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Although the issue of life satisfaction is being discussed in various theoretical disciplines, it has not been defined clearly yet. There are many terms that are close to term life satisfaction, such as happiness, well-being, quality of life etc., these are sometimes used interchangeably. This paper introduces an initial research of life satisfaction of individuals with visual impairment in the Czech Republic. The authors used a standardised Questionnaire of Life Satisfaction by Fahrenberg, Myrtek, Schumacher and Brahler (in Rodná, Rodný, 2001) to find out whether the life satisfaction of individuals with visual impairment differs from statistically...
J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):31-44
The area of employing people with health disability is a wide topic. The contribution focuses on the matter of employing people with hearing disability from the Czech sign language interpreters' point of view. The theoretical part focuses on a job interview and a new employee adaptation. From the deaf education point of view, the communication of people with hearing ability and interpreting was mentioned. The method of a structured questionnaire was selected from the empirical methods. Professional interpreters in the Czech Republic were addressed. The contribution is an output of the research and among others it offers a basic summary of problems...
J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):45-55
This study investigates the effect of hearing impairment on academic achievements of secondary school students with hearing impairment in Abeokuta North Local Government Area in Ogun State. To achieve the purpose of the study, three hypotheses were formulated. The experimental design was adopted for the study. A total sample of thirty respondent (15 normal hearing students i.e. control group and 15 hearing impaired students i.e. experimental group) were randomly selected for the study. The selection for the control group i.e. normal hearing students was done through simple random collection to match against the 15 hearing impaired students available...
J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):67-81
Introduction: The main objective of this paper is to analyze the development of cognitive functions and the effect of cognitive rehabilitation on the process of brain ageing in the context of the Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).Methodology: Research has a character of a quantitative non- randomized intervention study in which the effect of cognitive rehabilitation in the sample (ALL, N = 67), aged from 18 to 70 years, is observed. The research sample was divided into three groups. The NEURO group (n = 38) included patients meeting criteria for a Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). The APHASIA group (n = 15) included people with an expressive type...
J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):105-117
Expressive therapy is increasingly used in education and has a potential of becoming an instrument for successful inclusion of children, pupils, students and adults with specific needs. The paper focuses on defining the context (competences, limitations, instruments) of teachers in the area of using expressive therapy in the process of inclusion of children, pupils and students with special educational needs. The objective of the research study is to define the possibilities and limitations of expressive therapy within the competences of teachers with adequate academic degrees. The research study focuses on teachers preparing for their profession and...
J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):119-133
The aim of the paper is to describe the selected determinants of digital inclusion in students with visual impairment in tertiary education. The research sample consisted of 54 students - respondents diagnosed with low vision, residual vision, practical and complete blindness from the Czech and Slovak Republic. By using mathematical and statistical methods, we have found that the visually impaired students evaluate the accessibility of electronic study materials in the first year of their university studies as worse compared to the visually impaired students in higher years. At the same time, by applying the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient,...
J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):17-29
A search of articles from 1993 to 2014 was made of the CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) databases. By studying the literature it was found that until now, the articles mainly come from journals of medicine and psychology. The study of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in China are mainly concentrated on medicine, diagnosis methods and psychology approaches, such as performance of behavior problems, and the interventions of parents and school. The researches from the perspective of pedagogy and sociology are less. Overall, the two attitudes on children who display ADHD exist at the same time: one is thought they are patients,...
J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):57-65
In the Czech Republic there is a paradigm shift being realized in the approach to the education of students (children, pupils and students) with the need for supportive measures. The existing model where diagnosis of a pupil plays a crucial role and where support of this pupil is related to this diagnosis does not fit the educational reality any more. By contrast special educational needs of the pupil are linked to the supportive measures nowadays. Pupils need these supportive measures "to fulfil their educational opportunities or to exercise or to apply their rights on the principle of equality" (Education law, p. 9).This change is reflected not...
J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):83-94
Special education in China originated the in 19th century. The aim of the paper is mainly to introduce basic special education in contemporary China. At present, basic special education in China has made great progress in scale, integration and admission rate, etc.. However, there are some children with special needs not at elementary schools and fewer special schools with distributing imbalance, shortage of special teachers and poorer environment. Thus, it is very necessary to further improve "ecology", promote "inclusion" and reform teacher education of elementary special education in future China.
J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):95-104
The article presents the current movement in the field of care for clients - persons with specific requirements included in the social services system or special education system. The paper presents the view of the basic philosophical and specified theoretical base for the use of dialogue and relationship networks as well as a practical example in form of an anticipation dialogue. In conclusion, the article provides reasons for efficiency of the application of anticipation dialogue in solving difficult situations of clients with specific requirements. Subsequently, recommendations for practice are specified considering the conditions specific for this...
J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):135-137
GOODMAN, K. D. (2007). Music therapy groupwork with special needs children: The evolving process. Charles C Thomas Pub Limited.
J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):139-140
JOHNSON, D. R., EMUNAH, R. (2009). Current Approaches in Drama Therapy. 2nd ed. Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A. ISBN 978-0-398-07847-8 (hard), ISBN 978-0-398-07847-5 (paper).
J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):141-144
POTMĚŠIL, M. Osobnost dítěte v kontextu sluchové vady. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2015.
J. Except. People 2016, 5(2):145-146
SKARNITZL, R., ŠTURM, P., & VOLÍN, J. (2016). Zvuková báze řečové komunikace: fonetický a fonologický popis řeči. Praha: Karolinum. ISBN 978-80-246-3272-8.
