A Narrative Intervention Program for the Building of a Preferred Alternative Narrative in light of the Experiences of Adolescents with Multidimensional Learning Disabilities and Attention Difficulties
type: CreativeWork
description: This research study examines the personal narratives of twenty graduates with multidimensional learning disabilities and attention difficulties who completed their studies in a special education school and integrated into an intervention program that acts in the school. The program “Life Stories for Personal Development” is based on the principles of the narrative paradigm and constitutes an inseparable part of the curriculum in the school. In this research study, use was made of qualitative-narrative research. The findings were collected using semi-structured narrative interviews that were recorded. In addition, use was also made of different quantitative personality questionnaires. The aim of the use of the quantitative questionnaires was to describe the group and to define the narrative of the extensively researched population, with reference to different personality attributes – family support, self-efficacy, self-direction, optimistic approach to life, and future orientation – studies. The interviews and the questionnaires were distributed at the end of their studies in the educational framework at two points of time in their lives – with their entrance into the school and before their integration into the intervention program and at the end of the studies after three years of participation in the intervention The program recognizes the power of the story that the person tells about his life to shape and channel life and recruits this power for the educational treatment activity. The program focuses on the person’s ability to change the narrative, through group and individualized processes. The objective of the research study was to learn about the personal experience and the graduates’ perception about different dimensions in their lives such as family support, peer group, approach to life, future orientation, self-efficacy, and self-image. For this purpose, the phenomenological paradigm was chosen as a theoretical framework that guides the research that seeks…
abstract: This research study examines the personal narratives of twenty graduates with multidimensional learning disabilities and attention difficulties who completed their studies in a special education school and integrated into an intervention program that acts in the school. The program “Life Stories for Personal Development” is based on the principles of the narrative paradigm and constitutes an inseparable part of the curriculum in the school. In this research study, use was made of qualitative-narrative research. The findings were collected using semi-structured narrative interviews that were recorded. In addition, use was also made of different quantitative personality questionnaires. The aim of the use of the quantitative questionnaires was to describe the group and to define the narrative of the extensively researched population, with reference to different personality attributes – family support, self-efficacy, self-direction, optimistic approach to life, and future orientation – studies. The interviews and the questionnaires were distributed at the end of their studies in the educational framework at two points of time in their lives – with their entrance into the school and before their integration into the intervention program and at the end of the studies after three years of participation in the intervention The program recognizes the power of the story that the person tells about his life to shape and channel life and recruits this power for the educational treatment activity. The program focuses on the person’s ability to change the narrative, through group and individualized processes. The objective of the research study was to learn about the personal experience and the graduates’ perception about different dimensions in their lives such as family support, peer group, approach to life, future orientation, self-efficacy, and self-image. For this purpose, the phenomenological paradigm was chosen as a theoretical framework that guides the research that seeks…
author: Wizman-Man, Dickla
keywords: a narrative intervention program, alternativ narrative, multidimensional learning disabilities, attention difficulties, experiences of adolescents, narracyjny program interwencji, narracja alternatywna, wielowymiarowe trudności w uczeniu się, zaburzenia uwagi, doświadczenia młodzieży
date published: 2021
date modified: 2026-07-27T18:45:07Z
provider: Poznan
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Poznan