Special Needs Education Grant: Beneficiaries & Programs

Beneficiaries of Temporary Special Needs Education Grant

Who are the beneficiaries of the Special Needs Education Grant of a temporary nature?

The beneficiaries of the Special Needs Education Grant of a temporary nature are individuals with a diagnosis made by a competent professional who present one or more of the following deficits or disabilities:

• Specific Learning Disorder
• Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
• Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity (ADD) or hyperkinetic disorder
• Performance in IQ tests in the borderline range with significant limitations in adaptive behavior

Diagnoses Explained

Name the six diagnoses explained:

• Intellectual disability
• Visual disability
• Hearing disability
• Severe dysphasia
• Multiple deficits (multidéficit)
• Autistic disorder

Diagnostic Evaluation Procedures

Name some of the diagnostic evaluation procedures:

• Anamnesis — health screening and review of medical or school history
• Student background assessment — psychopedagogical report (assessment of educational history and context)
• Assessment of educational and intellectual functioning and psychological skills
• Determination of adaptive behavior
• Support profile for educational contexts

Requirements for Approval of a School Integration Program

What are the requirements for approval of a school integration program?

• Recruitment of specialized human resources
• Coordination and collaborative work among educational staff
• Evaluation of the school integration program
• Development and training of personnel
• Provision of resources and material supports

Support Teacher for Integration

The support teacher for integration

Where do students receive support?

• In the special education classroom
• Outside the ordinary classroom
• Within the regular student group in small groups
• Individually, according to need

General Knowledge Valued in Initial Training

Name three general knowledge areas valued in the initial training of future support teachers:

1. Knowledge of the design and development of curricular adaptations
2. Ability to select and design support materials
3. Strategies for collaboration with parents and families (among others)

Specific Techniques for Training Support Teachers

What are the specific techniques for training support teachers?

• