Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur lÀrare pÄ högstadiet upplever och tÀnker om att ha individintegrerade sÀrskoleelever i sin klass pÄ högstadiet. Vilka för- och nackdelar de upplever och hur de anser att stödet ska utformas kring dessa elever. Intentionen var ocksÄ att skapa förstÄelse och kunskap utifrÄn lÀrarens vardag, vilket skulle kunna bidra till att utveckla ett proaktivt kring individintegrerade sÀrskoleelever.Samspelet med individintegrerade sÀrskoleelever framkallar tankar och funderingar hos lÀrare hur de i vardagen ska fÄ helheten att fungera för lÀraren sjÀlv och för den individintegrerade eleven. UtifrÄn hur vÄrt utbildningssystem Àr uppbyggt kan det vara centralt att studera hur detta dilemma tar sig i uttryck i skolan, för att försöka förstÄ verksamhetens olika trÄngmÄl och för att kunna möta det. Claes Nilholm (2007) uttrycker att dilemman alltid kommer att finnas i skolan och dÀrför mÄste studeras för att möjliggöra lösningar.

Research about social support and social networks has mostly concerned the impact on a person?s wellbeing and health. However an aspect largely neglected is how social support within the social networks can affect the process of giving up a drug abuse. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of what role the social support within different relationships can have on the process of giving up drug abuse. Furthermore the aim is to examine how a self-help group can provide social support in the transitional period after leaving a drug abuse.

This is a qualitative study of how some journalists on the Swedish national media are using social media in news work. The study, carried out by using interviews, also covers how these journalists' work is influenced by social media. For the journalists in the study social media has become a tool to do research, get news ideas and find interviewees. At the same time social media affects the work of the journalists, as the social media increases the speed of news and flow of information. Even though they involve some challenges, social media facilitates news work and the journalists in this study have a positive attitude towards the phenomenon.Keywords: Social media, news journalism, the national media..

The purpose of this study was to examine social workers apprehensions about institutional placement of youths and what determines when these proceedings are used. When research not always shows that institutional placements lead to positive changes for youngsters, we wondered how social workers act on their assessment to institutional placement. We wanted to find out if the social workers meet any dilemmas along the way. To find out about that we used qualitative interviews with ten social workers, who worked in social service and came from different places in the southern parts of Sweden. To analyze our material we used the theory of human service organization and street-level bureaucrats work situation.

This study focuses on the use of animals in social work from the perspective of social workers. The purpose of this study is to examine social workers? experiences of animal assisted social work and how social workers view the integration of animals in various fields of social work. The research is based on a qualitative method and four semi-structured interviews were conducted with social workers. The theories incorporated in the study are Attachment Theory and Sense of Coherence (SOC).The following results are presented: Social workers are considered to have a more comprehensive understanding of clients compared to their associates who do not hold a degree in Social Work.

Studiens syfte var att undersöka barns uppfattningar om lÀrande som generellt begrepp men ocksÄ i förhÄllande till informell kontra en formell kontext. I studien har jag valt att anvÀnda fritidshemmet som den plats som stÄr för en informell kontext och skolan som den plats som stÄr för den formella kontexten. Detta pÄ grund av att jag varit intresserad av att undersöka om den integrering som enligt LGR11 bör finnas mellan fritids och skola, uppfattas av eleverna. Undersökningens empiri bygger pÄ kvalitativa intervjuer med 12 elever i Ärskurs tre. Studiens resultat visar att lÀrande som begrepp Àr starkt förknippat med skolans vÀrld och den formella kontexten.

Syftet med studien Àr att undersöka hur lÀrare som arbetar med att integrera och inkludera elever med autismspektrumdiagnoser uppfattar detta fenomen. Mina frÄgestÀllningar behandlar hur skolverksamheter arbetar för att stödja elever med autismspektrumdiagnoser och hur lÀrare anpassar sin pedagogik till elever i behov av sÀrskilt stöd. Slutligen redovisas vad nÄgra lÀrare anser om att integrera och inkludera elever med autismspektrumstörning i vanlig klass.Studien byggs upp utifrÄn hur specialpedagog och lÀrare ska tillgodose elever i behov av sÀrskilt stöd, att specialpedagogiken Àr en annan typ av pedagogik Àn vad som Àr normen. Detta bygger pÄ att elever med autismspektrumstörningar uppvisar svÄrigheter i lÀrandet och sociala begrÀnsningar. Som metod har kvalitativa, semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomförts.Studien byggs upp utifrÄn hur specialpedagog och lÀrare ska tillgodose elever i behov av sÀrskilt stöd, att specialpedagogiken Àr en annan typ av pedagogik Àn vad som Àr normen.

