Research to assess the impact of inclusive volunteers clubs in Montenegro in 2012 - UNICEF & Ipsos Strategic Marketing

1. Research to assess the impact of
inclusive volunteers clubs in 2012

2. Key findings
 The data indicate that work of inclusive Volunteer Clubs had a significantly positive effect on
knowledge, attitudes and behavior of children towards children with disabilities. Members of
Volunteer Clubs:
 They state more frequently that they know a child or person with disabilities
 They state more frequently that they maintain at least occasional contact with children with disabilities
 They socialize more frequently and have friends among children with disabilities
 They think more frequently that they know something about children with disabilities
 They express more positive attitude and bigger willingness to socialize with these children (answers to
statement „I would gladly socialize with children with disabilities)
 They express bigger readiness to be included in actions aimed at helping the children with disabilities
(making audio recordings of textbooks, learning sign and Braille sign language)
 Higher percentage of them think that family ambiance is very beneficial for children with disabilities,
while other children are not neglected either
 They feel weaker social distance, particularly in relationships: to be my friend, to enter into marriage
with him/her
 They know what Day Care Centers are, many of them have visited one and they are more than other
pupils interested in socializing with children with disabilities in the future in Day Care Centers
 Focus group discussions indicate that visits to Day Care Centers have a great role in changing attitudes
and behavior of children (fear and unease that they felt towards children with disabilities disappeared
and they realized that children with disabilities were just like all other children)

3. Key findings
 Activities of volunteer clubs aimed at promotion of inclusion make very positive impression on
the very participants, and they drew attention of many pupils non-members who attend the
same schools.
 It is pupils’ general assessment that attitude of schools and town towards children with
disabilities has improved even more since the activities of volunteer clubs started, aimed at
promotion of inclusion of children with disabilities.
 However, there are visible differences between towns regarding their attitude towards children
with disabilities, which also affects the influence of volunteer clubs. For example, in Bar is there
no Day Care Center and data indicate that children with disabilities who live in this town have
less contact with other children. In Pljevlja, judging by many indicators (contact with children
with disability, attitude towards educational inclusion, social distance), attitude towards children
with disabilities is best, and their volunteer club is also active.

4. CONTENTS
 Methodology
 Contact with children with disabilities
 Education of children with disabilities
 Family and children with disabilities
 Social distance towards children with disabilities
 Day Care Centers
 Activities of volunteers clubs related to children with
disabilities
 School climate

5. METHODOLOGY
Quantitative part
Size of sample: 360 pupils divided into 3 groups: members of Volunteer Clubs (experimental group), children from the same
class who are not members of clubs (control group 1) and children from other schools in which Volunteer Club has not been
organized (control group 2). Structure of the groups by towns is given in the table:
Group
Description
Bijelo Polje
Pljevlje
Herceg Novi
Bar
TOTAL
Experimental
Children in inclusive Volunteer Clubs
30
30
30
30
120
Control 1
Children from the same class who are not
members of Volunteer Clubs
30
30
30
30
120
30
30
30
30
120
90
90
90
90
360
Control 2
Children from other schools in which
Volunteer Club has not been organized
TOTAL per municipality
Comparison of experimental and control group 2 was aimed at ascertaining whether knowledge, attitudes and behavior of
volunteers differed in comparison with general population of pupils, while the aim of comparison between experimental group
and control group 1 was to ascertain whether transfer of experiences from volunteers to their classmates has taken place
Groups were matched by gender, age, and performance at the end of the previous grade
Method of data collection: interviewing in schools 1:1 between interviewer and pupil
Qualitative part
Qualitative part of the research encompassed volunteers with and without disabilities, parents of volunteers with disabilities
and teachers who led Volunteer Clubs. Structure of respondents by towns is given in the table:
Group
Focus group
Description
Children, volunteers without disabilities
Bijelo Polje
Pljevlje
1
Herceg Novi
Bar
TOTAL
1
Interviews
Volunteers with disabilities and their
parents
2
3
-
-
5
Interviews
Teachers who led Volunteer Clubs in their
schools
1
1
1
1
4
3
5
1
1
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6. Members of volunteers club
Pol
Godine
Obrazovanje
Stratum
Satisfactory
33%
Very good
Excellent
33%
Secondary
Elementary
Girls
25%
Boys
25%
Bijelo Polje
25%
Pljevlje
25%
Bar
Herceg Novi
33%
Children from other schools
33%
Children who go to the same
class
SAMPLE
79%
67%
53%
36%
21%
12%
Tip naselja
6

7. Contact with children
with disabilities
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8. The most frequently used term when it comes to children with disabilities –
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
spontaneous
44%
Children with special needs
49%
58%
49%
Children with disabilities
45%
27%
2%
Children with invalidity
3%
5%
3%
Handicapped children
1%
5%
Members of volunteers club
0%
Other answers
Children who go to the same class
2%
4%
2%
Don't know
0%
0%
Children from other schools
Members of volunteers club most frequently use the term children with
disabilities, while children from other schools use it most infrequently –
they most often use the term children with special needs.
One answer; Base: All respondents
Can you tell me which term you use most frequently when it comes to children whose physical, mental or sensory abilities are below the average capacity of
children in their age?
8

9. Do you know any child with disabilities or someone (relative, friend, acquaintance,
etc.) a child with this or similar disorders?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
%Yes
% No
Members of
volunteers club
Children who go
to the same
class
Children from
other schools
94
87
82
6
13
18
Members of volunteers club more often know a child or a person with disabilities.
One answer: Base: All respondents
Do you know any child with disabilities or someone (relative, friend, acquaintance, etc.) a child with this or
similar disorders?
9

10. Are there any children with disabilities in your school?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
Members of volunteers club
Children from other schools
Children who go to the same class
100
91
92
88
92
77
Student responses
Responses of directors and facilitators
When comparing student with directors and facilitators responses, the results
show that children from other schools who did not have an opportunity to be
involved in UNICEF events are less aware of the presence of children with
disabilities in their schools.
Base: All respondents
Are there any children with disabilities in your school?
10

11. Are there any children with disabilities in your school? – by cities
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
BijeloPolje
Pljevlja
Herceg Novi
Bar
100
98
100
84
83
100
80
59
Student responses
Responses of directors and facilitators
Analysis by cities shows that students in Bar are the least aware of the presence of children
with disabilities in their school.
Base: All respondents
Are there children with disabilities in your school?
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12. Are there any children with disabilities in your class?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
% Yes
Members of
volunteers club
30
% No
70
Children who go to
the same class
24
76
Children from other
schools
25
75
In classes of students who responded, representation of the students with disabilities is very low;
only every 4th student goes to the same class with a child with disabilities.
Base: All respondents
Are there any children with disabilities in your class?
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13. Are there any children with disabilities in your class?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
% Yes
BijeloPolje
10
90
39
Pljevlja
61
35
Herceg Novi
Bar
% No
21
65
79
When compared to the other cities, Bijelo Polje and Bar have significantly less students who are in
the same class with a child with disabilities, only 10% and 21% respectively. In Pljevlja the numbers
are the highest.
Base: All respondents
Are there any children with disabilities in your class?
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14. How often do you come into contact with children with disabilities?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
Every day
Members of
volunteers club
40%
12%
13
12%
9
3 4 30 4
Several times a week
Once a week
Several times a month
Once a month
Children who go to
the same class
37%
12%
10%
5
3
8
2
7
4
10
Once in 2-3 months
Once in 6 months
Once a year
Less than once a year
Children from other
schools
30%
17%
8%
13
5
3
8
4 2
11
I have no contacts whatsoever with
children with disabilities
Don't know/None
Members of volunteers club are more frequently in contact with children with disabilities than the
other two groups of children. Children from the other schools more often say that they do not have any
contact with children with disabilities. Its noticed that children in Bar, compared to the children from
other cities, more frequently say that they do not have any contact with children with disabilities.
Base: All respondents
How often do you come into contact with children with disabilities?
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15. Socializing with children with disabilities
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
88
Members of volunteers club
Children from other schools
Children who go to the same class
74
68
60
43
37
Have you ever socialized with some child/person with
disabilities?
Do you have a friend with disabilities?
Members of volunteers club socialize more often with children with disabilities and they also
consider to have more friends amongst them more often as well than other two groups.
Base: All respondents
Have you ever socialized with some child/person with disabilities?
Do you have a friend with disability?
15

