Predictors of social participation of children with cerebral palsy in primary schools in the Czech Republic
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 the children with cerebral palsy means inclusion in all activities in family, peer, school and leisure environments in the same scope and same extent as is the case with the children of proper development, that children without difficulties.
Due to the fact that it has been established that the quality of children's participation in primary schools is directly related with social inclusion in a future life, the aim of the paper is to identify predictors of social participation respectively factors that could to determine advance the quality of social participation of children with cerebral palsy, in the primary school environment in the Czech Republic.