Journal of Exceptional People, 2020 (vol. 9), issue 17

Introduction

Introduction

Pavel Svoboda, Jan Chrastina

J. Except. People 2020, 9(2):5-6

Scientific paper

Special education students exploitation of assistive technology for learning

Amos Ochayi Onojah, Adenike Aderogba Onojah, Oladiran Kayode Omoniyi, Tawakalit Bukola Alaka

J. Except. People 2020, 9(2):7-21

Assistive technology refers to technology used by individuals with disabilities in order to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. This study examined special education students' exploitation of hearing assistive technology for learning. The study was a descriptive research. Sample comprised of 250 hearing impaired students of Federal College of Education (Special) Oyo. Stratified random sampling technique was used for the selection of sample. Data was analysed using frequency count and a simple percentage to answer the research questions while inferential statistics of t-test, Kruskal Wallis and Jonckheere-Terpstra Test...

An analysis of plans and legislative influence in psycho-educational assessment for learners with learning disabilities in Brno, Czech Republic

Joseph Athiende, Karel Pančocha, Margaret Murugami, Jessina Muthee

J. Except. People 2020, 9(2):23-50

This research study aimed to analyze the determinants of psycho-educational assessment in particular, psycho-educational assessment plans and legislative influence. In-depth interviews were used to investigate issues and to discover how the psycho-educational assessors, teachers and parents felt about the whole process. Interview data from parents of school-age children with LD who had psycho-educational assessments done within the past one year were used in the current study to find out their experiences with the assessment process. Teachers from elementary and primary schools and psycho-educational assessors were interviewed. This study used descriptive...

Elders' satisfaction with health care in the hospital for patients with long-term illnesses

Vladimír Hloušek

J. Except. People 2020, 9(2):51-61

For six years, we monitored the rating of hospitalized elders to doctors' expertise, care and helpfulness of nurses, willingness of ambulance workers and behaviour of cleaners. The responses were monitored according to the elders' gender and age. We also monitored their satisfaction with the quality of food, quality of room equipment and free entry of visitors. The willingness to recommend the hospital to friends showed a statistically significantly closer relationship (p < 0.0002) to most of the selected signs of health care than a feeling of improved health. Statistically significantly more negative attitudes were expressed mostly by men (nwomen...

Identification of supporting phenomena and barriers of inclusion in the pedagogical practice of teachers in a kindergarten in Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Barbora Vodičková

J. Except. People 2020, 9(2):63-73

The paper deals with the issue of identification of supporting phenomena and barriers of inclusion in the pedagogical practice of teachers in a kindergarten in Bratislava from the perspective of an internal professional. We focused on the performance of direct educational practice of teachers with children. We observed how teachers in their work approached all the children in class who found themselves as a part of their mainstream group in this particular kindergarten. We were interested in how teachers can respond to differences among children, how they can react flexibly to what is happening in the classroom and expand their educational offer by...

Czech national project of clinical practice guidelines development and its implementation in special education

Lucia Kantorová, Miloslav Klugar

J. Except. People 2020, 9(2):95-107

This statement paper provides a brief and clear background to the evidence-based medicine concept, systematic reviews and the development of clinical practice guidelines using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system and focuses on their application in the field of special education.Its main objective is to suggest ways of applying clinical practice guidelines in the field of special education. The paper presents the first Czech national project for developing clinical practice guidelines mainly in the field of medicine and clinical practice with the main investigator being the Czech Health Research...

Review paper

Special educational needs/disabilities and the evolution of the primary school Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) in England

Andrew Smith

J. Except. People 2020, 9(2):75-93

This review paper presents the evolving role of the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) in mainstream primary schools set within the changing political/ideological National Educational landscape in England.

Book Reviews

Practices and methods of early care in the Czech Republic: a guide to the social model

Zuzana Haiclová

J. Except. People 2020, 9(2):109-111

Hradilková, T. Praxe a metody rané péče v ČR: Průvodce sociálním modelem. Praha: Portál, 2018

The Power of the Unspoken

Jiří Kameník

J. Except. People 2020, 9(2):113-115

PÖTHE, Petr. Síla nevysloveného: příběhy z psychoterapie dětí a dospívajících. Praha: Portál, 2020. ISBN 978-80-262-1589-9

Society in its Challenges: Philosophical Considerations of Living in Society

Li Lin

J. Except. People 2020, 9(2):117-120

Santiago, Sia. Society in its Challenges: Philosophical Considerations of Living in Society. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014