Pageidaujamo sutuoktinio ir partnerio vaikų ugdyme apibūdinimai leidžia teigti, kad jaunesni žmonės (vyrai ir moterys), norintys sukurti šeimą, nenoriai renkasi partnerį, auginantį vaiką. Todėl galima daryti prielaidą, kad biologiniai vaikų tėvai yra svarbi sėkmingo vaikų ugdymo sąlyga. Supratimas apie tradicinę šeimą, kurią sudaro sutuoktiniai ir jų vaikai, ugdomi bendradarbiaujant, ne visada gali būti įgyvendintas. Ypač sunku tai suvokti vyresniame amžiuje, nes santuokų statistika rodo, kad penktadalis šeimų yra antrosios santuokos šeimos. Vyraujantis šeimos modelis po skyrybų yra mama ir vaikas. Šio tipo šeimos skirstomos į dvi grupes: šeimą, kurioje tėvas aktyviai dalyvauja vaiko ar vaikų ugdyme, ir šeimą, kurioje jis yra pašalintas arba atsisako šios pareigos. Antruoju atveju moteris, ieškanti naujo santuokos partnerio, daugiau dėmesio skiria jo tėviškoms savybėms ir įgūdžiams. Duomenys rodo, kad vyrai geriau save įsivaizduoja tokio tipo šeimoje nei toje, kurioje tėvas ir vaikas vis dar palaiko santykius.

Surrounding environment, social and political situation have affected our life. Thus, all the individual processes have some impact on its value system. At all times motives of human social behaviour and its regulation have been focus of the researchers from the practical and theoretical point of view. Value orientation system, reflecting the lifestyle characteristics through the prism of the public consciousness, is one of the components of individual’s world. Generally speaking, it has been established that the human person’s behaviour is conditioned by his/her inner, psychological qualities, experience, situational state and environment in which the action or communication occurs. Of course, the internal, psychological characteristics of individual behaviour are also determined by value orientation (dispositions) system. To successfully function in dynamic and sometimes hostile environment, an individual has to build up his/her worldview, basic attitudes and needs for conservation of ‘the self’. On the other hand, modern humanism itself is not limited to preservation of humanity but aims to reveal personal practices that preserve the humanity of another human being. (Buber 2000)

Surrounding environment, social and political situation have affected our life. Thus, all the individual processes have some impact on its value system. At all times motives of human social behaviour and its regulation have been focus of the researchers from the practical and theoretical point of view. Value orientation system, reflecting the lifestyle characteristics through the prism of the public consciousness, is one of the components of individual's world. Generally speaking, it has been established that the human person's behaviour is conditioned by his/her inner, psychological qualities, experience, situational state and environment in which the action or communication occurs. Of course, the internal, psychological characteristics of individual behaviour are also determined by value orientation (dispositions) system. To successfully function in dynamic and sometimes hostile environment, an individual has to build up his/her worldview, basic attitudes and needs for conservation of'the self. On the other hand, modern humanism itself is not limited to preservation of humanity but aims to reveal personal practices that preserve the humanity of another human being (Buber 2000).

The final paper presents assessment of educational needs of the people infected with HIV and importance of their satisfaction in Lithuania. The work highlights the importance of education and the evaluation of the importance of education in contemporary society as well as analysis of HIV discrimination and equal opportunities in the society. The paper assesses the social integration of the people infected with HIV, their participation in education, the importance of increase in equal opportunities for patients with communicable diseases, presents the necessity of vocational rehabilitation of the HIV infected, reveals special assistance provided to the infected by specialists of education institutions. The qualitative research method is applied assessing perception of the importance of educational needs of the people infected with HIV and their satisfaction. The relevance of the topics was substantiated by interviews with HIV infected people in order to determine their educational needs. The end of the paper presents the findings and recommendations of theoretical and practical parts.

The final paper presents assessment of educational needs of the people infected with HIV and importance of their satisfaction in Lithuania. The work highlights the importance of education and the evaluation of the importance of education in contemporary society as well as analysis of HIV discrimination and equal opportunities in the society. The paper assesses the social integration of the people infected with HIV, their participation in education, the importance of increase in equal opportunities for patients with communicable diseases, presents the necessity of vocational rehabilitation of the HIV infected, reveals special assistance provided to the infected by specialists of education institutions. The qualitative research method is applied assessing perception of the importance of educational needs of the people infected with HIV and their satisfaction. The relevance of the topics was substantiated by interviews with HIV infected people in order to determine their educational needs. The end of the paper presents the findings and recommendations of theoretical and practical parts.

Childhood is not just a product of human development but also a product of development of society’s educational and spiritual culture. This paper aims to disclose how nowadays the family helps the child to develop adaptation instruments which would facilitate his/her adaptation to the society – in a micro-macro environment, to show what helps the child to become a member of a social group and the society, what adaptation problems arise during the childhood. Problems of school adaptation of the first-formers have not been properly assessed and analysed so far, though they foresee the future. No proper attention has been paid to the development of the harmonious personality during the pre-school period and to the correction of their adaptation during the first-school year. The paper deals with the child’s experiences of the pre-school period as a factor influencing school adaptation in the first form. Variety and quality of children’s experiences are directly related and most of all depend on the family of the spiritual institution, so its impact is the strongest in terms of the development of the child’s personality.

Childhood is not just a product of human development but also a product of development of society’s educational and spiritual culture. This paper aims to disclose how nowadays the family helps the child to develop adaptation instruments which would facilitate his/her adaptation to the society – in a micro-macro environment, to show what helps the child to become a member of a social group and the society, what adaptation problems arise during the childhood. Problems of school adaptation of the first-formers have not been properly assessed and analysed so far, though they foresee the future. No proper attention has been paid to the development of the harmonious personality during the pre-school period and to the correction of their adaptation during the first-school year. The paper deals with the child’s experiences of the pre-school period as a factor influencing school adaptation in the first form. Variety and quality of children’s experiences are directly related and most of all depend on the family of the spiritual institution, so its impact is the strongest in terms of the development of the child’s personality.

Today the Lithuanian society, as the majority of post-communist societies, needs social assistance. Social work is performed by confessional organizations. Thus, social assistance and educative activity may take and already has taken a significant place among them. However, confessional social activity is still facing a great number of poorly explored obstacles. Besides, proper and adequate cooperation and interaction between the two powerful institutions: the State itself and the Church is insufficient. The aim of this article is to focus on the essential problems of confessional-social activity, possibilities for cooperation between the State and the Church in the sphere of social activity and social assistance with reference to social activity of the Roman Catholic Church of Lithuania (RCCL).

Today the Lithuanian society, as the majority of post-communist societies, needs social assistance. Social work is performed by confessional organizations. Thus, social assistance and educative activity may take and already has taken a significant place among them. However, confessional social activity is still facing a great number of poorly explored obstacles. Besides, proper and adequate cooperation and interaction between the two powerful institutions: the State itself and the Church is insufficient. The aim of this article is to focus on the essential problems of confessional-social activity, possibilities for cooperation between the State and the Church in the sphere of social activity and social assistance with reference to social activity of the Roman Catholic Church of Lithuania (RCCL).

The dominant model of the family after divorce is mother and child.This type of family splits into two groups: the family in which the father is actively involved in child’s or children’s education and the family where he is excluded or opts out of this obligation. In the second case, a woman searching for a new marriage partner pays more attention to his paternal qualities and skills.The data shows that men envision themselves better in this type of family than in the one where father and child still maintain their relationship.