Education of children with developmental difficulties

Pojam teškoća u razvoju sve je učestaliji pojam u sustavu obrazovanja. Najosjetljiviju skupinu upravo predstavljaju djeca s teškoćama u razvoju. U današnje vrijeme sve je prisutnije zalaganje za promicanje interesa djece s teškoćama u razvoju, te je u prvom planu istaknuta upravo njihova inkluzija u redovito obrazovanje. Osnovni problem predstavlja stručnost i kompetentnost osoba koje su zadužene za provođenje programa odgoja i obrazovanja. Isto tako, neupućenost roditelja s njihovim mogućnostima i mogućnostima njihove djece uvelike usporava napredak sustava obrazovanja djece s teškoćama u razvoju. Iako nedovoljno zastupljena, struka socijalnog rada ima veliku ulogu u ostvarenju svega navedenog. Stoga, cilj ovog istraživanja je dobiti uvid u ulogu socijalnog radnika u sustavu odgoja i obrazovanja, onakvu kakvu je vide roditelji i stručnjaci te onakva kakva bi ona trebala biti. U istraživanju su sudjelovali stručnjaci i roditelji, odnosno 4 stručnjaka u radu s djecom s teškoćama u razvoju te 40 roditelja djece s teškoćama u razvoju. Podatci su prikupljeni pomoću intervjua i web anketa. Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju kako bi struka socijalnog rada uvelike doprinjela u obrazovanju djece s teškoćama u razvoju te kako bi bila potrebna u povećanju roditeljskih kompetencija i upoznavanju s pravima roditelja i djeteta.Developmental difficulty is more and more frequent in the educational system. The most sensitive group is represented by children with developmental difficulties. Nowadays, there is more presence of promoting the interest of children with developmental difficulties and especially their inclusion in regular education. Primary difficulty in executing the program is the lack of education and competences of the educators themselves. Also, the parent’s unawareness of their abilities and the abilities of their own children is slowing down the progress of the educational system of children with developmental difficulties. Insufficiently represented the social service has a major role in executing the program. Therefore the goal of this research is to get the insight of the role the social workers have in the educational system, how the role is seen by the parents and the educators and how it is really supposed to be. Four experts for developmental difficulties and forty parents of the children with developmental difficulties took place in the research. The data is gathered face to face interview and online questioners. The given results show how the social services would contribute to the education of the children with developmental difficulties and also would be necessary in increasing parental competences and getting to know the rights of parents themselves and of their children with developmental difficulties