The aim of this study is to understand the collaboration at a child investigation and the actions that may be encountered as a result of the investigation, based on the Social Secretaries experiences of collaboration with other agencies such as schools, police, health visitor and child psychiatry. In the study, eight social workers from different municipalities was interviewed at a total of six occasions. One of the occasions was a group interview with three social workers at the same time. Through the interviews, it appears that the collaboration has an important role in social work and the necessity is something that manifests itself in the social secretaries stories but also in the earlier research done in this area. The results show that social workers extensively want to interact but that the purpose of interaction varies depending on the nature of the matter.

This study focuses on the use of animals in social work from the perspective of social workers. The purpose of this study is to examine social workers? experiences of animal assisted social work and how social workers view the integration of animals in various fields of social work. The research is based on a qualitative method and four semi-structured interviews were conducted with social workers. The theories incorporated in the study are Attachment Theory and Sense of Coherence (SOC).The following results are presented: Social workers are considered to have a more comprehensive understanding of clients compared to their associates who do not hold a degree in Social Work.

Our purpose with this study was to look at the connection between social capital and integration. Particularly if meetings between people from different cultures can increase social capital and in that way affect integration. We start by identifying the social integration perspective we are going to use through out the study and then we introduce social capital theory as a way of narrowing down the field even more. The study was done through six semi structured interviews. We interviewed three women that was established in the Swedish society and three women that had immigration background.

The purpose is to examine social workers view of vulnerable children and their needs. We are also interested to know how social workers think and discuss concerning the help these children are given. Our main questions in our study are; How do social workers define vulnerable children? Which needs do vulnerable children have according to social workers? Which opportunities and difficulties might there be in the decision making when trying to help these children? Which public authorities do social workers cooperate with? Which opportunities and difficulties do social workers find in the cooperation?This study is based upon interviews with ten social workers in the social childcare division in different municipalities in SkÄne region, Sweden. Our results are explained and analyzed with a qualitative approach through different aspects of power- and Human Service Organization theories.

Social media has become an important marketing and communication tool worldwide, mostly through the largest social platforms Facebook and Twitter. With two-way communication via Internet companies has gotten the opportunity to interact and communicate directly with their customers. Facebook has been the focus point through the study because it has shown to be the most efficient and frequently used platform for communication. Our study aimed to confirm how communication via social media actually looks like. To be able to reach the best results, we have conducted the study from a phenomenological approach, which means; usage of qualitative semi-structured interviews to reflect the respondents experience on the phenomenon social media as a communication tool. Social media has shown to be a great way of communicating externally for companies who are willing to spend time engaging in the platform.

Social enterprises make up one of the groups of participants that provide welfare services financed by public funding. The object of this study is to describe and analyze from a theoretical point of view which conditions, in what fields, by which division of responsibility and finally through what decisions these social enterprises are allocated a place in the market for social welfare services. The company that has been the object of study offers services in the field of social welfare and in employment. In the study a triangulation of qualitative methods has been used: studies of literature on the subject, recurrent interviews and observations and also reviews of documents. The results have been analyzed from theories on the space available on the market for social services, on social economy and on social capital in the form of strong, weak and bridging bonds.

Syftet med uppsatsen Àr att ta reda pÄ hur ensamkommande ungdomars skolform och sprÄkutveckling ser ut. Detta har gjorts med hjÀlp av tre semistrukturerade intervjuer med personal i UmeÄ kommuns skola och boende som Àr insatta i ungdomarnas vardag. Studien bygger pÄ kvalitativ metod och ett narrativt skrivsÀtt, dÀr intervjupersonernas egna formuleringar fÄtt ta plats. Uppsatsens resultat visar att social delaktighet hÀnger samman med ungdomarnas möjlighet till sprÄkutveckling. Uppsatsen visar ocksÄ att god gruppdynamik och samhörighet för ensamkommande ungdomar Àr viktigt och att ensamkommande ungdomar tenderar att kÀnna sig malplacerade i mötet med ungdomar med svenska som förstasprÄk.

The purpose of this essay is to explore the social services work with crime victims in Sweden, according to Chapter 5, § 11 of the Social Services Act. The study examined how social workers define the victim and assessing and prioritizing victims' needs. It has also been central to study how social workers interpret and understand the regulation of social services responsible for crime victims.Qualitative interviews with 18 social workers is the basis for the study. The analysis of the social services work with victims based in the above-mentioned interviews. The interviews analyzed using the sociology of law theory.