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FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM A DEFICIT OF PARTIAL FUNCTIONS (INVESTIGATION OF A QUALITATIVE DESIGN)

M. Valenta

Abstract

The aim of the investigation was to determine the attitude of parents towards the diagnosis of their children and to focus on the problems of families with children suffering from a deficit of partial functions, as well as on the cooperation with specialists and the school and the ways of tackling the education difficulties of these children. This research is part of a larger project - the research concerning the educability dynamics at children and pupils in need of special education support measures and the factors that contribute to the matter significantly and thus influence the success/failure of the children and (especially) pupils of the target group in the school environment. The method chosen for data collection was a participative interview. As for method the participative interview with focuses (a dictaphone record and a verbatim transcription without extralinguistic features) was used: the diagnosis of my child, problems and their development over time, cooperation with the school and specialists, tackling the problems. The sample group consisted of five anonymous mothers or children – pupils of the first and second grade in a mainstream school. The method of data processing – clustering to the first level of coding in terms of the grounded theory of Corbin-Strauss, as a justified method (open coding of the grounded theory).

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