Parental involvement is a crucial force in children’s development, learning and success at school and in life [1]. Participation, defined by the World Health Organization as ‘a person’s involvement in life situations’ [2] for children means involvement in everyday activities, such as recreational, leisure, school and household activities [3]. Several authors use the term social participation emphasising the importance of engagement in social situations [4, 5]. Children’s participation in daily life is vital for healthy development, social and physical competencies, social-emotional well-being, sense of meaning and purpose in life [6]. Through participation in different social contexts, children gather the knowledge and skills needed to interact, play, work, and live with other people [4, 7, 8]. Unfortunately, research shows that children with a physical disability are at risk of lower participation in everyday activities [9]; they participate less frequently in almost all activities compared with children without physical disabilities [10, 11], have fewer friends and often feel socially isolated [12-14]. Parents, in particular, positively influence the participation of their children with a physical disability at school, at home and in the community [15]. They undertake many actions to improve their child’s participation in daily life [15, 16]. However, little information is available about what parents of children with a physical disability do to enable their child’s participation, what they come across and what kind of needs they have. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate parents’ actions, challenges, and needs while enhancing the participation of their school-aged child with a physical disability. In order to achieve this aim, two steps have been made. In the first step, the literature has been examined to explore the topic of this thesis (actions, challenges and needs) and to clarify definitions for the concepts of participation and social participation. Second, for the purposes of giving breadth and depth of understanding of the topic of this thesis a mixed methods approach using three different empirical research methods [17-19], was applied to gather information from parents regarding their actions, challenges and needs.
We used a validated agent-based model—Socio-Emotional CONcern DynamicS (SECONDS)—to model real-time playful interaction between a child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and its parent. SECONDS provides a real-time (second-by-second) virtual environment that could be used for clinical trials and testingprocess-orientedexplanationsofASDsymptomatology.Weconductednumerical experiments with SECONDS (1) for internal model validation comparing two parental behavioral strategies for stimulating social development in ASD (play-centered vs. initiative-centered) and (2) for empirical case-based model validation. We compared 2,000 simulated play sessions of two particular dyads with (second-by-second) time-series observations within 29 play sessions of a real parent-child dyad with ASD on six variables related to maintaining and initiating play. Overall, both simuladistributions. Given the idiosyncratic behaviors expected in ASD, the observed correspondence is non-trivial. Our results demonstrate the applicability of SECONDS to parent-child dyads in ASD. In the future, SECONDS could help design interventions for parental care in ASDted dyads provided a better fit to the observed dyad than reference null
This article presents an evaluation study of a case management method for child protection services, the Delta Method for Family Supervision, in terms of supervision order duration and occurrence and duration of out-of-home placements. Additionally, case and case manager characteristics were examined. Data was collected about 224 cases, 58 case managers and 30 team managers of all 15 offices of the Child and Youth Protection Services in the Netherlands. In all cases the Delta Method was applied. Data were obtained by interviews, questionnaires and case files. Multi-level analysis was performed to study the influence of independent variables on supervision order duration, and the occurrence and duration of out-of-home placements. Case characteristics related to 87% of the differences in the duration of supervision order, case manager characteristics to 13% of the differences. Some case manager characteristics about applying the Delta Method were significantly related to shorter duration of the supervision order and the occurrence and duration of out-of-home placement. Case characteristics also showed strong relations. Together with the more general aspects of case management supported by this study, such as a one family and one worker approach, this contributes to a more effective practice of case management for child protection services.
The project’s aim is to foster resilient learning environments, lessen early school leaving, and give European children (ages 4 -6) a good start in their education while providing and advancing technical skills in working with technology that will serve them well in life. For this purpose, the partnership has developed age appropriate ICT animation tools and games - as well as pedagogical framework specific to the transition phase from kindergarten to school.
266 woorden Op school kan de situatie zich voordoen dat de leerkracht onvoldoende tegemoet kan komen aan de extra ondersteuning die leerlingen met autisme nodig hebben. De klas kan te groot zijn, de leerkracht kan handelingsverlegen zijn, etc.. In dit projectplan wordt onderbouwd wat de relevantie is voor de dagelijkse praktijk van de leerkracht en de leerling met autisme en daaraan gerelateerde problemen. Tevens wordt onderbouwd waarom beeldende therapie theoretisch en empirisch kan bijdragen als creatieve oplossing voor kinderen met aan autisme gerelateerde problemen die in de klas extra aandacht vragen. Deze kinderen hebben een andere manier van informatie verwerken, kunnen zich vaak verbaal moeilijk uiten en hebben vaak sociale problemen. Deze kinderen lopen risico op verslavingsproblematiek (33%) en eenzaamheid, angst en depressie op volwassen leeftijd (80%). Kunstvormen in een leeromgeving bieden andere mogelijkheden voor kinderen om zich te uiten en om samen te werken. In dit projectplan wordt beschreven waarom het zinvol is te onderzoeken wat de effectiviteit is van beeldende therapie voor kinderen met autisme in primair (speciaal) onderwijs, ter preventie van risicogedrag. Het behandelprogramma ‘Zelf in beeld, beeldende therapie voor kinderen met autisme (bijlage 1) lijkt veelbelovende resultaten op te leveren (Schweizer, 2020). Om een indruk van de resultaten van praktijkgericht onderzoek naar ‘Zelf in beeld’ te krijgen kunt u de korte animatie bekijken (3 min): https://youtu.be/cVAAzRHZnb0 In dit vervolgproject wordt verkend in hoeverre ‘Zelf in beeld’ van toegevoegde waarde van kan zijn voor kind, leerkracht en ouders, binnen de setting van Speciaal Onderwijs. Dit project heeft een innovatief karakter omdat er een nieuwe vorm van (preventief) werken binnen passend onderwijs wordt toegepast en onderzocht.
Using technology to improve the adolescents' journey to school by bike in province of Drenthe and Groningen.All unsafe area that children spotted on the map, are because the lack of traffic safety ( lack of visibility, high speed, etc). In general children do not have a positive perception of cycling to school, and their favourite mode of traveling to school is car. What technology based intervention can make adolescents’ cycling to and from school safer and more attractive for them? Also does it help to encourage those who live far from the school (>10 km) to cycle to and from school more often?
