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J. Except. People 2021, 10(1):7-22
Partnerships, intimacy and sexuality are an integral part of everybody's life. The same applies to persons with any type of impairment. For them, fulfilment in the area of partnerships, intimacy and sexuality is a significant factor and indicator of one's value, quality of life and life satisfaction. The paper focuses on sexuality in persons with intellectual disability who live in social care establishments. In these types of establishments, these individuals are often part of a community governed by internal rules and standards. As a result, these establishments can create a specific environment in order to fulfil relational and sexual needs of their...
J. Except. People 2021, 10(1):23-42
This paper reflects on the role of the English primary school Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) through a political perspective which explores how SENCOs function in their schools within an increasingly market-led Education system with its high-stakes national assessment regime and the growth of Academies and Free Schools which sit outside of Local Authority responsibility and influence. The concepts of 'performativity', 'control' and the SENCO as 'leader' are discussed.
J. Except. People 2021, 10(1):43-50
The paper deals with realized researches focused on the field of poetotherapeutic and bibliotherapeutic intervention, which took place in the first and second decade of the 21st century at the Institute of Special Pedagogical Studies Faculty of Education (PdFUP) in Olomouc. These studies focused on assessing the effectiveness of poetotherapy intervention in children with special needs education (SEN) and the respondents of the detoxification unit and were described in practical parts of Bachelor's and Diploma Theses of the students of the USS PdFUP. The authors of this paper allow readers to gain insight into the details of these professional works...
J. Except. People 2021, 10(1):51-60
Music-based experiences were found to be effective in supporting and promoting purposeful communication by non-speaking people who use benefit from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). However, this area is fragmented into several disciplines (e.g. speech and language therapy, special education, music therapy, etc.) and the possibilities of music-making for AAC training have not been systematically reviewed. The aim of the planned scoping review is to analyze the types of experiences that use music-making as a form of AAC and overview their effects for different groups of AAC users. The scoping review will be conducted according to JBI...
J. Except. People 2021, 10(1):61-74
This interdisciplinary article brings together teaching methodology based on applied behaviour analysis on one hand and the training of visual functions as used in special education on the other. It introduces the reader to issues of vision enhancement based on behavioural optometry and describes visual functions improvable by training. It also cautions against misconceptions and promises as made by some providers of therapeutic services. The authors discuss in detail visual acuity exercises, eye movements and the evaluation of visual perception. Further, they address conditions and principles of behavioural training of visual functions and present...
J. Except. People 2021, 10(1):75-87
The contribution presents a literary review of the facts about the risk of falls in association with visual and hearing impairments from current studies. Fall is the potential risk for persons with visual and hearing impairments, regardless of age. Stability is influenced by integration and evaluation of visual, vestibular, and somatosensory information. Visually and hearing-impaired people are a potentially weakened target group regarding the disturbed keeping of the postural stability, posture, and balance. The aim of the contribution is to summarize studies that show experiences with problem of falls among individuals with sensory loss.
J. Except. People 2021, 10(1):89-99
Presentation of experience in the application of expressive therapies for children with special educational needs. Through dramatherapeutical, paratheatrical approaches with educational focus Role plays, Psychodrama, Forum Theatre, Playback Theatre, Theatre bibliotherapeutic Approach (Working with a story, Poetotherapy, Paremiological Therapy) study of possible positive effects of variables (artistic and therapeutic) on changes in behavior and perception of a child.
J. Except. People 2021, 10(1):101-102
Pearson, J., & Al. (2006). Discovering the self through drama and movement: the Sesame approach. London: Jessica Kingley
