Colette Jourdan-Ionescu

Young people with disabilities: the influence of leisure experiences on family dynamics

ABSTRACT This article presents the results of a research project on the influence of leisure experiences on the family dynamics of young people with disabilities. Case studies have been performed within five different households, all of which included a teenager living with a disability, in order to understand the importance of leisure experiences in family dynamics. All these teenagers practise a physical activity without the presence of a parent and outside of their home. For the sake of this study, parents and children have taken part in semi-structured interviews. The results show how participation in such activities is associated with the process of family dynamics. A model of influence of leisure on family resilience and a typology of family emerged from the results. This paper supports the importance of sport participation for young people with disabilities.

Potentiel d’apprentissage et adaptation professionnelle des déficients mentaux

RésuméUne recherche a été conduite auprès de trente personnes déficientes mentales afin de vérifier la valeur prédictive, pour l’adaptation professionnelle, des résultats à un test de potentiel d’apprentissage. L’équation de régression multiple réalisée en utilisant les résultats à un test d’intelligence non verbale (PM-47) et à un test de potentiel d’apprentissage (adaptation du test des cubes de Ionescu et al., 1974) indique que seule la note globale au test des cubes est prédictive. Cette note globale représente la somme de la note spontanée (qui quantifie la perfomance obtenue sans aucune intervention de l’examinateur) et de la note transfert (mesure du potentiel d’apprentissage).AbstractThirty mentally retarded persons took part in a study intended to verify the predictive value, for work adjustment, of learning potential. The multiple regression equation was derived for the data produced by a non verbal intelligence test (PM-47) and a test of learning potential (adaptation of the Block design test, Ionescu et al., 1974) The results showed that only the total score on a block design test has predictive value; this score is the sum of two scores, a “without help” score and a «transfer» score (measure of learning potential).