16. Do you have a friend with disabilities? – by cities
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
BijeloPolje
Pljevlja
Herceg Novi
Bar
100
61
70
58
35
50
33
20
All student responses
Only responses of memebers of volunteers
club
In Pljevlja, all members of the volunteers club say that they have a friend with disabilities.
Differences amongst volunteers clubs clearly show the differences between students by city. In Bar,
students have the least close contacts in both groups.
Base: All respondents
How often do you come into contact with children with disabilities?
Do you have a friend with disabilities?
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17. How informed are you about children with disabilities?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
I don't know anything 0%
about children with
disabilities
5%
6%
4%
I have very little
knowledge about children
with disabilities
13%
14%
Members of volunteers club are the most informed
about children with disabilities (especially in Pljevlja),
while children from other schools, where there were no
similar activities in promoting inclusion, are the least
informed.
29%
I have some knowledge
about children with
disabilities
48%
51%
47%
I know much about
children with disabilities
26%
22%
I know very much about
children with disabilities
Don't know
I do not know anything or
know very little
Members of volunteers club
19%
7%
5%
Children who go to the same class
Children from other schools
1%
1%
1%
4%
18%
20%
66%
33%
Knows much or very much
27%
Base: All respondents
How informed are you? How much do you know about children with disabilities?
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18. Do you think that a child with disability could one day become a famous artist,
businessman, successful politician or statesman in Montenegro?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
% Yes, this is possible
% Don't know
Members of volunteers
club
Children who go to the
same class
Children from other
schools
% No, this is not possible
93
83
87
3 5
7
3
10
11
The vast majority of students from all three groups believes that business or other success is
possible for children with disabilities. However, children who are not members of volunteers club
and who go to the same class with the volunteers believe less in business success of children with
disabilities and more frequently say that such success is impossible.
Base: All respondents
Do you think that a child with disability could one day become a famous artist, businessman, successful
politician or statesman in Montenegro?
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19. Contacts with children with disabilities
 Members of Volunteer Club are aware of and use the official term – children with disabilities.
The term which is also used, but less frequently is – children with special needs.
 Before volunteering, majority of children had the opportunity to meet the children with
disabilities at school, but there are also some who established their first contact with children
with disabilities through voluntary work.
 Due to voluntary work and activities of the Club majority of volunteers have a daily contact with
children with disabilities. Volunteer from Pljevlja: “Since we have started coming here, we are in
daily contact with children with disabilities.”
 During the first contact dominant feeling was fear, jitters – most of all from own behavior, from
fear of making some mistake. All volunteers stated to have worried of making some mistake and
harm the child with disability. Besides that, they worried how the children with disabilities would
accept them “I was wondering how these children would accept me.”
 Activities of Volunteer Club contributed to disappearance of fear and jitters, because they
realized that children with disabilities were like all other children, so socializing continued
without any problems. “I had jitters, but as the time passed I realized that these children were like
all other children which need attention.”
• Volunteering brought big knowledge and experience with children with disabilities to everyone
involved.
Findings from Focus Groups and in-depth interviews
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20. Conclusion: Contact with children with disabilities
 In our sample of interviewed pupils children with disabilities were represented in almost all schools (out of 35
schools only in 2 schools they were not represented, one in Bjelo Polje and one in Pljevlja). However, it is
obvious that children from Bar are by far less aware of children with disabilities in their neighborhood.
Despite high level of representation in schools, only ¼ of classes which were attended by interviewed pupils
also have a child with disabilities, in Bijeo Polje and Bar even less (10% and 21% representation in class,
respectively). In contrast to this situation, in Pljevlja almost 40% of pupils attend inclusive classes.
 Although representation of these children in classes is relatively low, still great majority of pupils in all 3
groups, more than 2/3 (more than 4/5 of members in Volunteer Clubs!), state that they re in contact with
these children at least once a month, and more than a half of the pupils (2/3 of members of Volunteer Clubs!)
state that they are in contact with these children at least once a week.
 Data indicate that UNICEF activities of Volunteer clubs aimed at bigger inclusion of children had a significantly
positive effect when it comes to contacts with children with disabilities. Data on which this conclusion is
based are the following :
 Members of Volunteer Clubs:
 They state more frequently that they know a child or person with disabilities
 They state more frequently that they maintain at least occasional contact with children with disabilities
 They socialize more frequently and have friends among children with disabilities
 They think more frequently that they know something about children with disabilities.
 Members of Volunteer Clubs use more frequently the term which is socially more acceptable to refer to this
group of children: children with disabilities. Some members of Volunteer Clubs have made the first contact
with children with disabilities through activities of Volunteer Clubs, and now they meet almost daily.
• Volunteers think that engagement in this Club gave them great knowledge and experience with children with
disabilities, reduced prejudice and took away the initial fear and jitters.
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21. Education of children
with disabilities
21

