Diagnoza funkcjonalna dziecka jąkającego się w wieku szkolnym
Functional diagnosis of a school-age child who stutters

Author(s): Maria Faściszewska
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: functional diagnosis; stuttering; ICF; school-age child who stutters
Summary/Abstract: The article emphasizes the importance of the shifting from the medical model of health, which views an illness in objective terms, to the biopsychosocial model, i.e. a relational approach concentrating on how people function in their communities. The aim of the article is to define functional diagnosis and support the idea that functional diagnosis of the school-age child who stutters should be made by teams of professionals (educators, psychologists, speech therapists, etc.) in order to determine the individual needs and interests of the children, as well as holistically recognising and understanding the different scopes and spaces in which they function, and to investigate relevant environmental factors. The key benefit of the approach is the comprehensive support received by the child who stutter. Enriching of Functional diagnosis with practical possibilities of International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) allows to describe the consequences of stuttering on the quality of life of a school-age child who stutters as well as his or her individual and individual adjustment during therapeutic activities.

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