Speech therapy intervention in pupils with mild intellectual disability

This thesis deals with speech therapy intervention in pupils with mild intellectual disabilities educated at primary schools. Its main goal is to identify and describe how this speech therapy intervention is provided to pupils with mild intellectual disabilities (MID). The partial goals examine the impaired communication abilities faced by these pupils, the nature of cooperation between their relatives and professionals, the difficulties encountered by speech therapists during intervention, and the procedures, materials, and aids that speech therapists find useful when working with pupils with MID. The thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and empirical, and contains four chapters. The theoretical part introduces the concept of intellectual disability and describes pupils with MID, their communication skills and language development in more detail. It also describes the educational options for pupils with MID and speech therapy interventions. The empirical part contains qualitative research conducted using semi-structured interviews with seven informants. The data obtained were openly coded and subsequently processed using thematic analysis. The evaluation of the data obtained answered the research questions set and also fulfilled the objectives of the work. The results of the research show...