22. Which of the following two statements is closer to your own opinion?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
% Children with disabilities should be allowed to attend school together with other children
% Children with disabilities should go to special school which accommodates only such children
Don't know
Members of
volunteers club
73
26
2
Children who go to
the same class
71
28
1
Children from other
schools
64
36
0
Although the vast majority believes that children with disabilities should go to the same school
together with other children, the percentage of students who believe that children with disabilities
should go to special schools should not be neglected.
Base: All respondents
Which of the following two statements is closer to your own opinion?
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23. Which of the following two statements is closer to your own opinion?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
% Children with disabilities should be allowed to attend school together with other children
% Children with disabilities should go to special school which accommodates only such children
Don’t know
70
BijeloPolje
95
Pljevlja
Herceg Novi
Bar
28
45
2
5
0
53
67
2
33
0
Big diferences between cities: in Pljevlja 95% children believes that children with disabilities should
go to the same school together with other children. In Herceg Novi, the majority of students believes
that children with disabilities should go to special school (53%).
Base: All respondents
Which of the following two statements is closer to your own opinion?
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24. Regular / special school or class
• All parents of children with disabilities think that it is better for children with disabilities to attend
regular school, and the best would be with presence of assistant.
Parent: „Regular teaching with the assistant would make possible better socialization of children than
teaching in special classes.”
• Parents of children with disabilities are satisfied with education of children in regular classes. They
also think that decisions for inclusion should contain the exact diagnosis, with explanation what this
diagnosis involves, to make it easier for teachers and school staff to know the child and his/her
abilities and limits.
• Mother of one boy who attends special class within the school thinks about moving the child to
another school where he would be included in regular teaching. When the child was enrolled in
school institution of assistant didn’t exist. Now, when she sees the experiences of children with
disabilities who attend regular classes with the assistant she thinks that it would be more useful for
her child to have the assistant.
Parents: “It is a great success to have a teaching assistant and to attend regular classes, socialization
is much better.”
“It is very important that my son is going to regular class – they imitate other children, learn from them,
and that’s always positive, he is better at school than here. It is interesting for him, he comes home
full of new impressions.”
• Mother of a boy from Pjevlja is a supporter of regular school, but she thinks that it is better for
children with serious disabilities to go to a special class.
Parents: „I support regular classes, but this maybe depends on kind of disability, because there are
children who simply wouldn’t be able to follow regular teaching.”
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25. Attitude towards inclusive education
% I don't agree at all
Bar 4
% I agree
% UndecidedMembers
% I don't agree
% I agree
% I completely agree
% Undecided
Bar 8
% I don't agree
ofIvolunteers Children who go to
% agree
same class
club
theChildren from other
schools
When children with disabilities go to school together with other children, the
teachers have to devote too much attention to them, so other children do
not get enough attention from the teachers.
73
226
76
24
71
30
If I could choose I would rather be in the class in which there are no children
with disabilities than in the class which has such children.
78
3
20
76
2
22
77
1
22
I would gladly socialize with children with disabilities.
7
1
95
I feel fear and discomfort to socialize with children with disabilities.
Children with disabilities are equally valuable as other children.
1
2
10
93
98
91
90
5
5
2
93
16
1
10
84
90
4
1
9
96
Children from other schools would less likely socialize with children with disabilities when
compared to other respondents.
Base: All respondents
On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 means Strongly disagree and 5 completely agree, to assess the level of agreement
with each statement
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26. Children with disabilities are often faced with problems in school that other children
are not faced with: they often can't come to the classroom, gymnasium, library,
schoolyard without someone else's help...Which of the following two statements is
closer to your own opinion?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
% I understand this problem, but the entire school environment can't be adapted to small number of children
with disabilities
% The schools' duty is to do everything that is necessary to adapt school environment to children with
disabilities
Members of
volunteers club
13
88
Children who go to
the same class
13
87
Children from
other schools
13
87
The vast majority of all respondents believe that it is the school’s a duty to adapt its
environment to children with disabilities.
Base: All respondents
Which of the following two statements is closer to your own opinion?
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27. How interested would you be to join in this activities?
Statistički značajna razlika na nivou 0.05 između grupa
% I wouldn't be interested
% I am interested
Bar 3
% I am not interested
% I am interested
Bar 6
Children who go
Members of
% I am not interested volunteers % I am interested to theChildren from other
Children with visual impairments need the audio recordings of textbooks. In
this way blind children who can not read books can listen to CD with
recorded voice of someone who reads that book. If action of making audio
recordings of textbooks were organize
schools
same class
club
100
4
95
4
97
Deaf-mute person use sign language for communication. They communicate
through signs, performed by hands. If the school organized a course in sign
language, would you be interested to join and learn to communicate with
children with speech and hearing dif
3
97
10
89
5
95
Blind persons can read books that are written in a special Braille system in
which varied arrangements of raised dots representing letters and numerals
are identified by touch. If the school organized a course in Braille system
would you be interested to
3
98
12
87
8
91
If the school organized a sports club for children with and without disabilities,
would you be interested to join and play together with your peers with
disabilities?
3
98
8
91
12
86
The great interest is shown from all respondents for all activities. However, members of volunteers club
show the greatest interest..
Base: All respondents
On a scale of 1 to 4, where 1 means not at all like a / la interested / 5 and would be fully / by interested / and
rate the level of agreement with each statement read.
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28. Education of children with disabilities
 Teachers and pupils generally stimulate and are open to work and socializing with
disabilities, although they state that there are still some pupils who will not accept and understand
a child with disabilities.
 Teaching in classes where there is a child with disabilities usually evolves smoothly and without
problems because teachers have pre-written curriculum for all children. Volunteers point out that
the teachers do their best to include children with disabilities in class activities as much as
possible, and that other pupils are not neglected in the class.
 But, sometimes inclusion of children in activities in class depends on child’s character and type of
disability – it is sometimes not possible to include these children in everything. “We have a friend in
my class and we are trying to include her in journalism section, to write texts, but she is introvert, so
she often doesn’t want to spend time with us.“
• Many teachers have attended seminars and they are educated for working with children with
disabilities. However, some volunteers are under the impression that teachers don’t have enough
time in class to work with children with disabilities and that new teachers are not informed and
educated enough for working with children with disabilities. “Teachers usually don’t have enough
time to work with these children.”
• Facilitators notice that some teachers sometimes refuse to work and commit to children with
disabilities “It happens sometimes that teacher says – I am not trained for that, I haven’t done it
ever and I won’t do it. It is considered that there are special institutions for that, special classes for
working with such children.”
 Volunteers say that children with disabilities are not sitting alone, but usually with a friend, and
those who have an assistant sit with that assistant. In some cases, child is sitting alone because of
symptoms or child’s nature.
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29. Conclusion: Education of children with disabilities
 Still more than one third of pupils think that children with disabilities should go to special schools (about ¼
of volunteers). There are huge differences between towns and it reflects on volunteers’ attitudes: in Pljevlja
95% of pupils think that they should attend regular schools, and in Herceg Novi only 47%!
 The reason for that lies in still insufficiently organized teaching in inclusive classes, which primarily refers to
teaching assistants, that the findings of FGD and interviews point to.
 On the other hand, volunteers say that teachers are trying to keep children with disabilities included in
activities in class and that other pupils are not neglected, that teachers attend seminars and that they are
educated to work with these children. They only mention the problem with new teachers who have not had
any training.
 This data also indicate that UNICEF activities of School Parliaments have had positive effect on the attitude
towards children with disabilities. The conclusion is based on the fact that there are significant differences
between groups regarding their willingness to socialize with children with disabilities. 93% of members of
volunteer clubs agree with the statement „I would gladly spend time with children with disabilities”, 91% of
their class mates and 84% of pupils who attend another school without UNICEF activities aimed at promotion
of inclusive education.
 9 out of 10 pupils in all three groups are aware that school is obliged to do everything necessary to adapt the
environment to children with disability.
 Great majority in all three groups, about 90% of pupils, and almost all volunteers are interested in being
included in different activities aimed at helping and better understanding children with disabilities (creating
audio recordings of textbooks, learning Braille, sign language).
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30. Family and children with
disabilities
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31. Which of the following two statements is closer to your own opinion?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
% Children with disabilities should live with their family
% Children with disability should live in home for children with disabilities instead of living with their
family
Members of
volunteers club
97
3
Children who go to
the same class
96
4
Children from other
schools
96
4
Almost all of the respondents believes that children with disabilities should live with their family.
Base: All respondents
Which of the following two statements is closer to your own opinion?
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32. How much would you be interested to get involved in the following activities?
% I don’t agree
Bar 5
Statically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
Bar 9
Members of volunteer club
Other children who grow up in
families with children with disabilities
learn to be more careful and tolerant.
2
0
Other children who grow up in
families with children with disabilities
are neglected because parents do not
have enough time to devote to them.
If a child with disability loses parents,
it is better for that child to live in
foster family than in home for
children.
92
4 21
89
% I agree
Bar 7
Bar 11
Bar 4
Bar 8
Children who go to the
same class
7
1
98
75
% Don’t know
Bar 6
Bar 10
93
73
21 2
Children from other
school
4
0
1 27
77
96
68
21 3
0 32
76
Compared to the other two groups, members of volunteers club agree less with the statement that
children who grow up in families with children with disabilities are neglected. Also, they agree less
with the statement that children with disabilities and without parents are better off if living in
foster home or home for children.
Base: All respondents
Evaluate to what extent you agree with each of the statements using the scale from 1 to 5. 1 means you don’t
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33. Family and children with disabilities
• Volunteers single out the following problems as most common for children with
disabilities and their parents:
 Rejection
 Prejudice
“There are still many people who don’t
want these children to be equal members
of the society.”
 Volunteers also think that it is better to place children with disabilities who have no
parental care in foster families than in institutions, since they would be better cared for
there.
„ It is better in foster families because
they have more love and care there.”
Findings of focus groups and in-depth interviews
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34. CONCLUSION: Family and children with disabilities
 More than 95% of pupils from all 3 groups think that children with disabilities should
live with their families.
 Pupil from all 3 groups think that, if children with disabilities live with their family other
children from the household also have some benefits. Nevertheless ¼ of pupils in all 3
groups think that other children can be neglected in such families.
 Respondents also give advantage to foster families over homes for children in case of
children with disabilities who lose parents.
 Higher percentage of volunteers than children from the other two groups think that
other children will not be neglected in families that have a child with disabilities, and
higher percentage of them give advantage to foster families over homes for children in
case of children with disabilities who lose parents
3

