Summary Swimming is the most suitable branch of athletics for people with various handicaps. Much research is done and many scientific articles are written in foreign countries on the benefits of swimming for the handicapped, therefore there should be no doubt about it. In Lithuania however, little attention is paid to handicapped swimming. Desiring that the handicapped should reach higher levels of achievement, young swimmers should pay more attention to this sport. Because of this reason our objective is to determine disabled adolescents, their parents, swimming couches and municipality council members of Kaunas city attitude toward swimming for disabled like social phenomenon Our tasks were: 1. To determine handicapped adolescent’s knowledge’s about swimming as social phenomenon. 2. To determine handicapped adolescent’s attitude toward swimming training for disabled. 3. To determine handicapped adolescent’s parent’s attitude toward swimming training for disabled. 4. To determine coacher’s from Kaunas city attitude toward disabled children in their swimming classes. 5. To determine the attitude, about swimming for disabled, of municipality council members of Kaunas city and their abilities to improve swimming adaptation for disabled. Used methods: 1. Literature review, 2. Questionnaires, 3. Mathematical statistics We found out that the knowledge of handicapped adolescents about swimming as a branch of athletics is weak and is not dependent on their impairment. Disabled... [to full text]

Tiriamasis darbas, skirtas regos negalią turinčių asmenų situacijai dabartinėje visuomenėje ištirti. Nagrinėjami jau atlikti šioje srityje tyrimai, ir bendros darbines gyventojų nuostatas tiriančios apybraižos. Gilinamasi į regos negalės specifiką, įstayminės bazės teikaimas galimybes, jos pritaikymą, istorinę regos negalią turinčių asmenų įdarbinimo raidą, jų ugdymo paradigmas, teorines neregių ugdymo nuostatas, neregių ir silpnaregių mokinių rengimą gyvenimui, profesinį orientavimą. Kadangi šiuolaikiniame darbe labai svarbus yra kūrybinis darbuotojų potencialas - nagrinėjamos regos tiriamųjų meno suvokimo ir jų kūrybiniai sugebėjimai. Teorinį šio darbo pagrindą sudaro prof. R. Grigo įtampos laukų teorija. Apžvelgiamos ir kitos sociologinės bei ugdymo teorijų paradigmos, jų pritaikomumas tirti problemą. Tyrime naudota kiekybinė anketinė Lietuvos Respublikos RNT (regos negalią turinčių) asmenų apklausa ir kokybinio metodo giluminis interviu su sėkmingiausiai įvairiose veiklos srityse dirbančiais RNT žmonėmis. Nagrinėjamos pagrindinės problemos: RNT asmenų ugdymo ir rengimo darbo rinkai potencialios galimybės, visuomenės pasiruošimas priimti RNT darbuotojus, aplinkos pritaikymas, pačių neįgaliųjų nuostatos ir pasirengimas darbui atviroje darbo rinkoje, problemos, iškylančios darbiniuose kolektyvuose. Tyrimo duomenys leidžia daryti išvadas, kad visuomenė turi per mažai žinių apie RNT asmenų darbines kompetencijas. Specializuotos šalies ugdymo įstaigos nepakankamai parengia... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This study examines the situation of people having sight disability in modern society. It analyses the data of various researches in this area and general outlines in residents’ attitudes towards employment. Theoretical background of this paper is a theory of tension fields by professor R.Grigas. In this study societal paradigms and their applicability to analysis of issues are reviewed. Disability is a physical or mental condition that makes it difficult for someone to use a part of their body properly, or to learn normally. It can be caused by physical, mental or sensory disorders, or by inappropriate therapy. These disorders, states or illnesses can be chronic or transient. Integration is systematic meeting of people who have different abilities for purposeful activity. Social integration is characteristics of the unity of different social groups’ and individual aims. Rehabilitation is coordinated and complex use of medical, social, pedagogical and professional means to achieve one’s maximal functional activity. Attitude is a way of thinking or acting. Attitude can be formed immediately or during a longer period of time acquiring special experience. In the study is used quantitative interviewing of people who live in Lithuania and have sight disability and deep interviewing of those who are successful in their activities. The main issues that are analyzed: how our society is prepared to accept workers having sight disability, how surrounding is adapted for them, how... [to full text]

