| Title |
Psychosocial environment for the integrated education opportunities of the disabled in Lithuania / |
| Authors |
Samsonienė, Laimutė ; Juozulynas, Jurgis Algirdas ; Šurkienė, Genė ; Jankauskienė, Konstancija ; Lukšienė, Aloyza |
| DOI |
10.1186/1471-2458-6-305 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
BMC public health [electronic resource]. 2006, vol. 6, 305, p. 1-7.. ISSN 1471-2458 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Disabled persons ; Education, special ; Lithuania |
| Abstract [eng] |
The policy of the diminution of the social isolation of the disabled is the main objective of the strategy of the EU new policy concerning the disabled. Lithuanian society faces this objective as well. For this reason, this study aiming at providing the theoretical basis for and predicting the possible psycho-social environment in an integrated education system, as well as at the evaluation of the reasons for the formation of a positive approach to the disabled, is especially relevant, since it creates the prerequisites for the optimisation of the process of the integration of disabled schoolchildren into the general system of education. Method The sample of the study consisted of 2471 children from the same schools: not integrated (1958), integrated (126) and special schools (382). Empirical methods: questionnaire poll, comparative analysis. The statistical analysis was carried out using SAS. Results Our study showed that the majority of schoolchildren without disabilities and disabled schoolchildren have positive intentions for interpersonal interactions (>82%) and positive emotions (>69%) independently of the discrepant character of interpersonal contacts, different conditions of education and family life, and despite of low level of knowledge. |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2006 |
