Asmenų, turinčių proto negalią, socialinės karjeros prielaidų analizė: teoriniai ir praktiniai aspektai
The preconditions of a social career for adults with mental disabilities: theoretical and practical aspects

Summary/Abstract: Straipsnyje analizuojamos asmens, turinčio proto negalią, socialinės karjeros prielaidos. Analizei pasirinktas socialinės karjeros diskursas siejamas su gyvenimo kelio ir socialinio dalyvavimo sąvokomis. Remiantis teorinio ir empirinio tyrimo rezultatais, aptariami socialinės karjeros elementai, pagrindžiamas integralios karjeros kompetencijos modelio taikymas socialinės karjeros veiksniams įvertinti, atskleidžiamos praktinės socialinės karjeros prielaidos profesinės reabilitacijos ir užimtumo paslaugas teikiančios organizacijos bendruomenėje. Based on theoretical analysis and the results of the survey, the article describes the importance of social participation for a disabled person, focusing on problem solving “here and now.” Aim of the article: on the basis of theoretical analysis and the results of the survey to reveal the importance of social participation for a disabled person and to describe theoretical and practical preconditions of a social career. The aim was pursued addressing the following objectives: 1) discussing the effectiveness of “ego”, the concepts of life pathway, social participation and career as the elements of a social discourse; 2) supporting the concept of an integral career competence in respect of practical assessment of social career factors as well as practical preconditions; 3) identifying practical preconditions of a social career for professional rehabilitation and employment organizations in the community. The theoretical part is based on methodological concepts and findings of research conducted by Bell (2003), Berger and Luckmann (1999), Ruškus, Mažeikis (2007). The concept of life pathway of mentally disabled people has been analyzed discussing the preconditions of a social career, describing the integral career competence in respect of practical assessment of social career preconditions. The empirical part of the article analyzes the survey results, which reveal the resources and tensions of a disabled person and the community. The interpretation of the results emphasizes the imbalance of the family and the organization as the closest environment, which can affect a social career development of a mentally disabled person. Summing up, the importance of social competence of all members of the community has been highlighted. Preparing the article, quantitative and qualitative research strategies have been employed and the following research methods have been used: scholastic literature and document analysis, meta-analysis, a survey in writing, statistical analysis of data. Interpretative analysis has been performed on the basis of social (education, psychology, sociology, management, social work) theories systematically describing the phenomenon under investigation

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