| Abstract [eng] |
Communication of preschool children with peers having special educational needs is analyzed in this Master’s work. The aim of the research - to reveal what is intercommunion of children of normal development and children with special educational needs (SEN). Such goals are set in Master’s work: 1. Analyze scientific educational and psychological literature dealing with a problem. 2. Disclose communication peculiarities of preschool children and find out an attitude of preschool children towards children with SEN. 3. Assess tolerance level of preschool children. 4. Reveal relationship between children and parents' tolerance. Observation and interview methods were used in this research. The statistical (frequency) data and case analyses were performed. 15 children with special educational needs, 15 parents growing a child who has SEN, 42 children of normal development, 42 parents growing a child of normal development and six preschool teachers participated in a research. The most important findings of empirical research: 1. The research showed that communication of more than half of the children with SEN is inefficient and of poor quality. Children of normal development facing with a peer with SEN are interested in his/her otherness, explore and keep a close watch on a different child. Organizing a proper children's communication at this stage (giving positive information to children of normal development about the differences of the children with SEN and also teaching children with SEN how to communicate with their peers) tolerant children‘s relationships are educated. 2. Preschool teachers tend to explain communication difficulties of children with SEN on their own peculiarities and their negative characteristics, but they do not focus on the essential condition- the need to change an interaction between children and teach tolerant communication all of them. 3. A developmental disability is not the main reason determining the success of communication. A child's ability to establish contact and maintain it is the most important key to communication success. 4. Children‘s of normal development attitude towards otherness determines inculcated values in their family and parents‘ tolerance level. Preschool teachers also play an important role in teaching children tolerant behaviour. The research shows that in the most important preschool period preschool teachers use poorly a formation of tolerant relationships. |
