Leisure time activities of the individuals with mental or combined handicap in the institution SPMP ÚSVIT v Havlíčkově Brodě.

This bachelor thesis titled Free time Activities of People with Mental Disabilities and Multiple Disabilities in SPMP ÚSVIT Facility in Havlíčkův Brod in its theoretical part aims to clarify the concepts of free time and its use for people with disabilities. It also covers the issue of mental disabilities and combined defects of clients attending the ÚSVIT SPMP facility in Havlíčkův Brod. The research part of my bachelors thesis was compiled using a qualitative method which consisted of documentation analysis and semi-structured interviews. The aim of the research part was to map how the clients of the day centre ÚSVIT SPMP in Havlíčkův Brod spend their leisure time and to find out whether the clients are satisfied with the choice of the leisure activities. The results show that the ÚSVIT SPMP facility in Havlíčkův Brod offers a wide and varied range of leisure activities for its clients. Clients learn many useful and practical skills that can be used in life. The most popular activity in the day care centre was cooking, other favourite activities include ceramics, sewing and gardening. The research showed that physical activities are the least favourite. All the clients excel at manual work. The data brought by my research provide an overall picture of how people with mental handicap or multiple disabilities spend their leisure time in day care centre ÚSVIT SPMP in Havlíčkův Brod. The thesis can serve as a comparative material from the point of view of the quality of the offered services in similar facilities