Challenges In The Upbringing And Education Of A Child With Autism

Autizam spada u kategoriju pervazivnih razvojnih poremećaja, a u tu se kategoriju ubrajaju i autizam u djetinjstvu, atipični autizam, Rettov poremećaj, drugi dezintegrativni poremećaji u djetinjstvu itd. Ovim radom prikazat će se izazovi koje autizam nosi u odgoju i obrazovanju. U radu su opisana obilježja autizma sa znakovima koje autizam nosi sa sobom. Također je prikazana povijest autizma i njegovo otkriće, razni poremećaji autističnog spektra i sposobnosti ili talenti autističnih osoba gdje su prikazane i slavne osobe koje su imale autistične crte. Cilj provedenog istraživanja bio je uvidjeti što autizam donosi u odgoju i obrazovanju i sam pristup, načine rada i principe odgojitelja u radu s autističnim djetetom. Pitanjima koja su bila postavljena odgojiteljici željeli smo saznati je li bila upoznata s autizmom od ranije, tj. za vrijeme studiranja. Zanimalo nas je i kakve metode rada, oblike i okruženja je koristila u radu s autističnim djetetom. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da izazova u odgoju i obrazovanju s autističnim djetetom ima mnogo. Izazovi s kojima se susrela odgojiteljica počeli su od same suradnje s roditeljima, odnosa djeteta prema drugoj djeci koji je ponekad bio i agresivan, pa do osmišljavanja drugačijih efikasnijih metoda rada prema autističnom djetetu.Autism belongs to the category of pervasive developmental disorders, and this category includes childhood autism, atypical autism, Rett's disorder, other disintegrative childhood disorders, etc. This work will present challenges that autism brings in education, it will describe the main characteristics of autism, and main signs of autism in children. It will also show the history of autism and its discovery, various disorders of the autism spectrum, the abilities and talents of autistic people, and even it will show some of the celebrities who had autistic disorder by themselves. The aim of this research was to see what autism brings in education, educational approach to the autism, ways of working, and main principles of educators in everyday activities with an autistic child. With the questions that were asked to the educator, we wanted to find out if she was familiar with the autism before she start working with children with autism, ie. while studying, we were also interested what work methods, forms and environments she used in her work with the autistic child. The results of the research showed us that there are many challenges in raising and educating of the autistic child. The challenges faced by educators were ranged from working with parents, the child's attitude towards other childrens who were sometimes aggressive, and in the end to developing some new, more effective methods of working with an autistic child