The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine whether and how Canadian occupational therapists contribute to child care inclusion. Over 200 Canadian paediatric occupational therapists completed a web based survey identifying the nature of their practice related to inclusion. Findings confirmed that Canadian occupational therapists do support child care inclusion, and that some characteristics of their practice and clients influence the degree of inclusive practice. Results also suggested that occupational therapists could improve their support for child care inclusion by increasing their focus on institutional environments, increasing referrals to child care programs, and increasing the amount of time spent in child care environments. Further study is required to provide a more in-depth understanding of occupational therapy and child care inclusion; this might be best accomplished through qualitative study of practices of occupational therapists identified to be most inclusive in this study.

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The thesis summarizes and subsequently describes and evaluates contemporary knowledge, development and structure of early medieval settlement in the northwestern part of the Czech Republic. Emphasis is placed on the spatial relation of settlements and burial grounds to local selected features of the natural environment, which is evaluated on the basis of graphical representation and statistical processing in individual periods of czech early Middle Ages. The spatial context and the distribution of the settlement in the landscape are also evaluated. Spatial settlement properties are processed into catalogs and are handled in GIS and statistical tools. The resulting model is rather of a general nature because it is the first comprehensive treatment of the early medieval settlement in this part of Bohemia and is thus discussed from a methodological point of view.

Este trabalho aborda o licenciamento ambiental no Brasil como um instrumento de planejamento, com especial ênfase na atuação dos municípios. O licenciamento ambiental, além de ser um mecanismo técnico, administrativo e jurídico capaz de auxiliar os empreendimentos para que causem os menores impactos possíveis ao ambiente, é também um instrumento de planejamento integrado e estratégico, capaz de promover o desenvolvimento sustentado. Os municípios, reconhecidos como entes federados podem e devem exercer a gestão ambiental municipal e, no tocante ao licenciamento, efetuarem aqueles referentes às atividades definidas como de impacto local. Em cada licença gerada poderão exercer através deste instrumento o fundamento para o planejamento urbano, estratégico, social, econômico e ambiental, garantindo proteção dos recursos naturais para a população atual e às futuras gerações. Para este estudo, foram coletados dados através de uma pesquisa em 78 municípios no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, sendo gerados índices de desempenho. Estes dados permitem sustentar que o ente federado município, apesar de dificuldades particulares a cada caso, pode exercer seu papel constitucional na esfera ambiental, pois além da proximidade com os empreendimentos, a população local tem possibilidade de participar do contexto, auxiliando a administração A participação popular também pode contribuir para o melhor direcionamento dos recursos e ações, colaborando para desenvolvimento local, com menores impactos ao meio ambiente. A pesquisa demonstrou que o Sistema Municipal de Meio Ambiente é viável e protege o meio ambiente através da atuação dos agentes públicos. Este sistema proporciona, num país de grandes dimensões, a possibilidade de proteger o meio ambiente e desenvolver as atividades humanas de forma sustentável. Entretanto, mesmo os municípios que efetuam licenciamentos ambientais locais, carecem de apoio e capacitação técnica permanente e dentre as várias prioridades, a educação ambiental fica em segundo plano da mesma forma que em outras esferas de governo. / This work deals with environmental licensing in Brazil as a planning instrument, with special emphasis on the actions of municipalities. Environmental licensing, besides being a technical, administrative and legal mechanism capable of helping enterprises to cause the least possible impacts to the environment, is also an integrated and strategic planning tool capable of promoting sustained development. Municipalities, recognized as federated entities can and should exercise municipal environmental management and, in relation to licensing, carry out actions related to activities defined as local impact. In each generated license, they will be able to exercise through this instrument the foundation of urban, strategic, social, economic and environmental planning, guaranteeing the protection of natural resources for the current population and future generations. For this study, data were collected through 78 municipalities survey in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, generating performance indexes These data allow to argue that the federated municipality, in spite of particular difficulties in each case, can exercise its constitutional role in the environmental sphere, since besides the proximity to the enterprises, the local population has the possibility to participate in the context, helping the administration.Popular participation can also contribute to better targeting of resources and actions, collaborating for local development, with less impact to the environment. The survey analysis showed the Municipal Environmental System viability and protecting the environment through the actions of public agents.This system provides, in a large country and a state with financial and technical difficulties, that it is possible to protect the environment and to develop human activities in a sustainable way.However, even municipalities that carry out local environmental licensing have a lack of permanent technical support and training, and among the various priorities, environmental education has been in second place in the same way as in other government spheres.

Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) characteristically exhibit social communication and language deficits. Natural environment teaching (NET) is an intervention proven effective at improving social communication and language skills. Treatment fidelity is critical for an intervention to be effective. Research shows that training alone is often not sufficient to ensure proper implementation. Self-monitoring has shown to increase treatment fidelity, but performance feedback may be necessary to further improve the fidelity of individuals implementing interventions. Using a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design across participants with an ABC sequence, this study evaluated the impact of self-monitoring and video feedback on behavior therapist implementation of NET procedures and maintenance of the skills during fading. Results indicated that self-monitoring slightly improved fidelity of implementation. Fidelity improved further with the addition of video feedback. The results also indicated that implementation of NET with fidelity by the therapists led to improvement in participating children's verbal language skills.

In the centre of today’s education there is the individuality of a pupil, the completeness of the education of a personality and the formation of the value-system. It is essential to look for the ways of the individual realization of these new requirements. The application and efficiency of artistical methods as the elements of individualization on purpose to plant aesthetical feelings and the delight in nature in the lessons of natural sciences are researched. The object of the research is the elements of the individualization of the aesthetical relation of the pupils with the natural environment. The aim of the research is to determine the elements of the individualization of the aesthetical relation of the pupils of the 5th and the 6th forms with the natural environment in the lessons of “The nature and the human”. The goals of the research: to reason theoretically the assumptions of the formation of the aesthetical relation with the natural environment in the educational aspect. To reveal the peculiarities of the aesthetical relation of the pupils with the natural environment. To characterize the elements of the individualization of the aesthetical relation of the pupils with the natural environment. The hypothesis of the research. The aesthetical relation of the pupils with the natural environment is being brought up-to-date if it is allowed in the educational process to observe individually and to experience aesthetically the natural environment. The methodology of the... [to full text]

Children have the rights to have access to environments where they can develop their motor skills and where they can stimulate their fantasy. Nature and places around the preschool should be prioritized for play and activity, like the outdoor-play that takes place on the preschool yard does. A survey was conducted to study preschool’s accessibility to physical activity outside the preschool yard, and the result showed that preschool’s around Sweden have good opportunities to stay in the local environment around the preschool.  The geographical location matters because the accessibility to physical activity in preschool’s located centrally in a city, have less opportunities to stay in the local environment. / Barn har rätt att få tillgång till miljöer där de kan utveckla sin motorik och stimulera sin fantasi. Naturen och platser runt omkring förskolan bör prioriteras till lek och aktivitet, lika som den utelek som sker på den inhängda gården gör. En enkätundersökning gjordes för att studera förskolors tillgänglighet till fysisk aktivitet utanför förskolegården. Resultatet visade att förskolor i Sverige generellt har goda möjligheter till att vistas i närmiljöer. Det geografiska läget på förskolan har dock en viss betydelse då möjligheterna till fysisk aktivitet i närmiljöerna är mindre på förskolor belägna centralt i en stad.

