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Predictors of Social Participation of Children with Cerebral Palsy in Primary Schools in Czech Republic

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/10007485" mdate="2017-06-02 00:00:00"> <author>Marija Zuli膰 and Vanda H谩jkov谩 and Nina Brki膰-Jovanovi膰 and Linda Rathousov谩 and Sanja Tomi膰</author> <title>Predictors of Social Participation of Children with Cerebral Palsy in Primary Schools in Czech Republic</title> <pages>1832 - 1844</pages> <year>2017</year> <volume>11</volume> <number>7</number> <journal>International Journal of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10007485</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/127</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>Cerebral palsy is primarily reflected in the disorder of the development of movement and posture, which may be accompanied by sensory disturbances, disturbances of perception, cognition and communication, behavioural disorders and epilepsy. According to current inclusive attitudes towards people with disabilities implies that full social participation of children with cerebral palsy means inclusion in all activities in family, peer, school and leisure environments in the same scope and to the same extent as is the case with the children of proper development and without physical difficulties. Due to the fact that it has been established that the quality of children&amp;amp;39;s participation in primary school is directly related to their social inclusion in future life, the aim of the paper is to identify predictors of social participation, respectively, and in particular, factors that could to improve the quality of social participation of children with cerebral palsy, in the primary school environment in Czech Republic. The study includes children with cerebral palsy (n 75) in the Czech Republic, aged between six and 12 years who attend mainstream or special primary schools to the sixth grade. The main instrument used was the first and third part of the School function assessment questionnaire. It will also take into account the type of damage assessed according to a scale the Gross motor function classification system, five&amp;amp;ndash;level classification system for cerebral palsy. The research results will provide detailed insight into the degree of social participation of children with cerebral palsy and the factors that would be a potential cause of their levels of participation, in regular and special primary schools, in different socioeconomic environments in Czech Republic. </abstract> <index>Open Science Index 127, 2017</index> </article>