Sergančiųjų įvairiomis psichikos ligomis nemažėja tiek pasaulyje, tiek Lietuvoje, o aplinkos veiksniai, tokie kaip ekonominis nestabilumas, bedarbystė ir kita, skatina šių sutrikimų didėjimą. Be psichinio funkcionavimo problemų psichikos ligos beveik visada sukelia socialinio funkcionavimo sutrikimus. Sergančiųjų savarankiškumo atstatymui ir jų visavertei integracijai į visuomenę svarbi psichosocialinė reabilitacija, kurios pagrindiniai etapai – intensyvi klinikinė reabilitacija, kol pacientas gydomas ligoninėje, ir socialinių paslaugų teikimas bendruomenės institucijose. Šio darbo tikslas – išanalizuoti ir palyginti žmonių su psichikos sutrikimais reabilitacijos būdus ir galimybes bendruomenėje ir stacionarioje gydymo įstaigoje (Respublikinėje Vilniaus psichiatrijos ligoninėje). Pirmoje darbo dalyje pateikta psichosocialinės reabilitacijos samprata ir svarba, supažindinta su psichiatrijos ligoninėje ir bendruomenėje teikiamomis psichosocialinės reabilitacijos paslaugomis. Tiriamojoje dalyje pateikiami atlikto tyrimo rezultatai. Paaiškėjo, kad asmenys, turintys psichikos sutrikimų, gydydamiesi ligoninėje gauna pakankamai informacijos ir įsitraukia į įvairias reabilitacines užimtumo veiklas pagal saviraiškos poreikius. Tuo tarpu, užimtumo veikloje bendruomenės institucijose dalyvauja ženkliai mažiau tiriamųjų nei ligoninėje. / The number of people with mental trouble has not been decreasing in the whole world as well as in Lithuania. Moreover, the environmental factors such as economical instability, unemployment and other determine the increase of this kind of disorder. Apart from disorder of mental behavior mental diseases almost always evoke disorder of social behavior. Psychosocial aftercare is very important for reestablishment of independency and proper integration of the sick into the society. The main stages of the psychosocial aftercare are intense clinical aftercare while the patient is treated in hospital and social services in community institutions. The goal of the thesis is to analyze and compare different aftercare methods and opportunities in the community and stationary medical institutions (Republican Vilnius psychiatric hospital) for mentally disabled people. The conception and importance of psychosocial aftercare are presented in the first part of the thesis. Moreover, psychosocial aftercare services supplied in psychiatric hospitals and communities are revealed. The second part discloses the results of the research. It has been established that people with mental disability get enough information in hospitals and get involved into different activities of aftercare according to needs of self-expression. On the other hand, less people participate in aftercare activities in community institutions if compared with hospitals.

Le travail analyse des enfants ayant la paralysie cerebrale, qui vivent seulemet avec la mere. Le travail devoile le processus d'education d'enfants. Il est prevu, que la protection et l'education des enfants malades de PC ne doivent pas diminuer leur independance, originalite personnelle, leur aplomb.

The development of the social service for the disabled is inseparable part of the development of the common social service system. The disabled provided with stationary and non – stationary services by institutions of various jurisdictions. Stationary care is one of the most common forms of social service in Lithuania, which purpose is to create living conditions, which do not interfere with the human dignity and ensuring as far as possible a better quality of living for the caring necessary people by stimulating their ability to take care for themselves and to integrate themselves into society. This purpose urges the staff of the social care institution, which is also partly in charge of the patients’ mental health care, to apply not only universally but also scientifically based knowledge that enables to fulfil the expectations, wishes, well-being of the disabled and helps to ensure the high quality of treatment as well as properly balanced care service. The work purpose - to uncover the main work spheres of the different structure social care institutions and provided service possibilities, which the best satisfy the inhabitants’ requirements. Writing the work it has been fulfilled laws, standard acts regulating work of stationary institution, nonfiction literature analysis, and estimations. In the work presented the theoretical material about providing services for the people with mental disability, importance of psycho – social rehabilitation, singularities of... [to full text]

The family is like a growing children’s cradle. There, it is formed child’s character qualities and ethics. Relationship between parents and family’s traditions become an instrument of education in the family and help the child to gain some meaningful experience. Different types of the families are discussed in this work: the meaning of psychological climate to child’s education is being emphasized. Also, different types of education in the family are opened. When we talk about the families that have got disabled children, we can say that such families have some features: exaggerated care, avoiding of changes. The aim of this work is to establish the influence of education on the child’s with special needs feelings at school. The main problem is the system of factors which decides feelings and self-confidence of children with special needs. The research was carried out in two Anykščiai gymnasiums and in one secondary school in Anykščiai district. Respondents: children with special needs, their parents and class teachers. There were opened these types of families that have children with special needs during the research: · the families where good relationships predominate; · the families where attention is paid to the child’s education of independence; · the families trusting their child; · strict families. During the research, children’s with special needs feelings in the family and at school were opened. The results of the research confirmed hypothesis that there is... [to full text]

