scholarly journals Family Education as an Element to Improve Quality of Life of Children with Special Needs

Author(s):  
Iveta Kokle-Narbuta

The current research aims to analyse the importance of family education in improving life quality of children with special needs. Nowadays our society aim for sustainable development which means equal rights and possibilities for all the citizens but reality shows a different situation, especially it concerns children with special needs. Family education could be one of possible ways how to improve the quality of life. In the current article the author looks on family education as a solution of some problems which have children with special needs through the prism of inclusive environment and sustainable development.

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 588-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia Štreimikienė ◽  
Neringa Barakauskaitė-Jakubauskienė

The paper presents the definition of quality of life and its relationship with sustainable development. The paper analyses and compares the indicators of quality of life in Lithuania with other countries. A quality of life is an explicit or implicit policy goal. Various measurements and indicators to evaluate a quality of life were proposed during the recent years however there are no widely accepted objective indicators of quality of life able to compare countries. Sustainable development concept proposes new approach to measure quality of life. Therefore the aim of sustainable development is to increase quality of life. Quality of life can be addressed in terms of people health, the state of economy, employment, infrastructure development, crime and environment. All these indicators are interrelated as economic development creates preconditions to maintain public health, develop social and technical infrastructure, to increase employment, to ensure quality of environment, to tackle with crime etc. From the other point of view healthy and satisfied with the quality of life nation have positive impact on stable economic growth.


2013 ◽  
Vol 295-298 ◽  
pp. 2211-2214
Author(s):  
Jin An

Environmental pollution and ecological degradation in China have continued to be serious problems and have inflicted great damage on the economy and quality of life. As the largest developing country, China’s fiscal and taxation policies on environmental protection and sustainable development will be of primary importance not only for China, but also the world. By taking a critical look at the development of Chinese environmental fiscal and taxation policy, we try to determine how best to coordinate the relationship between the environment and the economy in order to improve quality of life and the sustainability of China’s resources and environment.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-53
Author(s):  
Lilia Osipova

Home is a significant environment for any child with or without special needs and one of the important environments where occupational therapy is aimed to bring improvement if necessary in terms of quality of life. The current descriptive qualitative study was designed to find out parental perceptions about occupational therapies provided in their own environments with their children with special needs. The participants of the study were five parents whose children with different special needs were getting private in-house occupational therapy services provided by the researcher at the moment of the study. The data for this study was collected through semi-structured interviews. Interviews were designed to understand how parents perceive in-house Occupational Therapy Services.    The findings of the study suggest significant improvements in the quality of life of their children with special needs, thus no one could specifically differ occupational therapy interventions in-home and in other professional settings. It is obvious because of the lack of settings in Armenia with Occupational Therapies and lack of information about the profession in general. Future research is recommended to be conducted between two different groups with Occupational Therapies in-home and other settings, with a larger group and more specific issues. Findings revealed that in-home services are convenient in many different aspects for parents of children with special needs and it should be considered for future practices. 


2020 ◽  
pp. 480-491

Achieving a more sustainable and environmentally friendly approach, following the concepts of sustainable development and searching solutions for improving the quality of life in the context of urban agriculture requires a determination of the environmental aspects of this type of practices in the context of sustainable development. Sustainable urban agriculture combines all the characteristics of urban agriculture, implemented in the concept of sustainability. The aim of the paper is based on the assessment of the ecological impact of urban agriculture to determine its possibilities for improving the life quality in Bulgaria. The paper has the following structure: 1) Literature review of the relevant author’s findings directed at sustainable urban agriculture; 2) Methodological framework of the study; 3) Analysis of the respondents’ opinion about the ecological aspects of urban agriculture for improving the life quality; 4) General conclusions related to the ecological aspects of urban agriculture for improving the life quality. Ecological aspects of urban agriculture to improve the quality of life are revealed on the basis of the respondents’ assessments in terms of the environmental benefits of urban agriculture, the profile of the customers of the products from urban agriculture, the profile of urban agricultural products, applied practices and production methods, pollution of natural resources etc. Some of the conclusions in the paper are related to the opportunities of urban agriculture to ensure food security and food resources in an environmentally friendly manner, optimize and save the use of natural resources, implement green practices, create local employment and encourage the development of the regions. The results are part of the scientific project DN 05/18 Urban agriculture as a strategy for improving the quality of life of urban communities, funded by the Bulgarian research fund.


