Diagnostics of Children with Mental Disabilities (A Regional Study)

The topic of this diploma work involves investigation of services provided in educational counseling institutions and evaluation of assessment methods used for pre-school and school aged children. The aim is to investigate and describe the assessment process, utilized assessment tools and methods and also to evaluate the quality of services provided by counseling institutions in the region of Jičín city. Diagnostika dětí s mentálním postižením The research methods used for the investigation and gathering data are questionnaires (for counsellors and parents of children with mental disability), observation in institutions and evaluation of documents used in these institutions. The theoretical part is focused on definition of mental disablement, its classification and causes of mental retardion. The specifics of children with mental disability in the pre-school and school age are highlighted here as well. Description of individual types of educational counseling institutions of children with mental disablement is provided in detail. This part describes also particular methods and tools for assessment of mental disorders. The practical part includes detailed infomation and results from the investigation of the assessment process of children with mental disablement in individual counseling institutions in the..