35. Social distance towards
children with disabilities
35

36. When we talk about children with disabilities, can you tell me which of the
following relationships would be more acceptable for you
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
Members of the volunteer club
Children who attend the same class
Children from other schools
94%
92%
94%
To live in the same
settlement / street
93%
93%
92%
To go to the same
school
92%
To socialize / play with
him / her
82%
89%
84%
84%
85%
To go to the same class
63%
To be best friend to him
/ her
56%
61%
18%
To be his / her
emotional partner
To marry him / her in
adult age
Don’t know
10%
16%
13%
4%
11%
0%
2%
2%
Respondents who attend the same class as
the members of volunteers club, compared to
the members themselves, would less likely
socialize/play with children with disabilities.
Furthermore, they are not as open to
marrying someone with disabilities.
Base: All respondents
When we talk about children with disabilities, can you tell me which of the following relationships would be
more acceptable for you
36

37. When we talk about children with disabilities, can you tell me which of the
following relationships would be more acceptable for you
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
BijeloPolje
Pljevlja
Herceg Novi
83%
To live in the same
settlement / street
98%
92
87%
To go to the same
school
100
96%
87
79%
To socialize / play with
him / her
100
94%
81
97
67%
To go to the same class
96%
77
41%
To be best friend to him
/ her
25
To be his / her
emotional partner
0%
To marry him / her in
adult age
0%
Don’t know
Bar
97
86%
87
31%
9
18
16%
9
The lowest social distance is in Pljevlja.
11
2%
1%
2
0
Base: All respondents
When we talk about children with disabilities, can you tell me which of the following relationships would be
more acceptable for you
37

38. Attitude towards children with disabilities
 All pupils volunteers would like to have a child with disability for a friend.
 During volunteering, they made lots of friends and they found socializing very interesting
and educational.
“Here in the Center we socialize with everybody, we spend time with everybody, it is perhaps
easier to communicate with a child who can understand you, but it is sometimes better and
more interesting to socialize with someone who requires not so simple communication.” volunteer
 They think that friendship with a person with disability is of better quality – they are more
secure and they trust them more. “They empathize with us when we have a problem.”
 Type of disability is not important – it is important that they get on well.
 Entering into emotional relationship or marriage with a person with disability is not
impossible for them, especially if they get on well. “No one knows what will happen in
life, so never say never.”
 Volunteers think that children with disabilities can become successful adults –
politicians, businessmen, artists.
Findings of focus groups and in-depth interviews
38

39. CONCLUSION: Social distance towards children with disabilities
 Great majority accepts that children with disabilities attend their school (more than 90%)
 More than 4/5 would accept to socialize/play with children with disability
 Differences between children volunteers and their class mates are greatest on 2 relationships:
 To be my friend
 To enter into marriage with him/ her
 However, in all three groups, social distance is very strong regarding entering in emotional
relationship and marriage (less than 20% would accept this)
 Focus group findings indicate that this seemingly strong social distance perhaps reflects in
insufficient awareness of opportunities for such relationships and that even sole thinking about
that reduces this distance.
3

40. Day Care Centers
40

41. Do you know what Day Care Centers for children with disabilities are?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
% Yes
% Don’t know / None
93
Members of volunteers club
72
Children who go to the same class
Children from other schools without similar actions
% No
63
7
28
37
Compared to the members of volunteers club where almost all students know what are Day Care
Centers for children with disabilities, children who go to the same class and especially children
from other schools know significantly less what are Day Care Centers. Respondents in Bar are the
least informed (41%).
Base: All respondents
Do you know what Day Care Centers for children with disabilities are?
41

42. Day Care Centers
In Day Care Centers, children with disabilities can take part
in different educational and creative activities organized by
different experts.
Children spend a few hours a day in Day Care
Center, which enables their parents to be employed or
attend to their other responsibilities. In this way, families
of children with disabilities are helped and prevented is
separating of children from their families.
42

43. Have you ever visited a Day Care Center?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
% Yes
% Don’t know / None
Members of volunteers
club
75
Children who go to the
same class
Children from other
schools without similar
actions
% No
25
38
18
62
82
Members of volunteers club visited Day Care Center more times than other two groups.
The vast majority of children from other schools have never visited Day Care Center.
Base: All respondents
Have you ever visited a Day Care Center?
43

44. Is there a Day Care Center in your town?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
% Yes
% Don’t know / None
Members of volunteers
club
94
Children who go to the
same class
Children from other
schools without similar
actions
% No
15
67
52
25
19
8
29
Almost all members of volunteers club are familiar with the existence of Day Care Center in their
town. Thus, they are significantly more familiar than other two groups.
Base: All respondents
Is there a Day Care Center in your town?
44

45. Do you think that your town needs a Day Care Center for children with disabilities?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
% Yes
Members of volunteers
club
% Don’t know / None
% No
100
0
Children who go to the
same class
98
2
Children from other
schools without similar
actions
99
1
Almost all respondents believe that their town needs a Day Care Center for children with disabilities.
Base: All respondents
Do you think that your town needs a Day Care Center for children with disabilities?
45

46. If there was a Day Care Center in your town, would you be interested in spending
time with children with disabilities once a week as a volunteer?
Statically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
% Yes
% Don’t know / None
Members of volunteers
club
93
Children who go to the
same class
Children from other
schools without similar
actions
% No
5 2
91
80
2 7
3
17
Although the vast majority is interested in spending time with children with disabilities in Day Care
Center, children from other schools show slightly less interest for those activities.
Base: All respondents
If there was a Day Care Center in your town, would you be interested in spending time with children with
disabilities once a week as a volunteer?
46

47. Day Care Center
• Main activities of Volunteer Clubs are visits to Day Care Centers and socializing with many
children with disabilities.
• Volunteers in Pljevlja say that the Day Care Center in Pljevlja is the best thing that could be built.
They all agree that Day Care Centers are necessary. Day Care Center made possible socializing of
these children, going out, education, available professional assistance.
• Parents of children with disabilities often suggest opening of Day Care Centers for adults.
Potential problem for children with disabilities is absence of institutions and organizations that
will take care of them when they grow up (over 25 years of age).
„These centers should be for both children and adults. They need a place to meet.”
„We have 2 children who are excluded from the Day Care Center because they are 27 years old.
Parents and children are so sad, it was the world to them. There is no institution for older children
and we should work on that, since such children have no place to go. “
• Parents of children with disabilities are worried for their children in the future, when they finish
schooling, since there is no institution for those older than 27 years.
“Something should be done there, since our children are going to grow up as well.”
• Parents say that in Bar, Danilovgrad, Mojkovac, Kolašin are there no Day Care Centers , which
makes the children more isolated and invisible in these areas.
Findings of focus groups and in-depth interviews
47

48. CONCLUSION: Attitudes towards Day Care Centers for children with disabilities
• Support to establishment of Day Care Centers is very strong both among members of Volunteer
Clubs and other pupils.
• Almost all volunteers (93%) know what day care Centers for children with disabilities are.
Knowledge about Day Care Centers is lower among pupils who attend the same class as members
of Volunteer Clubs, but it is still high (72% of pupils from the same class are aware of Day care
Centers), but it is lower among children from other schools (63% of pupils from other schools are
aware of Day Care Centers) .This finding shows that there was probably a transfer of experiences of
Volunteer Club members to their classmates.
•
3/4 of Volunteer Club members participated in visits to Day Care Centers.Percentage of pupils
who visited Day care Centers and are not members is smaller by far (38% of pupils from the
same class and 18% of pupils from other schools without similar activities).
•
Children who go to other schools, but also pupils from the same classes which members of
Volunteer Clubs attend are by far less aware that there is a Day Care Center in their town for
children with disabilities (!% of members of Volunteer Clubs do not know whether there are
any Day care Centers in their place, the same as 25% of pupils from the same class and 19% of
pupils from other schools).
• Children who stated that Day care Center did not exist in their town or those who didn’t know
whether they existed in their town were asked whether such Center was needed in the town. In
all three groups almost all children answered that their town needed such Day Care Center.
• Both members and non-members of Volunteer Club would like to visit children with disabilities
and they would gladly socialize with them– even 93% of members of Volunteer Club are
interested in once a week volunteer socializing with children with disabilities (this percentage is
somewhat lower among pupils from other schools - 80).
48

