Title Vaikų globos namų auklėtinių, turinčių specialiųjų poreikių, agresyvaus elgesio kaita /
Translation of Title Correction of aggressive behaviour of children with special needs from foster homes.
Authors Vaituškienė, Diana ; Šlapkauskaitė, Danė Agota ; Mockevičienė, Daiva
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Is Part of Jaunųjų mokslininkų darbai.. Šiauliai : Šiaulių universiteto leidykla. 2011, Nr. 2, p. 73-79.. ISSN 1648-8776
Keywords [eng] aggression ; the non-aggression programmeof the Baltic Art of Living ; special/exceptional needs ; individual with special needs
Abstract [eng] The paper analyses the correction of aggressive behaviour in foster home children with special needs through the educational activities designed for 8 to 15 year-old children and youngsters by the Non-Aggression Programme, a joint project of the Baltic Art of Living Charity and Support Fund and the International Association for Human Values, adapted to the characteristics of the participants' cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial maturity. The study participants included thirty-nine foster home children with special needs who voluntarily agreed to take part in the Non-Aggression Programme and the study. The study experts consisted of household social workers who were well familiar with the study participants and respectably capable of objective assessment. A linear experiment method was employed to simulate and implement the educational interactions provided for in the Non-Aggression Programme of Living, and to evaluate the intensity and expresion of the study participants' aggression through the initial and final testing. The hypothesis put forward at the outset that the intensity of aggressive behaviour in foster home children would decline under the impact of the educational activities designed by the Non-Aggression Programme of the Baltic Art of Living has been confirmed in part. Aggression intensity of the study participants-boys decreased slightly, the same can be said about the expression intensity of most forms of aggression (except for indirect aggression, sudden outbursts of anger, and aptitude for conflicts). A slight increase in the number of girls' self-aggression episodes was observed whereas the expression of the other forms of aggressive behaviour slightly decreased. The biggest changes in the intensity of expression of aggression were observed among eight, twelwe, fourteen and seventeen year olds, as well as those with normal intellect and slightly confused mental state.
Published Šiauliai : Šiaulių universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2011