Nos ambientes aquáticos tropicais, o crescimento das macrófitas aquáticas é favorecido pelas altas temperaturas e elevada intensidade de radiação solar. Nestas condições, tal crescimento pode subsidiar efetivamente a manutenção das cadeias tróficas e os fluxos de energia dos ambientes aquáticos naturais ou até mesmo construídos. Considerando que as alterações ao longo do tempo na diversidade das macrófitas aquáticas ocorrem pelas variações na biomassa e na abundância relativa das espécies, o presente trabalho limitou sua pesquisa a espécie Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. Deste modo, são apresentados dois artigos científicos desenvolvidos sobre o tema: um enfocando o ambiente natural e as relações alométricas foliares da espécie com sua biomassa e outro desenvolvido em ambiente construído (estação de tratamento de efluentes) onde foram introduzidos exemplares da espécie com o objetivo de avaliar a capacidade depuradora em um sistema aquático contendo cromo e sua reação ao elemento químico. A conexão dos dois artigos desenvolvidos está no fato de que o primeiro faz uma definição e avaliação detalhada da metodologia a ser utilizada (não destrutiva) e o segundo aplica o método, já devidamente aferido, em plantas desenvolvidas em ambiente construído e com acentuada concentração de contaminantes. Desta forma, o presente trabalho, além de estabelecer uma nova metodologia de determinação de biomassa vegetal com base em dados alométricos, utiliza o mesmo para definir a eficiência de Eichhornia crassipes no processo de depuração de efluentes da indústria de couro. / In tropical aquatic environments, the growth of the aquatic macrophytes is favored had to the high temperatures and the raised intensities of solar radiation. In these conditions, such growth can effectively subsidize the maintenance of the trophic chains and the flows of energy of natural aquatic environments or even though constructed. Considering that the alterations in the diversity of aquatic macrophytes throughout the time occur for the substitution and variations in the biomass and relative abundance of the species, the present work limited its research the species Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms and presents two developed scientific articles on the subject: one focusing the natural environment and the allometry leaf relations of the species with its biomass and developed other in constructed environment (station of treatment of effluent) where had been introduced exemplary of the specimen with the objective to evaluate the depurant capacity in aquatic system contends chromium and its reaction to the chemical element. The connect of two produced articles is in the fact of that the first one makes a definition and detailed evaluation of the methodology to be used (not destructive) and as it applies the method, already duly surveyed, in plants developed in environment constructed and with accented concentration of contaminantes. In such a way, the present work, beyond establishing a new methodology of determination of vegetal biomass on the basis of given allometric, uses the same to define the efficiency of Eichhornia crassipes in the process of purification of effluent of the leather industry.

Este trabalho aborda o licenciamento ambiental no Brasil como um instrumento de planejamento, com especial ênfase na atuação dos municípios. O licenciamento ambiental, além de ser um mecanismo técnico, administrativo e jurídico capaz de auxiliar os empreendimentos para que causem os menores impactos possíveis ao ambiente, é também um instrumento de planejamento integrado e estratégico, capaz de promover o desenvolvimento sustentado. Os municípios, reconhecidos como entes federados podem e devem exercer a gestão ambiental municipal e, no tocante ao licenciamento, efetuarem aqueles referentes às atividades definidas como de impacto local. Em cada licença gerada poderão exercer através deste instrumento o fundamento para o planejamento urbano, estratégico, social, econômico e ambiental, garantindo proteção dos recursos naturais para a população atual e às futuras gerações. Para este estudo, foram coletados dados através de uma pesquisa em 78 municípios no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, sendo gerados índices de desempenho. Estes dados permitem sustentar que o ente federado município, apesar de dificuldades particulares a cada caso, pode exercer seu papel constitucional na esfera ambiental, pois além da proximidade com os empreendimentos, a população local tem possibilidade de participar do contexto, auxiliando a administração A participação popular também pode contribuir para o melhor direcionamento dos recursos e ações, colaborando para desenvolvimento local, com menores impactos ao meio ambiente. A pesquisa demonstrou que o Sistema Municipal de Meio Ambiente é viável e protege o meio ambiente através da atuação dos agentes públicos. Este sistema proporciona, num país de grandes dimensões, a possibilidade de proteger o meio ambiente e desenvolver as atividades humanas de forma sustentável. Entretanto, mesmo os municípios que efetuam licenciamentos ambientais locais, carecem de apoio e capacitação técnica permanente e dentre as várias prioridades, a educação ambiental fica em segundo plano da mesma forma que em outras esferas de governo. / This work deals with environmental licensing in Brazil as a planning instrument, with special emphasis on the actions of municipalities. Environmental licensing, besides being a technical, administrative and legal mechanism capable of helping enterprises to cause the least possible impacts to the environment, is also an integrated and strategic planning tool capable of promoting sustained development. Municipalities, recognized as federated entities can and should exercise municipal environmental management and, in relation to licensing, carry out actions related to activities defined as local impact. In each generated license, they will be able to exercise through this instrument the foundation of urban, strategic, social, economic and environmental planning, guaranteeing the protection of natural resources for the current population and future generations. For this study, data were collected through 78 municipalities survey in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, generating performance indexes These data allow to argue that the federated municipality, in spite of particular difficulties in each case, can exercise its constitutional role in the environmental sphere, since besides the proximity to the enterprises, the local population has the possibility to participate in the context, helping the administration.Popular participation can also contribute to better targeting of resources and actions, collaborating for local development, with less impact to the environment. The survey analysis showed the Municipal Environmental System viability and protecting the environment through the actions of public agents.This system provides, in a large country and a state with financial and technical difficulties, that it is possible to protect the environment and to develop human activities in a sustainable way.However, even municipalities that carry out local environmental licensing have a lack of permanent technical support and training, and among the various priorities, environmental education has been in second place in the same way as in other government spheres.