49. Activities of volunteers
clubs towards Children
with disabilities
49

50. Awareness of activities of volunteers clubs
Now I would like to talk about the activities of volunteers
clubs aimed to promote the equal rights of children with
disabilities. Have you heard of these clubs?
What is your general impression about this
clubs?
15
0%
1%
Members of volunteers club
0%
Very bad
Children who go to the same
class
Children from other schools
without similar actions
Mainly bad
72
% No
85
Neither good
nor bad
4%
24%
30%
28%
34%
Mainly good
% Yes
28
38%
68%
Very good
Children from Children who go to
other schools
the same class
without similar
actions
The vast majority of children from other schools
have never heard for volunteer clubs, while clubs
were the most familiar to children who go to the
same class.
41%
32%
Very or mainly
bad
Very or mainly
good
0%
1%
0%
96%
75%
70%
Members of volunteers club have the most
positive general impressions about its activities.
Base: All respondents
Now I would like to talk about the activities of volunteers clubs aimed to promote the equal rights of children
with disabilities. Have you heard of these clubs?
What is your general impression about this clubs? Rate on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 means you have a very
bad impression and 5 that you have a very good impression.
50

51. Why do you think so? What most influenced that these activities make a GOOD
impression on you?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
42%
42%
44%
Extending help, support, care
31%
Socializing with them/ finding new friends/ becoming close t
25%
8%
Acceptance, fitting into society/ we are all equal
Meeting these children, getting to know their problems, need
0%
Positive/good/ useful activities
1%
Various activities are organized/ common work
1%
0%
It is interesting, amusing/ good atmosphere
11%
23%
10%
11%
14%
Children feel better, happier, they progress
We learn from them/ we understand them better/ we have
better relationship
40%
7%
6%
7%
6%
5%
7%
5%
7%
0%
0%
1%
Other answers 0%
0%
1%
Don't know
2%
3%
7%
Clubs activities are perceived to have
contributed to the help, support, and
care for children with disabilities
which influenced the positive
attitude towards these activities.
Members of School Parliament
Children who go to the same class
Children from other schools
Multiple responses; Base: those whose general impression of these activities was a good
Why do you think so? What most influenced that these activities make a GOOD impression on you?
51

52. In your opinion whether these actions have attracted the attention of students in a
school or remained largely unknown?
They drew attention of other students
They remained mainly unknown to other students
Don't know
Members of volunteers
club
Children who go to the
same class
Children from other
schools without similar
actions
73
57
54
12
28
30
16
16
16
Opinion that these actions have attracted the attention of students is prevalent. However, 1/3rd of
children who go to the same class with volunteers and 1/3rd of children from other schools
believes that these activities remained unknown to other students.
Base: Those who have heard of these activities
In your opinion whether these actions have attracted the attention of students in a school or remained largely
unknown?
52

53. Participation in the activities of volunteers club - members only
How many times have you participated in these activities?
Don't
know
6%
Once
8%
2 to 5
times
30%
More than
5 times
56%
More than a half of volunteers participated in more than 5 activities of the club.
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
How many times have you participated in the activities of the volunteers clubs, which aims to promote the
equal rights of children with disabilities.
53

54. Participation in the activities of volunteers club - members only
Have you found out anything new in this club, something you never thought about, associated with
children with disabilities and their inclusion in the society?
I didn’t
find out
anything
new
1%
Don’t
know
8%
I found out
a lot of
new things
50%
I found out
something
new
41%
The vast majority of volunteers found out something new about children with disabilities, but half
expresses that they found out a lot of new things about children with disabilities.
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
Have you found out anything new in this club, something you never thought about, associated with children
with disabilities and their inclusion in the society?
54

55. Participation in the activities of volunteers club - members only
What is new that you learned from these actions?
45%
I found out that children with disabilities could progress/ learn
44%
That they should be approached and treated like all other children
42%
That they can be good friends with children without disabilities
40%
I found out how to help children with disabilities.
33%
That the society is obliged to enable them to grow up same as other children
26%
That they can be successful artists, athletes, journalists
28%
That they can attend regular school.
24%
I found out that it was best for these children to grow up in family
I found out about Day Care Centers for children with disabilities
20%
About benefits of socializing of children with and without disabilities
20%
13%
I found out about negative consequences of children staying in institutions/home
Other
Don't know
4%
5%
The new most learned (over 40% ) are: that children with disabilities could
progress/learn, that they should be approached and treated like all other children, that they
can be good friends with children without disabilities, and how to help children with
disabilities.
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
What is new that you learned from these actions?
55

56. Influence of activities
 Influence of activities has always been substantial and positive both on volunteers and
children with disabilities, but also on local community. Parent: „Owing to „Zradak nade” , attitude
towards children with disabilities is at a better level.”
• Volunteers ate enriched with new experiences and accepting and including differences in
everyday life. Volunteers say that :
• they found out a lot about life of children, how they learn, what they do, what they are
interested in, what they can do
• they were informed about types of disabilities
• they broke down prejudice and changed the way they felt when in contact with children
with disabilities – no discomfort, fear, anxiety
• they realized that children with disabilities have abilities to work and that they can
contribute to the society Volunteer: „Children with disabilities can achieve something, if he
can’t be a lawyer – he can be a seller, he can pack products, or arrange products on shelves.
These are not children without abilities, and they can contribute to the society.”
• they learnt a lot about volunteerism and humanness
• Children with disabilities , with the help of some activities, found out a lot about some
everyday situations and tasks such as, for example, paying phone bills.
• Parents of children with disabilities are very satisfied with the influence of activities. Their
children made friends and some even visited them at home – better socialization was
achieved and their children became far more active.
Findings of focus groups and in-depth interviews 56

57. Participation in the activities of volunteers club - members only
In the case of voluntary clubs which aim to promote the
equal rights of children with disabilities which activity you
like the most?
16%
Socializing with them
20%
Creative workshops
15%
Performances/ going to theatre
13%
12%
Art workshop, drawing
Music workshop, singing, dance
7%
Walking/ socializing outdoors
6%
Playing with them
Common work
Sports activities
Making presents/ greeting cards
Meetings of the club where we expressed our observations
Visit to Center
Writing, reading books
Other answers
Don't know
3%
4%
4%
3%
2%
2%
3%
Among all of the activities, volunteers liked
creative workshops, socializing with
them, and performances/going to theatre
the most.
7%
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
In the case of voluntary clubs which aim to promote the equal rights of children with disabilities which
activity you like the most?
57

58. Participation in the activities of volunteers club - members only
Why that action?
27%
Fe felt how much our attention meant to them, our support/ they were happy
20%
Nice socializing with them/ all of us had a pleasant time
15%
Interesting, I liked it
12%
Common work with them
They showed their skills/ talents
10%
We helped them in various activities/ we taught them something new
10%
9%
We got to know more about them/ understood them
5%
It is useful, we made an effort/ we learned how to help them
We learned a lot about them/ we found out something new
Other answers
Don't know
4%
3%
8%
The most liked activities of volunteers club were rated this way because volunteers got the opportunity
to feel how much their attention and support meant to them, and how that makes them happy, as
well as because of the pleasant socializing and teamwork.
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
Why that action?
58

