Journal of Exceptional People, 2018 (vol. 7), issue 12

Introduction

Introduction

Pavel Svoboda, Jan Chrastina

J. Except. People 2018, 7(1):5-6

Articles

Personality centered approach to education of children with emotional and behavioral disorders: intervention through the eyes of educational professionals from residential educational facilities

Karel Červenka

J. Except. People 2018, 7(1):61-75

This paper explores the role of personality-centered approach to education (Helus, 2009) in the intervention in children with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Selected findings of the author's qualitative research, the participants of which were educators from residential educational facilities, are also presented in the text. The author compares research findings concerning the so-called personality-holistic approach of educational professionals to these children with the personality centered approach to education defined by Helus. The research focused on their professional experience and their opinions regarding children with EBD.

Scientific paper

Impact of physical activity on quality of life in Czech older adults

Julie Wittmannová, Iva Klimešová, Lucie Piňosová

J. Except. People 2018, 7(1):25-35

The present study was conducted to evaluate the relation between the subjective perception of quality of life and the level of physical activity and its frequency in elderly people. The study recruited 58 elderly volunteers aged 65-89 years (23 male, 35 female). All subjects were in good health without medical treatment and living independently. We used the questionnaire Subjective Quality of Life Analysis - SQUALA and The International Physical Activity Questionnaire - IPAQ-short. The present work showed positive increase in the subjective perception of the life quality with realization of physical activity twice a week and more.

Selected dramatherapy techniques and their effect on addicted clients in detoxication ward

Kristýna Krahulcová, Bohdana Štěpánová

J. Except. People 2018, 7(1):45-60

The present paper describes the effect of selected dramatherapy techniques on addicted clients in a detoxication ward. The paper focuses on four specific techniques. The mask, the metaphor, the symbol, and the puppet. The authors of the paper investigated the patients' feelings evoked by these techniques, what the patients were thinking, and whether they gained any deeper experiences. In the paper the authors reflect on the suitability of these techniques in the environment of a detoxication ward in Olomouc.

Overview essay

Evaluation of special needs education literacy for sustainable change in service delivery to persons with disabilities in University of Calabar

Samuel Orim Orim

J. Except. People 2018, 7(1):7-15

This study evaluates the level of special needs education literacy for sustainable change in service delivery to persons with disabilities in University of Calabar. It was guided by a research question, 180 Participants were randomly sampled from faculties and Institutes and open-ended questionnaire was designed, validated and used as instrument for data collection. Survey design and descriptive statistics were used as research design and statistical tool for data analysis. The findings reveal that majority of staff lack basic special needs education literacy; consequently, their services to persons with disabilities in different programmes in the...

Teaching complex behaviors with acoustic guidance

Karel Pančocha

J. Except. People 2018, 7(1):17-23

Misunderstanding of the principles of behavior and the overuse of aversive stimuli are common to many educational situations, including teaching complex behaviors to children with special education needs. Derived from behaviorism and studied by experimental analysis of behavior, applied behavior analysis uses dozens of evidence-based methods and techniques to teach new complex skills to variety of learners. This literature review presents selection of published studies of teaching complex behaviors by successive approximations and differential reinforcement. Teaching with Acoustic Guidance (TAG) method, which uses shaping as its major component, proved...

Migration as an influencing factor on identity formation

Ivana Lessner Lištiaková

J. Except. People 2018, 7(1):37-44

The process of identity formation may be influenced by multiple factors. The study focuses on migration as one of these influencing factors. In a qualitative study, the researcher focused on the process of identity building and reconstructing after migrating from one country to another. It provides an analysis of the processes of adaptation in the new environment that people identified and could reflect upon after their experience of migrating from their countries of origin. Factors of age, language and culture in regard to attaining their new personal identities are considered. Migration is viewed from a perspective of an individual. The goal of the...

Movement and orthopedic problems based on postural instability in visually and hearing impaired people

Kristína Tománková, Hana Majerová, Veronika Švecová, Vojtech Regec

J. Except. People 2018, 7(1):77-88

This article proposes a literature review about the movement and orthopedic problems based on postural instability in visually and hearing impaired people. Visually and hearing impaired people are a potentially weakened target group with regard to the genesis of various orthopedic problems as well as morphological and structural foot deformities. The foot has an important functional relation within the lower limb and body. The paper clarifies the causes, mechanism of development and results of these problems. The article is supplemented by personal statements of the impaired on the occurrences and manifestations of specific pathologies in their daily lives.

A case analysis on the curriculum development of adaptive functional education for children with mental retardation in mainland China

Xu Bo

J. Except. People 2018, 7(1):89-101

The cultivation of social adaptability is an important part of education for children with mental retardation. The curriculum of adaptive functional education is guided by the relevant theories of social adaptation, it is an extremely important part of the curriculum of education for children with mental retardation, its basic idea and operation flow are suitable for curriculum development in a wide range of fields. Taking a specific case as the basic starting point, this paper introduces a common method of developing this kind of curriculum for special educators in mainland China. The specific steps include the definition of curriculum concept and...

The awareness and visual diagnosis of women with severe visual impairment as a main factor in the choice of delivery methods in childbirth

Daniela Kilduff

J. Except. People 2018, 7(1):103-114

This article is focused on factors which influence the choice of delivery options of women with visual impairment (VI), investigating the connection between the information women have and how prepared they feel, as well as their attitudes (direct or indirect) to delivery methods. This article emphasizes the necessity of sexual education, adequately modified for pupils with visual impairment from preschool to age 18/19. Sexual education, containing all necessary elements combined with education within the family is the cornerstone of an expectant mother's awareness, and her feeling of competancy in parenthood. This emphasizes a respectful attitude to...

Survey on Physical Education Student Teachers' Attitudes toward Teaching Students with Special Needs

Li Yun, Zhang Guodong

J. Except. People 2018, 7(1):115-124

With the implement of revised Regulations on Education for Persons with Disabilities on May 1. 2017, more and more students with special needs will be educated in general schools in China. As a psychological tendency, attitude affects the behavior to a certain degree (Zhang Hong-tao & Wang Er-ping. 2007). As physical education teachers in the future, PE student teachers' attitude toward individuals with special needs will affects their behaviors to some extent. In order to predict the reserve of primary and secondary school PE teachers, it is necessary to investigate the attitudes of PE student teachers toward students with special needs. The survey...

Book Reviews

Structured teaching in practice: Applying the principles of structured teaching in standard school environment

Lucie Schwarzová

J. Except. People 2018, 7(1):125-127

TUCKERMANN, A., HÄUβLER, A., LAUSMANN, E. Strukturované učení v praxi: Uplatnění principů Strukturovaného učení v prostředí běžné školy. Praha: Pasparta, 2014.

Sensory perceptual issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome

Monika Smolíková

J. Except. People 2018, 7(1):129-131

BOGDASHINA, Ol'ga. Specifika smyslového vnímání u autis-mu a Aspergerova syndromu. Přeložila Helena ČÍŽKOVÁ. V Praze: Pasparta, 2017. ISBN 978-80-88163-06-0.