scholarly journals Quality of Life Using Music Therapy Elements for People with Intellectual Disabilities

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Aldona Moceviciene ◽  
Ilga Prudņikova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
Quality Optimization ◽  
Limited Space ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
The Way

<p><em>Quality of life include all aspects of the way we live our lives. They allow us to fulfil our needs and aspiration</em>s<em>. On the basis of results of the research possibile to make a confirmation that music, sociocultural activities using music therapy elements for  people with intellectual  disabilitiess influented expanding possibilities self-expression, activating self-action, stimulating self-conception. Said elements of socialization  impowering those people self – realizing through cultural — artistic activities, sociocultural projects. That one componded efective „normal“ and intellectually disabled  citizens communication and cooperation. Thus possible life quality optimization for people with mental deseases in abilities limited space. </em></p>

On the Use of Speech Technologies to Achieve Inclusive Education for People with Intellectual Disabilities

2013 ◽  
pp. 163-174
Author(s):  
Ana Pérez Pérez ◽  
Zoraida Callejas Carrión ◽  
Ramón López-Cózar Delgado ◽  
David Griol Barres
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Language Disorders ◽  
The Social ◽  
Educational Integration ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Speech And Language Disorders

New technologies have demonstrated a great potential to improve the social, labour, and educational integration of people with special needs. That is why there is a special interest of academia and industry to develop tools to assist this people, improving their autonomy and quality of life. Usually, intellectual disabilities are linked with speech and language disorders. In this chapter, the authors present a review on the efforts directed towards designing and developing speech technologies adapted to people with intellectual disabilities. Also, they describe the work they have conducted to study how to gather speech resources, which can be used to build speech-based systems that help them to communicate more effectively.

Healthy Athletes Program as a chance for a good quality of life of persons with intellectual disability and their families in the context of health and pro-health activities

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30
Author(s):  
Anna Nadolska ◽  
Piotr Bejster
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Health State ◽  
Special Olympics ◽  
Average Life Expectancy ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Families With Children

Abstract Background: One of the consequences of improperly extending the process of socialization is incorrect health education and thus, different structure of the behaviors associated with taking care of their own health. More difficult socio-economic situation of families with children with intellectual disabilities may not adequately protect the needs of family members (especially children’s) associated with health. Up to 1/3 of the cases of people with intellectual disabilities of poorer health state can result from lower socio-economic position (Emerson and Hatton, 2007). Educational failure, typical for families of children and young people with intellectual disabilities (especially mild) can result in the children not acquiring appropriate behaviors, important for health. If these behaviors are missing, consequently, can be expected to accelerate the deterioration of health. The health status of people with intellectual disabilities is worse than the state of health in the general population (Allerton, Welch, Emerson, 2011; Tample et al., 2006). The most serious consequence of the poorer health of people with intellectual disabilities is a higher mortality rate (Krahn et al, 2006). The average life expectancy of people with intellectual disabilities is 66 (excluding people with Down syndrome whose life expectancy is even shorter), and so more than 10 years shorter than of people. In so-called intellectual norm! Bearing in mind that access to the highest standard of health care for all people with disabilities is a law that was adopted on 13 December 2006 under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Special Olympics Poland have taken the initiative leading to beneficial changes in quality of life for the players and their families in the context of health and modeling appropriate health behavior through the implementation of the Health Programme, which includes the two related projects: Healthy Athletes and Healthy Special Olympics Community.

MUSIC AS ALTERNATIVE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ADULT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

2014 ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Aldona Moceviciene
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Life Model ◽  
Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

Each person's life pattern depending on the personalities are different from other individuals while life model is characterized by the same criteria: human individuality, human vital activity, an individual's ability to carry out those activities, activities influencing factors (biological, psychological, socio – cultural, environmental, political – economical), the individual's life expectancy. Optimizing the life quality of people with disabilities are three very important indicators which develops others to personal self-awareness, self-development and self-expression: integration into society, socialization and self-realization. Social Care House goal – to ensure the rational and efficient network of services that fully meet the needs of residents and allow full integration into community. Using music therapy techniques can be developed auditory and visual perception, language sharpness, motion flexibility and coordination and body control what can be applied meaningfully and efficiently in everyday life, at the same time as helping for a person to adapt in the environment and facilitating persons near communication. Object of research – individuals with moderate to profound intellectual disability optimization the quality of life through music / art therapy techniques. Study aims – to investigate adults with intellectual disabilities life quality optimization in the context of music therapy methods and techniques. In this work was used qualitative and quantitative research methods: theoretical, diagnostic, empirical.

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