Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I - Wellbeing and the Socio-Cultural Adaptation of Children to their Environment -- The Wellbeing of Children: Its Source and How It is Affected by a Sense of Exclusion and Acculturation (Hanna Liberska) -- The sense of a child's wellbeing as an indicator of social adaptation -- Indices of wellbeing -- Causes of wellbeing and their correlates -- The sense of wellbeing of a child in relation to his or her functioning at school and among peers -- Tolerance versus acceptance and adaptation -- References -- The Problem of Minorities as a Subject of Intercultural Psychology (Věra Kosiková and Hanna Liberska) -- Encounters of various sociocultural groups in the European space -- National minorities in the Czech Republic -- A brief historical excursion -- National minorities in the Czech Republic and the population of the Czech Republic claiming adherence to them -- Cultural and national identity -- The casuistry of the student Nam -- What are the possible solutions for the integration of national minorities into the majority society? -- The psychological nature of prejudice. Influence of prejudice on the quality of life of the Roma -- The psychological nature of prejudice -- The origin and evolution of prejudice -- The casuistry of Daniela -- Intercultural education as a path towards positive acceptance of diversity. Developing intercultural competences -- Psychological particularities of intercultural communication -- Two styles of communication can be differentiated -- Creating stances and the development of value orientation as a basis for intercultural education -- The Processional Concept of Upbringing and Education -- The psychological particularities of upbringing (represented to a varying extent in various cultures) are determined mostly by these principles (in: Věra Kosiková , 2011).

The principle of respecting the pupil as a subject of upbringing -- The principle of the global approach to upbringing -- The principle of uniqueness, authenticity -- The principle of empathic understanding and being acquainted with one's own emotions -- The Processional Concept of Upbringing and Education as a basis for developing intercultural competences based on the evolution of one's own experience -- References -- The Discourse of Social Exclusion and its Benefits for the Majority (Lajos Hüse, Erzsébet Balogh, Nóra Barnucz, Mihály Fónai and Erika Zolnai) -- Stereotype, prejudice, discrimination, exclusion -- Faith in a fair world and prejudice -- Research -- The influence of the discourse of exclusion on the excluded Roma -- The discourse of exclusion among the majority workers -- The detective mirror -- Overcoming stereotypes - the first step towards terminating exclusion -- References -- National Minorities with a Focus on the Roma Problem and its Historical and Social-Psychological Aspects (Václav Holeček, Marzanna Farnicka) -- The term "National Minority" -- The terms "Gypsy" - "Roma" -- The past of the Roma, historical experience -- The situation of the Roma in the Czech Republic from the last century to today -- Roma identity and new solutions of the so-called "Roma Question" -- References -- The Roma Population of Small Towns (Mihály Fónai, Erzsébet Balogh, Nóra Barnucz, Lajos Hüse and Erika Zolnai) -- Introduction -- Method and sample -- Ethnic affiliation of the heads of the households -- The composition of households and characteristics of the heads of households -- Their composition and some indicators of the households -- The furnishings and the income situation of the households -- Income and the income situation of the households -- Problems and help -- support systems -- Health status -- Summary -- References.

Crime and its Victims amongst Members of Different Nationalities (Simona Musilová and Jana Miňhová) -- Looking at the problems of national minorities as a way of helping them -- Minority members versus foreigners -- Potential problems in the co-existence of multiple nationalities -- Delinquency and crime as a social and psychological phenomenon -- Tendencies of national minority members to become criminal offenders or victims - potential causes and consequences -- The Psychology of Victims -- The Offender's Psychology -- Social Conditions as a cause of Delinquency -- The situation in the Czech Republic as a part of Central and Eastern Europe -- Socially Excluded Localities -- Available Statistics -- Conclusions -- References -- Part II - The Support of Children's Adaptation to School for the Prevention of Social Exclusion -- Children's Sense of Safety under Different Forms of Care at School and Where They Live (Grażyna Gajewska) -- References -- Possibility, Challenge or Barrier? Tasks of Public Education: The International Outlook and the Hungarian Situation (Erika Zolnai, Erzsébet Balogh, Nóra Barnucz, Mihály Fónai and Lajos Hüse) -- Global correlations -- The contradictions of efficiency -- More effective change, the road to success -- Contradictions in local integration practice -- Selectivity of the education system and segregation -- Lack of opportunity and equal opportunity -- Segregation, integration -- Inclusive education, integrating schools -- A look at one implemented integration program -- Summary -- References -- The Educational Requirements of Teachers' Assistants Working with Roma Pupils: The Opinions of In-Service and University Teachers (a Comparison) (Bronislava Kasáčová and Soňa Kariková) -- A brief theoretical, legislative and practical description of the position -- Empirical methods -- The aims of the research.

Stages of the research project -- Description of research methods -- Description and characteristics of the research model -- Opinions on the required knowledge and skills of teacher's assistants with a focus on the education of Romany pupils -- The scope of working activity of the teacher's assistant -- Conclusion -- References -- A New Tool in the Fight against Social Exclusion: The Questionnaire of School Life (QSL) (Marzanna Farnicka, Hanna Liberska, Věra Kosiková, Vladimira Lovasová and Dariusz Freundenreich) -- Body of the scale -- Theoretical background -- Study -- Objectivity and universality -- Validity -- Reliability -- The stability in time -- Analyses of correlations between scales -- Developmental changes in pupils and their effect on the results obtained in subscales -- Conclusions -- References -- Creativity Training with the Use of Drawings in Counteracting Peer Rejection (Urszula Gembara) -- The social mechanisms behind peer rejection -- Why creativity training? -- Creativity training - aspects of group work -- Creativity training - aspects of individual work -- Conclusions -- References -- Art Therapy as a Method of Working with Children under the Threat of Exclusion (Tatiana Maciejewska) -- Art therapy -- Workshop 1 - Art therapeutic games -- Workshop 2 - Dramatic games -- Workshop 3 - Fourland -- Workshop 4 - Puppet theatre -- Workshop 5 - Choreotherapy -- Workshop 6 - Hug therapy -- Summary -- References -- A Child of Many Worlds: A New Meaning of Acculturation (Marzanna Farnicka and Hanna Liberska) -- Planes of acculturation -- Stages of acculturation -- Adaptation and acculturation -- Adaptation and acculturation and globalisation processes -- Contemporary indicators of acculturation -- Acculturation and the economy -- Adaptation or acculturation -- References -- Authors.