59. Most appealing activities
• Volunteers liked all the activities in the club, they were diversified and many could not
single out the best ones.
• All towns had similar activities, but some clubs still offered more diversified activities.
• Volunteers mentioned the following activities:
• Art – making cards, masked ball, gifts, candle holders, drawing on glasses, making
snow flakes and Snowman with a yoghurt cup
• Folklore and sports activities in the school gym
• Literary section – writing newspaper articles for the newspaper of the NGO Zračak
nade
• Puppet shows
• Recitation section
• Cooking – making cakes and pancakes
• Going downtown of children with and without disabilities and socializing – visiting
banks, pharmacy, cafés
• Parties
• Shows and performances – at the end and “crown” of their work
Findings of focus groups and in-depth interviews
59

60. Participation in the activities of volunteers club - members only
How much do you think these activities influenced you to
seriously think about children with disabilities and the
attitude of the society towards them?
They influenced me a lot
53%
They influenced me mainly
38%
Neither yes nor no
2%
They mainly didn’t influence me
1%
They didn’t influence me at all
7%
Very or mostly influenced
Mostly not or not at all influenced
91%
1%
Almost all volunteers think that these activities influenced them to seriously think about children
with disabilities and about the attitude of the society towards them. Only several volunteers in Bar
think that these activities did not influence them to think about children with disabilities any
different.
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
How much do you think these activities influenced you to seriously think about children with disabilities and
the attitude of the society towards them?
60

61. Familiarity with the activities of volunteers clubs in the campaign
Did you talk to the members of your family about children
with disabilities after these activities?
No
23%
How did the members of your family react?
Would they like you to socialize with children
with disabilities?
They told me that I should
socialize and support children
with disabilities
They have no opinion on
whether I should or should not
socialize with children with
disabilities
Yes
77%
Almost 4/5ths of volunteers talked to the
members of their family about children
with disabilities after these activities.
94%
6%
Families of volunteers support their children to
socialize and to support children with
disabilities.
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
Did you talk to the members of your family about children with disabilities after these activities?
How did the members of your family react? Would they like you to socialize with children with disabilities?
61

62. Participation in the activities of volunteers clubs - members only
Have these activities influenced you to change some of your
attitudes towards children with disabilities?
They did not influence me because
everything matched my opinion on proper
attitude towards children with disabilities
They did not influence me, my attitudes
are somewhat different, but I don’t think
that I should change them
They made me change some of my
attitudes
37%
7%
57%
In more than a half of volunteers, the activities of volunteers club changed some attitudes about
children with disabilities.
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
Have these activities influenced you to change some of your attitudes towards children with disabilities?
62

63. Participation in the activities of volunteers clubs - members only
Can you tell me which attitudes you changed?
59%
Children with disabilities are less unknown to me – I understand them better
49%
I observe children with disabilities like all other children more
I do not mind any more socializing with children with disabilities at school, in the
playground etc.
41%
I believe more in the possibility of providing quality life for children with disabilities
in our society
36%
I fear contact with children with disabilities less
36%
Among children with disabilities I see potential future artists and
successful/prominent members of our society
20%
Volunteers clubs activities influenced change in attitudes for volunteers, making them
understand children with disabilities better, observe them like all other children more, and
socialize with children with disabilities without discomfort.
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
Can you tell me which attitudes you changed?
63

64. Familiarity with the activities of volunteers clubs in the campaign
Have these activities of volunteers club made you change
your behavior towards children with disabilities?
No
23%
What behavior have you changed?
I
socialize/communicate
more with children
with disabilities
68%
I communicate more
easily with children
with disabilities
Yes
77%
Almost 4/5ths volunteers states that
they changed their behavior towards
children with disabilities.
I am less
uncomfortable when I
see a child with
disability
53%
27%
After the volunteers clubs activities, volunteers
socialize and communicate more with children
with disabilities, and communication is easier.
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
Have these activities of volunteers club made you change your behavior towards children with disabilities?
What behavior have you changed?
64

65. Familiarity with the activities of volunteers clubs in the campaign
Would you repeat this experience with the volunteers club
and be engaged again in activities associated with informing
our society with life of children with disabilities?
Why would you do it again?
No
0%
I liked it/ it was pleasant/ I like to
work with them
42%
To help as much as possible
19%
Because of socializing/ finding
new friends
Interesting/ new/ good
experience
Yes
100%
Educative/ we will learn more/
we will get to know each othe
21%
14%
12%
Children were happy/ they felt
8%
All members of volunteers club would repeat
better/ equal
experiences with the volunteers club and would
Don't know
5%
engage again in these clubs because their
previous experience felt pleasant and they
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
enjoyed the activities.
Would you repeat this experience with the volunteers club and be engaged again in activities associated
with informing our society with life of children with disabilities?
Why would you do it again?
65

66. Participation in the activities of volunteers clubs - members only
And what would you change regarding this volunteers club.
What would you do differently?
More socializing
6%
VecCi prostor/ bolje opremljen prostor
6%
JosS radionica, igraonica, predstava...
Engagement of bigger number of children/ discussions,
inform
More activities/ more frequent engagement
VisSe aktivnosti u prirodi
Odnos prema volonterima/ organizacija/ strucHnjaci za
vodjen
ChesScCe organizovanje volonterske sekcije
5%
4%
4%
4%
3%
3%
Uvodjenje volonterskih kampova
2%
VisSe sportskih aktivnosti
Members of volunteers club most often state
that they would not change anything .
However, some would like more
socializing, workshops, theatre and
activities, and bigger space with more
equipment…
2%
Ostali odgovori
1%
44%
NisSta/ sve je dobro/ neka se nastavi
Ne zna
22%
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
And what would you change regarding this volunteers club. What would you do differently?
66

67. Participation in the activities of volunteers clubs - members only
Would you introduce any new activity? Which one?
Spending more time together in the countryside, picnics,
walks
Help with studying
Sports activities adjusted to them
Collecting donations/ clothes
More workshops, programs
Visits, excursions, visiting Day Care Centers
More fun, going out, going to the theater
Education, informing, engaging more people
Volunteer camps
More frequent visits/ socializing
Working with volunteer clubs from other towns
Other answers
11%
4%
4%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
2%
3%
33%
Nothing/ everything is good
Don't know
25%
If volunteers had to chose new activities, they would like to spend more time together in the
countryside, picnics, or walks. Also, they would like more sports activities adjusted to children with
disabilities and more help with studying.
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
Would you introduce any new activity? Which one?
67

68. Participation in the activities of volunteers clubs - members only
What would be your wishes/recommendations for the next
year regarding this volunteers club?
35%
To have as many volunteers as possible
13%
To keep up the work
10%
More associations/ visits/ joint activities
7%
Going together to picnics, excursions, walks, camps
More attention, conversations, helping children and their
fa
3%
More money for volunteer clubs
3%
Better education, informing people
Other answers
Nothing
Don't know
2%
1%
Members of volunteers club
would like to have as many
volunteers as possible, to keep
up the work, and to have
more associations/visits/ joint
activities.
3%
28%
Base: Members of volunteers clubs
What would be your wishes/recommendations for the next year regarding this volunteers club?
68

69. Wish for activities for the next year
 Volunteers would like to visit institutions in other towns, to meet children with different
disabilities, to keep up with projects, to organize joint activities of towns - for example
performances, to have magazines about activities of clubs and children, to organize oneday picnics for volunteers and children with disabilities...
 Facilitators think that such projects should be continuous, since new generations of
pupils come every year and all of them should have these activities available. It would
be useful to connect towns and organize visits.
 Furthermore, parents of children with disabilities bi would like the activities to go on.
Parent: „The club took them to restaurants, cafés... and they are satisfied. Children tell us
to go away, that they want to be with their friends. “
Findings of focus groups and in-depth interviews 69

