The aim of this research is to show how mentally handicapped young people can be helped in developing their own individuality, sense of self-control and ability to understand their own emotions as well as communicative and social skills through participation in a vocal group.
In the first part of our work mentally handicapped young people’s intelligence is studied. Classification and wide analysis of backward intellect and Down syndrome is shown. Communication, emotions, self-regulation are analysed as the most important aspects which state mentally handicapped young people socialization. Mental handicap illnesses classification is analysed in the first section. Some reasons for suffering from inner underdevelopment of the intelligence, among them various chromosome sets leading to Down syndrome disease and some reasons of outer origin both inherited and got from various negative aspects including birth and other traumata are revealed. In the second section the Down syndrome disease is discussed with its main physical and psychiatric peculiarities. It is underlined that such children should be developed from early childhood and stimulated to be independent. In the third section some aspects of social skills development are analysed. Special attention to self-regulation, emotions and communicative skills is paid. It is stated that the involving of the disabled into systematic and well-organized musical education in a vocal group helps mentally handicapped young people to... [to full text]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050525_110519-16148 |
| Date | 25 May 2005 |
| Creators | Semaškevič, Anželika |
| Contributors | Matonis, Vaidas, Vilkelienė, Aldona, Kievišas, Jonas, Mulevičienė, Jolita, Vilnius Pedagogical University |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Vilnius Pedagogical University |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050525_110519-16148 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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