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Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 27 No. suppl 1, 2015.

Conference paper

DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEMS FOR PATIENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY IN POLAND

Janina Krysta ; Polish Association for Persons with Mental Handicap, Branch in Bytom, Bytom, Poland
Krzysztof Krysta ; Polish Association for Persons with Mental Handicap, Branch in Bytom, Bytom, Poland
Karolina Zawada ; Department of Pulmonology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Wiesław J. Cubała ; Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Mariusz S. Wiglusz ; Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Katarzyna Jakuszkowiak-Wojten ; Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

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Abstract

Background: The problem of employment of people with intellectual disabilities is present in many countries. The literature on
this topic draws attention to the fact that the improvement of the situation in this area is conditioned by changes in government
policies, practices of employers and adequate preparation to undertake professional duties by persons with intellectual disabilities.
Objective: The objective of this review was to explore the changes in vocational rehabilitation forms in Poland.
Results: As one of the ways to solve this problem since 1991 in Poland the so called Workshops of Vocational Therapy have been
created. According to the regulations the Workshops were designed for adults with intellectual disabilities, aged over 16 years with a
total incapacity of gaining an employment, for which occupational therapy was a form of social rehabilitation. The further step in
this process was the establishment of Vocational Activation Centers, with which high hopes were associated. They were expected to
be an intermediate link in the creation of career paths from rehabilitation forms ultimately to open labor market. In practice it turned
out that the creation of these Centers in Poland has been too slow.
Conclusions: This raised the necessity to change the attitude from the concept of matching the participant to work and to the
new environment, which frequently ends as a trauma, to the concept of matching jobs to people. New initiatives and new rehabilitation
programs are developed based on this attitude.

Keywords

intellectual disability; vocational rehabilitation; employment

Hrčak ID:

264578

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/264578

Publication date:

8.9.2015.

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