70. CONCLUSION: Activities of Volunteer Clubs which relate to children with disabilities
• Activities of Volunteer Clubs aimed at promotion of inclusion make very positive impression on the very
participants, also drawing attention of a large number of pupils attending the included schools who are not
members of School Parliament.
• 85% of pupils attending the same school are aware of activities Volunteer Clubs aimed at promotion of
inclusion (in comparison with just 28% of pupils from other schools). Impression of these activities is very
positive among all children, but it is the most positive among the members of Volunteer Clubs (68% of
volunteers have a very good impression, 35% have a good impression).
• Findings of focus groups and in-depth interviews have shown that impact of activities was great and positive
both on volunteers and children with disabilities, but also on local community. Volunteers gained a rich new
experience and started to accept and include differences in everyday life. Children with disabilities found out
various things about everyday situations, for example, payment of phone bills, thanks to some activities.
Parents of children with disabilities are exceptionally satisfied with influence of activities of the Club.
• More than one half of pupils who have heard about these activities think that they attracted the attention in
school.
• Half of volunteers think that they found out many new things about children with disabilities, primarily that
these children can progress/ learn, that they should be treated same as other children, that children with and
children without disability can be good friends.
• Volunteers liked creative workshops best (art, literary, folklore, cooking...), socializing with children with
disabilities and performances. Most appealing activities of volunteer clubs were assessed that way because
they enabled volunteers to feel how important their attention was to children with disabilities, their
support, how happy it made them feel, as well as because of nice and interesting socializing and joint work.
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71. CONCLUSION: Activities of Volunteers clubs related to children with disabilities
• 91% of volunteers thought seriously about children with disabilities and attitude of the society towards
them.
• After the activities, almost 4/5 of volunteers talked about children with disabilities with their family
members. Families of volunteers supported them in these activities and providing support to children with
disabilities.
• More than half of the volunteers say that they have changed some attitudes of theirs towards children with
disabilities after volunteer club activities, primarily in terms of easier communication, perceiving these
children in the same way as other children and reduced feeling of unease with these children.
 Almost 4/5 of volunteers say that they have changed some behavior of theirs towards children with
disabilities: they socialize and communicate more with children with disabilities, and their communication is
a lot easier.
• All volunteers say that they would repeat this experience because they liked it very much and because it
was pleasant.
 Members of volunteer clubs usually say that they are satisfied and that they wouldn’t change anything about
the activities. Some would prefer more socializing, workshops, performances and activities, bigger and
better equipped space...
 As for new activities, volunteers would introduce more socializing in the countryside, picnics, walks, sports
activities adapted to children with disabilities, help with learning...
 Members of volunteer clubs would like the number of volunteers to be increased, to keep up working, to
have larger number of organizations, visits, joint activities.
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72. Climate in school
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73. How would you describe the attitude towards children with disabilities in your
school?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level
46%
42%
Children with disabilities are
supported
25%
33%
Children with disabilities are
mainly supported
40%
41%
17%
16%
Children with disabilities are
mainly not supported
24%
Children with disabilities are
not supported at all
3%
2%
5%
Don't know
2%
0%
5%
Members of volunteers clubs
Children who go to the same class
Children from other schools
79%
82%
Supported or mainly supported
66%
Mainly not supported or not at
all
19%
18%
28%
The vast majority of students from all three groups believes that children with disabilities have support in their
schools. However, children from other schools without similar activities significantly less believe that the children
with disabilities are supported in their school.
Base: All respondents
How would you describe the attitude towards children with disabilities in your school?
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74. Do you think that the attitude of school towards children with disabilities has
changed since the start of activities of the volunteers club that promote equal rights
of children with disabilities?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
Not changed at all
Members of the
volunteers clubs
Children attending
the same class
Children from other
schools
Changed a little
6
Very much changed
47
9
43
52
21
Don't know
35
4
29
7
9
38
Close to 90% of volunteers and children attending same class thinks that the attitude towards
children with disabilities changes after the volunteers clubs activities. More than 1/3rd of
children from other schools thinks that nothing changed at all.
Base: All respondents
Do you think that the attitude of school towards children with disabilities has changed since the start of
activities of the volunteers club that promote equal rights of children with disabilities?
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75. Zašto tako misliš?
Učenici koji smatraju da postoji podrška
Svi im pomažemo, podržavamo ih
Poštujemo ih, svi smo
ravnopravni/ prihvadeni su
Nastavnici/ škola im posveduju
mnogo pažnje
Postoji volonterski klub/ aktivni
članovi koji se trude
Vedina pruža podršku/ uglavnom
im se pomaže
Družimo se/ imamo zajedničke
aktivnosti
Raste interesovanje, trud /
menjaju se stavovi
Prave se prilazi, rampe, lift/
posebna odeljenja
Akcije/ informisanje je uticalo/
učimo da ih razumemo,
Zajedno učimo/ pomaže im se u
radu na časovima
Neki ih podržavaju, druže se, a
neki ne
Kada bi bilo takve dece u školi,
pružili bi im podršku
Učenici koji smatraju da ne postoji podrška
25%
14%
14%
Vedina ih ne podržava/ ne vode
računa o njima/ loše se ponašaju
29%
Ne obrada se pažnja na njihove
potrebe/ nije im prilagodjena
škola
25%
7%
7%
6%
Postoje oni koji se ružno ponašaju,
vređaju/ diskriminišu
14%
Neki ne žele da se druže s njima/
izbegavaju ih/ neprijatno im je
11%
6%
5%
5%
Neki ih podržavaju, druže se, a
neki ne
7%
Nema takve dece u školi
4%
Podrška je nedovoljna/ mora još
dosta da se radi
3%
5%
3%
1%
Baza: Svi ispitanici
Zašto tako misliš?
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76. Do you think that other students in your school have become more interested in
socializing with children with disabilities after all the activities of the volunteers
clubs?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
No
Yes, to some extent
Members of the
volunteers clubs
Children attending
the same class
Children from other
schools
13
Yes, to a great extent
Don't know
63
21
24
51
37
1
27
41
6
1
16
The largest number of volunteers and children attending the same class thinks that other students in
school have become more interested for socializing with children with disabilities.
Base: All respondents
Do you think that other pupils in your school have become more interested in socializing with children with
disabilities after all the activities of the volunteers clubs?
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77. Statistički značajna razlika na nivou 0.05
Socijalizacija djece sa smetnjama u razvoju
Da li su djeca/dijete sa smetnjama u razvoju koja idu u tvoju školu uključena uvijek, ponekad ili nikad u sledede aktivnosti?
Uvek i ponekad
Nikad
Ne znam
Dijete sa smetnjama u razvoju na časovima sjedi u klupi sa
dijetetom bez smetnji u razvoju.
77
122
80.4
5
15
81.7
0
18
Djeca sa smetnjama u razvoju se na odmoru druže sa djecom bez
smetnji u razvoju.
79
318
82
7
11
76.2
618
Poslije časova se djeca sa smetnjama u razvoju druže sa djecom
bez smetnji u razvoju.
69
1318
83
5
12
Dijete sa smetnjama u razvoju ide na rođendane kod djece bez
smetnji u razvoju.
61
20 19
77.7
914
56.4
Djeca iz skole koja nemaju smetnje u razvoju su bila na rođendanu
kod djeteta sa smetnjama u razvoju.
64
16 20
75.9
717
60.5 14 26
421
83.9
1
15
Dijete sa smetnjama u razvoju učestvuje na časovima zajedno sa
ostalom djecom
Compared to other children, children from other
schools without similar activities more frequently
think that they are not aware whether children with
disabilities socialize after classes and whether their
classmates attend their birthdays.
75
65.8
79.4
1420
20 23
516
Baza: Svi ispitanici
Da li su djeca/dijete sa smetnjama u razvoju koja idu u tvoju školu uključena
uvijek, ponekad ili nikad u sledede aktivnosti?
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78. Statistički značajna razlika na nivou 0.05
Socijalizacija djece sa smetnjama u razvoju
Da li se djeca druže spontano, ili samo kada to nastavnici podstiču ili se to dešava i spontano i kada nastavnici podstiču?
Dešava se spontano
Samo kada nastavnici podstiču
I spontano i kada nastavnici podstiču
Dijete sa smetnjama u razvoju na časovima sjedi u klupi sa
dijetetom bez smetnji u razvoju.
34 23 35
30 15
50
37 11 52
Djeca sa smetnjama u razvoju se na odmoru druže sa djecom bez
smetnji u razvoju.
66
7 25
70
517
85
1
13
Poslije časova se djeca sa smetnjama u razvoju druže sa djecom
bez smetnji u razvoju.
72
714
71
620
83
3
13
Dijete sa smetnjama u razvoju ide na rođendane kod djece bez
smetnji u razvoju
72
9
67
120
Djeca iz skole koja nemaju smetnje u razvoju su bila na rođendanu
kod djeteta sa smetnjama u razvoju.
72
48
68
319
Dijete sa smetnjama u razvoju učestvuje na časovima zajedno sa
ostalom djecom
Students believe that socializing with children with
disabilities happens spontaneously, except when two
students share a desk or socialize in classroom setting.
35 14 44
41 15 34
67
10
11
78
29 4
5
13
63
Baza: Svi ispitanici
Da li se djeca druže spontano, ili samo kada to nastavnici podstiču ili se to
dešava i spontano i kada nastavnici podstiču?
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79. How would you describe the attitude of your town towards children with
disabilities?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level
47%
Children with disabilities are
supported
39%
35%
28%
Children with disabilities are
mainly supported
44%
43%
18%
Children with disabilities are
mainly not supported
11%
15%
8%
6%
6%
Children with disabilities are
not supported at all
Don't know
Members of volunteers clubs
Children who go to the same class
1%
1%
1%
Children from other schools
74%
Supported or mainly supported
Mainly not supported or not at
all
83%
78%
25%
17%
21%
Majority of the respondents believe that city/town
supports children with disabilities.
Base: All respondents
How would you describe the attitude of your town towards children with disabilities?
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80. Zašto tako misliš?
Učenici koji smatraju da postoji podrška
Postoji Dnevni centar
27%
Postoje
organizacije/udruženja/NVO
koje im pomažu
Grad i građani pruzaju
podršku, brinu, pomaže im
se u svemu
Organizuju se aktivnosti (
predstave, koncerti,
kampanje...)
Deca se ne izdvajaju, niko ih
ne izbegava, imaju ista prava
Uključenost nastavnika/stav
škole prema njima
Nema vidljive
pomodi/ podrške
22%
14%
13%
8%
Vidljiv je napredak
Vedina se trudi da im
pomogne/ ima razumevanja
Stvaraju se bolji uslovi za
život/ izgradnja rampi,
prilaza
Organizuju se volonterski
kluobvi/mnogo je volontera
Učenici koji smatraju da ne postoji podrška
7%
7%
7%
7%
6%
5%
Baza: Svi ispitanici
Zašto tako misliš?
Potrebna je veda
podrška, pomod/
nije dovoljno
urađeno
Ne postoji
zainteresovanost/
deca su
neprimetna/ ne
Predrasude/
nerazumevanje/
loš odnos,
vredjanje
Nema Dnevnog
centra/ akcija za
podršku/
udruženja
Ljudi nisu
dovoljno
informisani/
upudeni u njihove
Treba im pomodi/
voleo bih/la da
pomognem/
svako treba da
19%
15%
8%
8%
4%
3%
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81. Do you think that the attitude of your town towards children with disabilities has
changed since the start of activities of the volunteers club that promote equal rights
of children with disabilities?
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level between groups
Not changed at all
Changed a little
Members of volunteers
clubs
10
Children attending the
same class
10
Children from other
schools
Very much changed
40
35
46
26
Don't know
15
32
23
13
12
38
Majority members of volunteers club and children attending the same class think that the
relationship between city and children with disabilities has changed together with volunteers
clubs activities.
Base: All respondents
Do you think that the attitude of your town towards children with disabilities has changed since the start of
activities of the volunteers club that promote equal rights of children with disabilities?
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82. Attitude of local community towards children with disabilities
• It is general assessment of focus group participants that status of children with disabilities and
attitude of the community towards them has changed for the better upon establishing of the
Day Care Center, but that some people still have prejudice and behave badly towards children
with disabilities, as well as that not all local communities are equally dedicated to children with
disabilities and improving their life and status. “The attitude is better because children are more
engaged.” “Those who don’t know them ridicule them.”
• Activities of „Zračak nade“ contributed significantly to improvement of the attitude towards
children with disabilities – according to both children and club facilitators “When there were no
Zračak nade and Day Care Center, parents were ashamed to take their children out, and now
they go to the part, downtown, same as other children and their parents because they have the
same rights.”
 Parents who live in Pljevlja are freer, they take their children to the town, to the park.
 In Bar, there is no Day Care Centre, although its building was planned. Parents associations are
the main triggers of all ideas with local self government.
• Facilitator in Bijelo Polje says that work and activities of Parents Association are responsible for
improved attitude of local community towards children with disabilities.
• In Herceg Novi are there 3 associations for children with disabilities – which, according to the
facilitator, illustrates good attitude of the local community towards children with disabilities . On
the other hand, parents were unsatisfied because their children had no assistant.
Findings of focus groups and in-depth interviews
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83. CONCLUSION: School climate
 It is general pupils’ assessment that support to children with disability is present in their school
and their town, but that this attitude became even better since activities of School Parliaments
started, aimed at promotion of inclusion of children with disabilities.
 More than 4/5 of pupils in classes attended by members of volunteer clubs and 2/3 of pupils from
other schools believe that their school provides support to children with disabilities.
 Members of School Parliament, same as their class mates, mainly think that attitude of school
towards children with disabilities has changed since School Parliament activities started. 43% of
School Parliament members believe that it has changed a little, 38% that it has changed very much.
 Members of School Parliament, same as their class mates, mainly think that other pupils became
more interested in socializing with children with disabilities since School Parliament activities
started. 63% of School Parliament members became more interested to a little extent, 24% to a
great extent.
 About ¾ of pupils think that attitude of the town towards these children is good and supportive.
 The core of their opinion that towns provide support to children with disabilities is presence of
Day Care Centers.
 Volunteers, same as their class mates, mainly think that attitude of town towards children with
disabilities has changed since Volunteer Clubs activities started. 40% of volunteers think that it has
changed a little, 35% that it has changed a lot.
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84. Final questions
84

