唐氏症患者在園藝訓練上之表現

The Performance of People-Down's Syndrome on Horticulture Training

本研究由初期評估中選出陽明教養院華岡院區六名唐氏症院生加入訓練，運用專業的學者專家研究認為最具激發性的三項園藝活動專案，以及針對院區內農藝場地的現況來加以訓練。在試行之後，發現利用簡單的無性繁殖和種子繁殖法，非常受到院生的喜愛和勝任。插花專案，由於花卉的利用較乾淨，院生回饋效果極好。本計畫園藝職訓對個人所設計的評估表，可以做為院生未來進入社會參與類似工作的先前評估。以這次接受職訓的六個院生而言，大部份需要有老師帶領到外面承包工作，如果想要讓職訓院生可以獨立工作，仍需要加強訓練。

From the literature review, we found that approximately one in every 800 to 1100 live births has the chance to get the disorder of Down's Syndrome (DS). Since the improvement of medical technique. the life expectance of 80% of people with DS can reach the age of 50. A successful professional job training becomes more and more important. Plants provide a positive physical surrounding where it provides more comfortable to live and work. The three primary interactive qualities of horticultural plants can be categorized as sensory, functional, and responsive relationship. Using plants to stimulate five senses provide a good therapeutic program for those disabled people. The application of horticulture including sexual and vegetative propagation and floral design etc. was applied on Yang-ming education & care center that is sponsored by Taipei City Government. Six students were selected for job training in this program. Atier 15 weeks in course training, we found that all of the students had the ability to do the assigned works but still need assistance by teachers. Among the courses, floral design got the best functional quality and showed on their task. We concluded that careful selection of propagated plants is vital to the successful use of therapeutic and job training programs.