The orientation to families of school children with intellectual disabilities for the development of life skills

Abstract

The objective of this article is to socialize the results of the diagnosis carried out at the José Rafael Siverio Special School in Cienfuegos, to check the status of family orientation with respect to the development of the life skills of students with intellectual disabilities. The same is the result of a research process developed by the author, during the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 courses. In the development of the research, different theoretical methods were used, such as historical-logical, analytical-synthetic, induction-deduction; Empirical ones were also used, such as observation, interview and survey, which allowed the foundation of the scientific problem and the elaboration of the proposal of combined theoretical and practical activities, based on different modalities such as family education school, reflexive workshops and educational talks, which favor the motivation and learning of the development of life skills by the selected families.