2021 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 02005
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Makarova ◽  
Elena Tkach ◽  
Irina Kudryavtseva ◽  
Anna Seliverstova ◽  
Natalya Vinogradova

Human capital as a national economy defining basic factor is considered in the article. The research is focused on human capital study based on regional level. The correlation between human capital and quality of life is also revealed in the study. The quality of life correlates with the model of the society and the dominating model of a human. The major importance of the qualify of life is considered within the concept of sustainable development. The observation of a trend of a human life quality improvement and, therefore, human capital enrichment is presented on a scheme below. Analysis and evaluation of a human capital of a region is provided within historical and modern aspects.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
M. Qoshid Al Hadi

Poverty alleviation is a development general agenda all over the world, including Indonesia. Quality and sustainable development is the development capabling of empowering people to alleviate poverty and improve quality of life. The Program of Main Family Building  (MKU) initiated by the Indonesian BMT Association (PBMTI) is a new idea as an effort of  Baitul Maal wa Tamwil (BMT) to be involved in empowerment programs, especially family. The MKU program launched since 2014 needs to be evaluated to find out how effective the program is. This research focuses on program identification through four indicators of effectiveness, namely the accuracy of targets, socialization, objectives and monitoring program. This study uses a quantitative approach by distributing questionnaires to 32 respondents consisting of all MKU program members. The finding revealed that the MKU program implemented by the KSPPS Tumang BMT showed sufficient effectiveness or 72.7% effective.


2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 772-780
Author(s):  
Iryna M. Trunina ◽  
Inna V. Khovrak ◽  
Kateryna A. Pryakhina ◽  
Olga P. Usanova

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the methodology for determining the European quality of life index. The theoretical and methodological basis of research is the ideas of the interdependence of life quality and sustainable development. To achieve the desired goal, the following research methods were used: analysis and synthesis (for determining theoretical and practical aspects of ensuring the life quality); statistical (for determining standardized indicators and a European Quality of Life Index for Sweden and Ukraine); abstract-logical (for theoretical summarization and conclusion). As a result, the authors created the European Quality of Life Index based on the comparison of the characteristics of international life quality assessment systems (calculation principle, number and composition of indicators, number of countries covered for calculation), as well as systematization of research by Ukrainian and foreign authors. Therefore, the authors selected twelve main indicators. The indicators are divided into two groups: stimulants (prosperity index, basic human needs index, welfare bases, availability of nutrition and basic health care, GDP per capita, population, global competitiveness index, personal security, access to basic knowledge, ecosystem status) and disincentive (government debt, unemployment). To determine the “European life quality index”, the authors used the formula for calculating the arithmetic mean, as all selected indicators can be considered equivalent as a result of standardization by the method of “minimum- maximum”. In addition, for in-depth analysis, the authors calculated the growth rates of indicators, as well as coefficients of variation. The authors made calculations based on data of 2013–2019 for two countries, namely Sweden and Ukraine. Sweden occupies a much better position in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, so studying the impact of life quality on sustainable development in this country will suggest ways to achieve the chosen strategic priorities for Ukraine.


2021 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 07044
Author(s):  
Dmitri Pletnev ◽  
Victor Barkhatov

The quality of life plays a crucial role in ensuring sustainable development and improving human interaction with the environment, solving environmental problems. On the other hand, there is a tendency for the outflow of both people and their capital from peripheral regions to the centers, worsening the quality of life throughout the country. The article assesses the quality of life in the Urals and Volga regions using the center-periphery framework. The data of the regional statistics of Rosstat and the data of the RA RIA rating were used. The article uses the methods of statistical analysis, generalization, and abstraction. The stable types of regions (Center, Periphery 1, Periphery 2) were identified, the type of each region was identified. The assessment of trends in the level of monetary incomes, meat consumption, the number of tourists traveling abroad, and other life quality indicators by groups of regions. It is concluded that the division of regions according to the quality of life is stable, and the differences only increase.


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