85. We are almost finished with the questionnaire, so I would like you to tell me what it
is that you would like to find out/ learn/ hear about children and adults with
disabilities.
12%
Way of life, how they spend their day, interests
7%
Treatment, accepting by the society/ support of the society
8%
4%
Braille alphabet/ sign language/ how they communicate
Information about their disease/ problems/ needs
4%
3%
How they cope with their problems/ how hard it is for them
How they socialize/ if they are lonely/ if they like to socialize to
us
4%
2%
The way people treat them
Don't know
9%
7%
Ways how to help them more
Statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level
18%
7%
8%
Their abilities/ possibilities/ successes/ results
Nothing
16%
11%
Their perception of things, the way they think/ their feelings
Other answers
17%
9%
7%
6%
14%
9%
10%
14%
9%
Members of volunteers clubs
7% Children who go to the same class
8%
5%
6%
5%
Children from other schools
7%
3%
2%
3%
4%
4%
3%
1%
3%
1%
Multiple responses; Base: All respondents
We are almost finished with the questionnaire, so I would like you to tell me what it is that you would like to
find out/ learn/ hear about children and adults with disabilities.
The way of life, how they
spend their day, their
interests, perception of
things, the way they
think/feel, and the way
people treat children with
disabilities are the fields that
show the most interest.
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