Proposal for family orientation workshops for the educational care of children with disabilities

Abstract

The protection and care of families is a priority in our society and especially those who have children with disabilities, aware that the home is the child's first school and their parents are the first educators; Correspondingly, the sciences and particularly the pedagogical ones; They investigate and propose actions aimed at guiding families to fulfill their educational role more efficiently. The family orientation workshops offered are work tools for educators, health specialists and family members who, when guided, can stimulate the learning and development of their children regardless of their characteristics. In the work, we emphasize the workshops, their usefulness and provide a definition of family orientation workshops for the educational care of children with disabilities. In addition, it proposes a plan of topics with its methodological structure and examples of orientation workshops that have been applied by the author with positive results. The proposal has theoretical-methodological value for professionals and families who together have the mission of educating new generations in love and respect for individual differences.