The following MA written work is about the cooperation between the parents and the specialists (the working staff of the educational institution), educating the students of the age from 12 till 21 years old with complex disability. The students with the complex disability are known as the students with many intellectual, hearing, visual, body and position, speech and communication disorders. During the educational process of the students with complex disability, of the age from 12 to 21 years old, many difficulties are coming up. They are: the difficulty to estimate the level of their perception, the difficulty to adapt the programs, the difficulty to fix the impact of the program on the child’s development. The fist step educating these students is to realize their physical and intellectual abilities, their state of health and the needs of their family. The working staff of the educational institution and the parents of the students with complex disability creating and putting into practice in their everyday life an education plan, come to realize that working together in a team is an effective way to achieve the goals set in the education plan. The parents need to be motivated to become active participants, to be open to explain what kind of assistance they expect, what kind of help they need. Here are the conclusions made according to the results of the research: § It became clear, that the specialists are cooperating with the parents of the students with complex... [to full text]

Specialiosios pedagogikos magistriniame darbe Lietuvoje pirmą kartą bandoma: moksliškai pagrįsti judėjimo negalią turinčių asmenų dailinio ugdymo galimybes neformaliojo švietimo proce-se, siekiant ugdyti jų naujus socialinius adaptacinius įgūdžius, aktyviai įtraukiant į socialinę veiklą; skatinti ugdytinių dailinę saviraišką, išryškinant jos terapinį poveikį, t.y. padedant įsisąmoninti ne-galės poveikyje pasikeitusio gyvenimo prasmę, priimti ir išspręsti atsiradusias dvasines ir psichikos problemas, susikurti naują Aš vaizdą, atstatyti pusiausvyrą tarp savęs ir aplinkos. Tyrimo objektas: suaugusiųjų asmenų, turinčių judėjimo negalią, meninė socializacija. Tyrimo tikslas: nustatyti neįgaliųjų socializacijos galimybes dailinio ugdymo procese. Uždaviniai: 1) išanalizuoti teorinius tyrimo problemos pagrindus ir negalią turinčių asmenų socializacijos paradigmas; 2) diagnozuoti projekte dalyvaujančių ugdytinių dailinės saviraiškos galimybes taikant inova-tyvius metodus; 3) pagrįsti dailinės saviraiškos įtaką judėjimo negalią turinčio suaugusio asmens psichologi-nės reabilitacijos procesui ir jo rezultatams ugdomojo projekto metu; 4) pateikti tyrimo išvadas ir rekomendacijas. Tyrimo metu adaptuotos ir aprobuotos inovatyvių – Asmeninės prasmės įsisąmoninimo (APM) ir Emocinio imitavimo (EIM) – metodų galimybės specialiųjų poreikių asmenų dailinio ug-dymo procese. APM taikymo sėkmę akcentuoja tokios pagrindinės metodinės nuostatos: 1) kūrinio pažinimo individualumas, percepcijos... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / For the first time in Lithuania in postgraduate study of special educology it is attempting to substantiate scientifically the potential of artistic training for people with physical disability in the process of informal education on purpose to develop their new social adaptation skills actively involving them into social action; to promote artistic self-expression highlighting its therapeutic effect, that means helping people to realize the meaning of life that has been changed with an effect of disability, accept and solve psychic and mind problems, develop new view of himself, re-establish the balance between himself and environment. The object of research: artistic socialization of physically disabled adult people. The goal of research: to estimate the potential of disabled people socialization in the process of artistic education. Tasks: 1. to analyze theoretic background of research problem and paradigms of disabled people socialization; 2. diagnose artistic self-expression potential using innovative methods for participants of the project; 3. substantiate the effect of artistic self-expression to the process of psychological rehabilitation of people with motional disorder and to results during educational project; 4. adduce conclusions and recommendations of the research. In the period of the research there were adapted and approved innovative opportunities of methods – Personal Experience Awareness (PEA) and Emotional Imitation (EIM) in the process of artistic... [to full text]

