| Abstract [eng] |
The theoretical analysis of philosophical, psychological, theoretical and practical concepts of independence and the analysis of social worker‘s possibilities, in preparing people with disabilities for independent life, is carried out in the Thesis. The independence (preparation) model applied to people with disabilities is created, based on the theoretical analysis of the findings. While performing the structural interview, the research was performed, the aim of which was to create a model of a social worker‘s opportunities, preparing people with disabilities for independent living. A content data analysis was performed. 12 social workers experts (6 social workers from Lithuania and 6 social workers from Ukraine) were participating in the research. The empirical part deals with the social worker's activity opportunities in preparing people with disabilities for an independent life in Lithuania and Ukraine. The main conclusions of the empirical research are as follows: 1. The social workers, preparing people with disabilities for independent life, should develop their activity capabilities up to the competence levels of a society, community, people with disabilities and social workers. 2. In accordance with the view of the Lithuanian and Ukrainian participants in the research it is necessary: to change a social worker’s view towards a person with disability; to increase the communication between a social worker and a person with disability, while strengthening mutual trust and emphasizing a person‘s with disability skills and his/her strong sides; to maintain activities and methods, which would promote people’s with disability independence and would reduce dependability; to communicate with a community and to teach people with disability to know it; to inform a society of people’s with disabilities real possibilities and their independence with the help of the mass media, as well as common events and projects. 3. The Lithuanian participants of the research have revealed that the possibilities of people with disabilities to become independent, while living in the Independent living house are minimal. The Ukrainian participants of the research view are that the independence of people with disabilities is promoted while living in the Independent living house. |