Nos ambientes aquáticos tropicais, o crescimento das macrófitas aquáticas é favorecido pelas altas temperaturas e elevada intensidade de radiação solar. Nestas condições, tal crescimento pode subsidiar efetivamente a manutenção das cadeias tróficas e os fluxos de energia dos ambientes aquáticos naturais ou até mesmo construídos. Considerando que as alterações ao longo do tempo na diversidade das macrófitas aquáticas ocorrem pelas variações na biomassa e na abundância relativa das espécies, o presente trabalho limitou sua pesquisa a espécie Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. Deste modo, são apresentados dois artigos científicos desenvolvidos sobre o tema: um enfocando o ambiente natural e as relações alométricas foliares da espécie com sua biomassa e outro desenvolvido em ambiente construído (estação de tratamento de efluentes) onde foram introduzidos exemplares da espécie com o objetivo de avaliar a capacidade depuradora em um sistema aquático contendo cromo e sua reação ao elemento químico. A conexão dos dois artigos desenvolvidos está no fato de que o primeiro faz uma definição e avaliação detalhada da metodologia a ser utilizada (não destrutiva) e o segundo aplica o método, já devidamente aferido, em plantas desenvolvidas em ambiente construído e com acentuada concentração de contaminantes. Desta forma, o presente trabalho, além de estabelecer uma nova metodologia de determinação de biomassa vegetal com base em dados alométricos, utiliza o mesmo para definir a eficiência de Eichhornia crassipes no processo de depuração de efluentes da indústria de couro. / In tropical aquatic environments, the growth of the aquatic macrophytes is favored had to the high temperatures and the raised intensities of solar radiation. In these conditions, such growth can effectively subsidize the maintenance of the trophic chains and the flows of energy of natural aquatic environments or even though constructed. Considering that the alterations in the diversity of aquatic macrophytes throughout the time occur for the substitution and variations in the biomass and relative abundance of the species, the present work limited its research the species Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms and presents two developed scientific articles on the subject: one focusing the natural environment and the allometry leaf relations of the species with its biomass and developed other in constructed environment (station of treatment of effluent) where had been introduced exemplary of the specimen with the objective to evaluate the depurant capacity in aquatic system contends chromium and its reaction to the chemical element. The connect of two produced articles is in the fact of that the first one makes a definition and detailed evaluation of the methodology to be used (not destructive) and as it applies the method, already duly surveyed, in plants developed in environment constructed and with accented concentration of contaminantes. In such a way, the present work, beyond establishing a new methodology of determination of vegetal biomass on the basis of given allometric, uses the same to define the efficiency of Eichhornia crassipes in the process of purification of effluent of the leather industry.