Journal of Exceptional People, 2015 (vol. 4), issue 6

Introduction

Introduction

Pavel Svoboda, Jan Chrastina

J. Except. People 2015, 4(1):5-6

Scientific paper

Possibilities for early diagnosis of auditory discrimination in preschool children with impaired communication ability

Yveta Odstrčilíková

J. Except. People 2015, 4(1):57-71

This paper is a brief insight into research focused on auditory distinction in preschool aged children utilizing words with high and low spoken vowels and consonants, by whispered and loud speech, screening with an orientational hearing test and subsequent comparison with the results of auditory perception of high and low pitched tones using a portable audiological device.The issue of examining the weakening of auditory perception as a separate component in the development of children's speech is adressed through multidisciplinary cooperation between the Ministries of Health and Education. The examination of auditory perception in children with...

Partial cognitive functions affecting reading method of pupils with mild intellectual disabilities

Jana Ďorďovičová, Bibiána Hlebová, Veronika Palková

J. Except. People 2015, 4(1):89-101

This paper deals with the analysis of reading method (syllables reading and fluent reading) and the level of partial cognitive functions of pupils with mild intellectual disabilities educated in terms of school integration in elementary school. To identify pupils' performance in reading competence (reading method) we used pedagogical diagnostics of reading of younger students as a research tool (Čižmarovič, Kalná 1991). For detecting the level of partial cognitive functions we applied a research tool called T-254 deficits of partial functions (Sindelarová, adapted Černý 2008). Moreover, 46 four-grade students (20 girls, 26 boys) aged 10-12 years attending...

Comparison of Automatic, Manual and Real User Experience Based Testing of Accessibility of Web Sites for Persons with Visual Impairment

Vojtech Regec

J. Except. People 2015, 4(1):117-123

The aim of this paper is to compare different models of accessibility evaluation of websites. It describes various aspects of automatic, manual and user based forms of accessibility evaluation in the context of visual impairment. Automatic analysis of accessibility implemented with the use of special programs brings exact evaluation findings based on the source code, style sheets, scripts, and other parts of the website. We found that the exactness of these findings does correspond with the real-life results based on actual accessibility experienced by persons with visual disabilities. The presented results of individual researches show a big variance...

Overview essay

Puppet therapy in the group of preschool children

Barbora Kováčová

J. Except. People 2015, 4(1):7-18

The article refers to puppet therapy and also to an increasing theoretical and scientific platform of dramatherapy and play therapy. The theoretical and research background becomes the base for creating the applicability concept of therapy with a puppet in our conditions. It is extended by the research findings that have been made by the author of the article.

Analysis of three approaches in dramatherapy

Ivana Lištiaková

J. Except. People 2015, 4(1):19-30

The article presents an analysis of three approaches in dramatherapy: role theory, psychodrama and developmental transformations. Particular approaches were selected regarding their central position and long tradition among dramatherapeutic schools of thought in the North American and European context, especially at New York University. The analysis was based on comparing and contrasting theoretical background theories of these approaches, their methods and effective factors. Data was collected from literature, research videos of Three approaches in Drama Therapy, as well as personal experience of the author with these approaches as a participant and...

University's care and counseling for students with special needs in special physical education of China

Yun Li, Michal Růžička

J. Except. People 2015, 4(1):31-47

This paper explored the current situation of lacking of the care and counseling in China's universities for students with special needs by using the method of literature investigation, and based on the definition of "university", "care and counseling", "students with special needs" and "special physical education". It argues that with the China's economic and social development, there is a growing demand to accept higher education for students with special needs. The problem of lacking attention in university's special physical education will be more serious if it does not receive due attention. It proposes that the key to solve the problem ought to...

Polylingual education is the most important strategy of development of Kazakhstan

Gaukhar Ismailova

J. Except. People 2015, 4(1):49-56

This article is about the trinity of languages that is considered as one of important conditions of training of the highly qualified specialists demanded in modern labor market, capable not only effectively to carry out the professional and information retrieval activity, but also to carry out successful business and cross-cultural communication.

Possibilities of using museum educational environment for creating projects for pupils with mild mental disabilities

Ivona Dömischová

J. Except. People 2015, 4(1):73-81

The paper focuses in theoretical level on the museum environment that can be used for education of students with mild mental disabilities. Ethnographic Museum in Olomouc is a place that can be used in the context of education for project teaching. We will present a draft of a specific project, which can be used by teachers in primary and special schools.

Music therapy in China

Yue Lu, Yuntong Peng

J. Except. People 2015, 4(1):83-88

This paper proposes to state the research and clinical practice of music therapy in China in the last decade. Two kinds of particular Chinese music therapy methods, five-element and five-note music therapy and music elector-therapy, will be introduced, and the current research situation will also be discussed in this paper.

A survey of juvenile delinquency in Chengdu, PRC

Jiaojiao Wu

J. Except. People 2015, 4(1):103-116

To survey the situation and reasons of juvenile delinquency within Chengdu city, further to provide underpinnings of preventing juvenile delinquency for the government. In August 2011, Chengdu City Women's Federation, Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court and Faculty of Education of Sichuan Normal University jointly launched a three-year "A Survey of Juvenile Delinquency in Chengdu" research project by conducting archival analysis of trial data, in-depth interview, questionnaire survey. 410 cases randomly selected from 7 courts within Chengdu city involving 519 juvenile delinquents have been surveyed. Finding of this survey research found typical...

Book Reviews

The development of haptic and tactile perception in individuals with visual impairment

Tereza Trefilíková

J. Except. People 2015, 4(1):125-126

FINKOVÁ, Dita. Rozvoj hapticko-taktilního vnímání osob se zrakovým postižením. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2011. 119 s. Monografie. ISBN 978-80-244-2742-3.

Best practices in special education in Nigeria

James Abua Ewa

J. Except. People 2015, 4(1):127-129

OYUNDOYIN, J. In T. A. Ajobiewe & K. Adebiyi (Eds.). Access and Quality of Special Educational Needs Service delivery in Nigeria. Ibadan-Nigeria: Glory-Land Publishing Company, 2013.