Recommendations for developing health self-advocacy skills in high school students with intellectual disabilities

- Мякушко, О. І. (orcid.org/0000-0002-7675-7523) (2025) Recommendations for developing health self-advocacy skills in high school students with intellectual disabilities In: «Освіта без бар'єрів: євроінтеграційні виміри». Матеріали ХІ Міжнародного конгресу зі спеціальної педагогіки та психології . ІСПП імені Миколи Ярмаченка НАПН України, м. Київ, Україна, pp. 242-247.

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Abstract

The article is devoted to solving the problem of teaching people with intellectual disabilities (hereinafter referred to as IDD) health self-advocacy skills (outside of institutional support) to ensure their rights in the field of health care and to defend their own interests in medical care. Based on the foreign studies analysis, the state of people’s with IDD access to medical services is determined, the problems causes in providing them with medical support are described, the effectiveness of educational training programs on health self-advocacy skills and increasing the independence level in obtaining medical care is characterized. The forming skills approach to take care of one's health in high school students with PIR is highlighted within the framework of considering the health self-advocacy concept as setting and implementing specific goals and plans by young people in various areas of their health, as well as taking into account other factors (increasing the knowledge level of teachers and parents, their awareness of the need to teach children health-saving skills, their willingness to teach, encourage and exercise constant control over children's regular work on developing and maintaining healthy habits, as well as motivation from peers).

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Рекомендовано Вченою радою Інституту спеціальної педагогіки і психології імені Миколи Ярмаченка НАПН України (протокол № 10 від 20 жовтня 2025 року)
Keywords:	health self-advocacy, health services obtaining, skills to take care of one's health, high school students, children with intellectual disabilities
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 1 Philosophy. Psychology Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 36 Safeguarding the mental and material necessities of life Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education > 37.09 Organization of instruction Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 376 Education, teaching, training of special groups of persons. Special schools > 376.3 Виховання та освіта осіб із вадами зору, слуху, мови та нервовими захворюваннями.
Divisions:	Mykola Yarmachenko Institute of special education and psychology of National academy of educational sciences of Ukraine > Department of education of children with intellectual disabilities
Depositing User:	наук. сп. Інна Всеволодівна Бобренко
Date Deposited:	13 Nov 2025 12:59
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2025 12:59
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/747127

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