvecklas då rätten till självbestämmande för den enskilde? Vilka normer och värderingar kan bli dominerande från personalens sida när oenighet uppstår mellan personal och den enskilde om vad som ska bestämmas för henom? Det viktigaste resultatet från denna studie är att personalen upplever en svårighet i att den enskilde ska bestämma själv och samtidigt få stöd och hjälp. / In front of you is now a study concerning the subject of self-determination from a perspective of professionals. The study is based on a qualitative approach where empirical data was collected using semi- structuring interviews. The questions posed in this study were: How can staff working with persons with disabilities, in their professional approaches and practices while considering the individuals self-determination? When staff and the individual have different opinions on what to decide in matters concerning the individual, how then develops the autonomy of the individual? What norms and values can become dominating in the professional approach when disagreements arise between staff and the individual about what should be determined for him/her? The key finding from this study is that the staff is experiencing a difficulty in that the individual should decide for yourself while getting support and help.

Summary After its Independence, Lithuania has witnessed to a considerable number of positive changes in the sphere of integration of the disabled. Still, the current situation of the disabled in Lithuania could be called paradoxical. It has reached a critical point and demands radical solutions. On the one hand, the attention and tolerance of the society towards the disabled have been augmenting; on the other hand, the care for the disabled is becoming declaratory. The main and the greatest obstacle for the integration of the disabled into society is a negative attitude towards them; while, on the contrary, a positive attitude is one of the crucial conditions for succesful integration. Although nowadays media has been showing a greater interest in the life of the disabled, the great part of society regards people with a handicap as those who have to live and work seperately. An attitude of traditional segregation of the disabled is disappearing very slowly. People with mental disability are still welcomed with an especially unfavourable attitude. Thus the object of the survey of the diploma – is an attitude towards people with mental disability; and the aim of this work – is to reveal an expression of an affirmative/optimistic attitude towards people with a mental handicap in daily social interaction. Survey tasks 1. To examine and evaluate the attitude of the workers of the day-care center towards people with mental disability; 2. To reveal how the workers manage to... [to full text]

This thesis is focused on the integration of pupils with special educational needs into alternative schools, points out the pros and cons for their education. In the theoretical part are explained in more detail the concepts related to specific learning disorder ADHD and mental retardation. There is characterized by the integration and inclusion of children with this disability and their cooperation with educational assistant. In the end of the given principles of the Waldorf, here is a comprehensive overview of the philosophy, education of pupils at the Waldorf schools. The practical part focuses on the specifics of the educational process at the Waldorf School and the inclusion of children with special educational needs into teaching. In qualitative research, the case study of integrated children and analyzed their professional documentation. Interested observing and working with them is documented their previous education and assessed the appropriateness of including these children to alternative schools.

The diploma thesis deals with the coordinated rehabilitation. Coordinated rehabilitation is a coherent process of medical, educational, vocational and social rehabilitation, whose main objective is to minimalize the consequences, based on the individual's disability. Successful rehabilitation consists in ensuring early, continuous and coordinated efforts of the fastest and widest participation of persons with disabilities in the usual activities of life.The theoretical part consists of six basic chapters. The first one is devoted to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, which is followed by the subchapter dealing with disabilities and consequently mental disabilities. I have focused on people with mental disabilities, as an organization where research was conducted, providing services to these people. The second chapter contains information about coordinated rehabilitation. The remaining chapters deal with the individual components of a coordinated rehabilitation, which are medical, educational, vocational and social rehabilitation. The aims of this thesis is to determine how the system of coordinated rehabilitation is used in the Institute of social care Domečky. A partial aim is to determine the importance of a system of coordinated rehabilitation for clients of the Institute of social care Domečky. There are two research questions in the connection with the thesis aims. The main research question is: How are the individual components of a coordinated rehabilitation applied in the Institute of social care Domečky? The particular research question finds positives provides system of coordinated rehabilitation for clients of the Institute of social care Domečky.Qualitative research was chosen for the practical section of the thesis. I have used the questioning method and the technique of the semi-controlled dialoque, Results were evaluated using the method of make the clusters. The selected group consisted of 11 employees of the Institute of social care Domečky. The respondents have been chosen intentionally, according to the criterion of willingness to participate in research. The results are divided into two sections according to the research questions. The first section deals with the way the use of individual components of the coordinated rehabilitation in the Institute of social care Domečky. These results are also divided by the individual components of coordinated rehabilitation for greater clarity. The first part contains the identification of the respondents. Following parts: medical rehabilitation, educational rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation and social rehabilitation.The second part of results includes the subjective opinions of the respondents on the benefits of coordinated rehabilitation and its benefit to the clients of the organization.The research has shown ignorance of the concept of coordinated rehabilitation. Within medical rehabilitation it was found that health care is provided by nurses and practical doctor. The organization also works with hospitals and polyclinics, which are next to the organization. The research, which is devoted to educational rehabilitation, results divided terminology used in special education. Vocational rehabilitation can be used by clients within a job in the kitchen and the laundry in the organization or employment in the civic association Pferda which offer a job in a cafe, a cleaning company and a bakery.Within the social rehabilitation it was described the relationship of key worker and client and the creation of individual planning. It was clarified the issue of social security benefits when clients receive invalidity pensions, care allowance, alternatively child benefit. From the perspective of respondents the benefit of coordinated rehabilitation is in complex care for clients that is devoted them.

