| Abstract [eng] |
The thesis deals with the roles of social pedagogue at the school for deaf. Deaf children since birth have difficulties in acquiring social and personal skills. The purpose of investigation was to find the role of Social Pedagogue in the Development of deaf children’s social and personal skills. Participants were selected from five schools for deaf. Two social pedagogues participated in this investigation. The research methods are applied theoretical (analysis of psychological, pedagogical and sociological literature, of legal documents and scientific sources), methodological (semi-structured interview with social pedagogues working with hearing-impaired children). The most important empirical conclusions that were drawn: Social pedagogues who work with hearing-impaired adolescents face such problems as children and their families encounter negative attitudes from the public; medical model of disability; hearing impaired children face identity issues in hearing families; risk families. Social pedagogue very important person for developing social and personal skills of hearing impaired children. Social pedagogues diagnoze socio-educational help for children with special needs; organize children’s activities and prevention activities; help children with special needs; counsel activities cover consultations for parents on issues related to educating children with special socio-education needs; work in team with other school specialists, implement observation and documentation. The development of social and personal skills in schools for the deaf could be more successful if social competence in pre-school education institutions could be much more successful if parents and other specialist make more initiatives and involved in this process. Also better results would be found if there was a possibility to give more individual attention, especially for children with complex disabilities and children with behavioral and emotional disorders; raise the professional competence of teachers in the 62 school and physical environment comfort at the workplace. It is very important to apply alternative education for children with complex disabilities and to create social-emotional education programs, given special attention for special needs of deaf children. |
