By Maria del Rosio Garcia Rodriguez | Project Leader
"The group environment provides the infant with Cerebral Palsy with a social context to form friendships and a space where there is time to practice tasks which provides a motivating, mutually supportive environment, Likewise, children in groups learn from each other by observing and imitating the movement strategies that other children have with similar challenges so they learn that they can have a positive impact on their environment and achieve their function."
Bourke, O'Shea, Gaebler, (2007)
With these words that explain the spirit of Conducted Education in group work, we want to start this report.
The arrival of spring motivated us to carry out recreational and outdoor activities as a stage of consolidation of learning and development of skills of our students, apply them in their groups, in their routines and in group outings, allow to strengthen the socialization achieved.
These introductory words and the activities that we will review below, will allow us to highlight the importance of a school that fully works on Conducted Education in Mexico.
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN
The students celebrated these spring months, living with joy to the recreational activities that were planned for them. The Swimming Workshop and aquatic activities at the school were resumed, which the children always enjoy due to the arrival of the heat of this season. It was proposed as an activity outside the school to visit the aquatic center of Las Huertas, where they tested their skills in the water.
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN
The students celebrated these spring months, living with joy to the recreational activities that were planned for them. The Swimming Workshop and aquatic activities at the school were resumed, which the children always enjoy due to the arrival of the heat of this season. It was proposed as an activity outside the school to visit the aquatic center of Las Huertas, where they tested their skills in the water.
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING FOCUSED ON EVERYDAY INCLUSION
A recreational activity that focuses entirely on inclusion is the visit to the cinema where children practice ordering their tickets to the show, ordering snacks and paying with the money they carry from their homes. This supports them to move out of their safe environments and learn a little more about how to socialize in a world that is also learning about the meaning of inclusion, beyond commiseration.
Another of the activities of inclusion in everyday life, are carried out in the cooking workshops in the classrooms of the school. In this season, the children learned to make Pizzas as an activity to celebrate Children's Day and of course tasting delicacies made by their own hands.
The learning environment in a Conducted Education program is very important for the progress of infants, teachers and facilitators are responsible for creating a stimulating environment and with the relevant facilitations to promote the active participation of infants. This has been achieved with the constant work of our teachers, carrying out the routines of their programs with all dedication.
NETWORK BUILDING
Our connection with families will always be part of our work. In this season the Massage Workshop was held, where moms in addition to knowing certain techniques to support their children, could extend these benefits to all members of the family and themselves.
As an outreach strategy, this workshop was held at the same time that we promoted knowledge about neurodiversity and contemporary approaches. The United Nations indicates April 2 as World Neurodiversity Day, where this year the theme was proposed: "Transformation towards a neuro-inclusive world for all".
EDUCATION CONDUCTED AS A PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY IN MEXICO
In the months of February and March we continued to collaborate with the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos in the formation of an academic program that allows us to have professionals of Conducted Education in Mexico.
From Hungary, the academic of the András Petö Institute, of the Seemmelweis University propose to strengthen with its own specialists, the chair in Mexico, through Erasmus scholarships. A great opportunity for our country and for children with cerebral palsy.
In the same tenor of disseminating in academic media the Conducted Education, ConNosotros, we participated in the XXIV Colloquium of Special Education and Educational Inclusion, which was carried out by the Michoacan University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo.
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By MARIA DEL ROSIO GARCIA RODRIGUEZ | Project Leader
By MARIA DEL ROSIO GARCIA RODRIGUEZ | Project Leader
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