My work deal s with the difficulties of educating mentally disabled children. We familiarize with various definitions and concepts such as mental disability (mental retardation), Down syndrom, alternative schooling, elemantary school, special and practical school and finally home schooling. This work analyzes and locates the ideal form of educating less severely mentally disabled children.

There were many changes in the Czech social system during last years. Many possibilities for people with disabilities appeared in a state and a non-profit sector - more social benefits and social service. The only problem is in their chaotic arrangement. My thesis is concretely focused on potentialities of families with mentally disabled children. In my theoretical part I therefore describe not only mental illnesses and its stages but also a family of a disabled child and parental education. Hereafter I attend to education and socialization of individuals with a mental disability. The second part of theory targets three social principles of the social system {--} the social insurance, state social support and social welfare/care. At the end of this part I mention the significance of non profit organizations for people affected by mental disabilities. Following theoretical is the practical part which aims (and that is my work{\crq}s objective also) to determine the knowledge of parents about our social benefit schemes and support. Specifically this means to chart the current state of affairs {--} informedness functioning. Based upon these results then create an outline (benefits, services) which will help the parents to distinguish more efficiently within all services offered. The survey was carried out by questionnaires. These were intended for parents of mentally disabled children and aimed at their knowledge. The correspondents {--} parents {--} were separated into groups in accordance with their educational background. It emerged from my results that parents with elementary education are feeling well informed whilst parent with higher education do not consider themselves informed although in accordance with their answers they have a better insight into their child{\crq}s options. Generally the majority of the polled (77%) is not feeling informed. The problem is inadequate information system. Respondents also mentioned what they are lacking in most and what they would consider as being most helpful. The most common answers concerned missing comprehensive review, informative brochures and sufficiently informed staff, which I did contemplate. Based upon these results I have conceived an overview of primary options specifically designed for families with mentally disabled children. I may thus claim that both my hypothesis have been confirmed. I behold the anticipated development of my work in merging information about assigned issues with creating a review of primary options for families with a mentally disabled child. I do hope that this work will leastwise improve their awareness.

The thesis discusses the issue of multiple handicaps, and partial functions development, in children. The thesis is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. There is an initial description of individual types of handicaps that are relevant to the topic. It focuses on partial functions and their specific development. The practical part aims at special elementary school education and educational work and methods in an orphanage. The thesis describes particular options of how to develop partial functions of the handicapped children. The thesis is qualitative research using observations, interactions with children and interviews with teachers. The main aim of this work was create a methodology for the evaluation of the children with multiple disabilitie

This thesis is theoretical. It consists of five chapters. The first chapter explains the basic concepts, forms of mental disability and identifies differences between mental retardation and mental illness. The theme of the second chapter is the historical relationship of people with mental disabilities, which are described in various historical periods and methods of care for people with mental disabilities. The third chapter is devoted to the present and the attitude of society towards mentally handicapped people. There are defined the different approaches and current treatment options and services. The fourth chapter takes into account the importance of family in the lives of individuals with mental disabilities. The last chapter reflects the ethical context of the society in relation to people with mental disabilities. This chapter elaborates topics such as dignity, respect and freedom.

This diploma project deals with how a family with mental handicapped child perceives the social environment and the stand of experts on themselves. The work includes basic concepts relating to the issues examined here. The thesis also mentions the importance of ethical codes of expert professions such as doctors, social workers and educators. The way how the doctors should communicate with the parents of handicapped child and how to advise the parents of inconvenient diagnosis. The thesis also deals with how the families put up with diagnosis of their child in different stages. Theoretical chapter explains how the family could be threatened by the social exclusion. The research section describes the data collection, witch was realized by interviews the families of handicapped children. The analysis of responses to predetermined research questions follows the methodology of data collection. Final results are summarized in tables.

The topic I have chosen for my thesis is Guardianship and Legal capacity from the points of view of both clients and professional public. This thesis is divided into a theoretical and a research part. The theoretical part of the thesis presents information on legal capacity, guardianship and also on the person of the guardian. A relatively large space is devoted to guardianship, thus the theoretical part includes information on, among other, appointing and selecting a guardian as well as on the guardian´s rights and obligations and surveillance of the guardian. The thesis also mentions other selected institutes of the Civil Code that can be of assistance to persons with mental disabilities, without limiting their legal capacity. Another topic of importance dealt with in the theoretical part is human rights, both in the sense of general sources of human rights and the sources of rights of persons with intellectual disabilities. Furthermore, the theoretical part of the thesis gives a brief overview of characteristics of persons with mental disabilities and the etiology of mental disability. The research part states findings of the research that was conducted by the strategy of qualitative research. The method of data collection was interrogations and semi-structured interviews. The research group included people with mental disabilities limited in their legal capacities as well as representatives of professional public who are in some way involved in the guardianship institute and who deal with this issue in their work on a daily basis. The main aim of the thesis was to find out how clients with intellectual disabilities and representatives of the professional public perceive guardianship and related issues. In addition, conducted research investigated whether clients know what role the guardian plays in their lives and whether they know their rights and obligations. Last but not least, the views of the professional public on the role of guardian in the client's life and also the experience of the professional public with the application of selected rights and obligations of clients were looked into. Results of the survey have given base to understanding how clients and the professional public perceive guardianship, what their views of rights and obligations of clients and guardians are, how demanding they find to be a guardian and last but not least, what role a guardian should play in their ward´s life.