Tyrimo tikslas – įvertinti fizinę negalią turinčių suaugusių asmenų reakcijų į savo negalią ir socialinio aktyvumo sąsajas. Tyrime dalyvavo tik fizinę negalią įgiję asmenys. Respondentai turėjo užpildyti klausimyną internetu: www.manoapklausa.lt/apklausa/339854072/. Nuoroda buvo nusiųsta į www.draugija.lt, studijuojantiems VDU studentams, su įgyta fizine negalia, o taip pat individualiai buvo prašoma kiekvieno neįgalaus žmogaus, kuriuos pažįsta šio darbo magistrantas. Apklausa truko apie 10 savaičių. Tyrime buvo naudoti du klausimynai: Neįgaliųjų reakcijoms į savo negalią analizuoti buvo naudojamas „Reactions to Impairment and Disability Inventory” klausimynas (“Reakcijos į sveikatos pablogėjimą ir negalią”). Fizinę negalią turinčių suaugusių asmenų socialiniam aktyvumui analizuoti, buvo naudojamas „Work and Social Adjustment Scale“ (WSAS) – „Darbo ir socialinio aktyvumo“ skalė. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, jog vyrų grupėje žemėjantys socialinio aktyvumo rodikliai yra susiję su labiau pasireiškiančiomis šoko reakcijomis, nerimo, liūdesio, vidinio pykčio, ir išorinio priešiškumo reakcijomis. Moterų grupėje žemėjantys socialinio aktyvumo rodikliai yra susiję su labiau pasireiškiančiomis šoko reakcijomis, nerimo, liūdesio, vidinio pykčio, išorinio priešiškumo reakcijomis. Tačiau didėjantys socialinio aktyvumo rodikliai yra susiję su labiau pasireiškiančia pripažinimo reakcija. Rezultatai rodo, jog Liūdesio ir Išorinio priešiškumo reakcijos nuspėja mažesnį socialinį... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The aim of the study was to assess connections between physically disabled adults' reactions to disability and social activities. The study included only those people who have physical disabilities. Respondents were asked to fill in the questionnaire online: www.manoapklausa.lt/apklausa/339854072/. The link was sent to www.draugija.lt and VDU students with physical disabilities; each disabled person was also given the questions individually . The survey was on for about 10 weeks. We used two questionnaires: "Reactions to Impairment and Disability Inventory". “ Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS)” The research results have shown that indicators of descending social activity in the group of men are associated with such reactions as shock, anxiety, depression, internalized anger, and externalized hostility reactions. Indicators of descending social activity in the womens' group are more associated with shock, anxiety, depression, internalized anger, externalized hostility reactions. However, increasing rates of social activity are associated with acknowledgement response more expressed. The results show that depression and externalized hostility reactions predict reduced social activity. It also predicts the work of social activity: if people with physical disabilities have a job, then they will be more representative of social activity. Other social demographic characteristics (gender, age, education, marital status, willingness / unwillingness to talk with a psychologist... [to full text]

Bakalauro darbe analizuojamas fizinės aplinkos pritaikymas asmenims, turintiems judėjimo negalią, Šiaulių mieste. Suformuluotos hipotezės, kad 1) fizinė aplinka prastai pritaikyta, asmenims turintiems judėjimo negalią, nors fizinės aplinkos pritaikymas neįgaliesiems yra reglamentuotas teisiniuose aktuose; 2) tai sąlygoja nevisavertį socialinį dalyvavimą visuomenės gyvenime; 3) fizinės aplinkos pritaikymas aktualus ne vien neįgaliesiems, bet ir kitai visuomenės daliai. Tyrime dalyvavo 202 atsitiktiniai respondentai, 180 - neturintys judėjimo sutrikimų ir 22 - asmenys, turintys judėjimo negalią. Bei ištirta Šiaulių miesto fizinė aplinka (172 objektai), jos prieinamumas asmenims, turintiems judėjimo negalią. Anketinės apklausos metodu tirta, kaip vertinamas fizinės aplinkos prieinamumas Šiaulių mieste. Fiziškai aktyvių asmenų bei asmenų, turinčių judėjimo negalią, anketų atsakymai lyginami su Šiaulių miesto objektų prieinamumo analize. Analizuojant tyrimo duomenis, ieškota ryšio tarp statistikos, įstatyminių bazių ir realaus fizinės aplinkos pritaikymo asmenims, turintiems judėjimo negalią. Tyrimu nustatyta, jog Šiaulių mieste fizinė aplinka prastai pritaikyta asmenims, turintiems judėjimo negalią, kas įtakoja jų socializaciją bei pastangas tapti visaverčiais visuomenės nariais. Pastebėtas ir bendras visuomenės susirūpinimas dėl neįgaliųjų diskriminacijos (akivaizdžiai netinkamai ar visai nepritaikytos fizinės aplinkos), tačiau konkrečių pasiūlymų kaip šias problemas spręsti... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The bachelor’s paper deals with adaptation of physical setting for the people with motion disability in Siauliai City. The following hypotheses were formulated: 1) physical setting is poorly adapted for the people with motion disability, though such adaptation is regulated in the legal acts; 2) this predetermines limited social participation in the social life; 3) adaptation of physical setting is urgent both for the disabled and for the rest part of community. 180 random respondents without motion disorders and 22 motion-disabled participated in the study. Physical settings of Siauliai City (172 units), their accessibility for motion-disabled people were explored. Questioning survey was used to analyse evaluation of physical setting accessibility in Siauliai City. In order to find adequacy of evaluation of physical setting of physically healthy and motion-disabled people, their responses were compared with accessibility analysis of the sites of Siauliai City. Research result analysis was used to find a link between statistics, legal bases and actual adaptation of physical setting doe motion-disabled people was looked for. The research showed that physical setting is poorly adapted for motion-disabled people in the city, which means their reduced socialization opportunities. General concern regarding discrimination of the disabled was noticed; however there were no specific suggestions on how to solve the problems received. The third hypothesis partially corroborated:... [to full text]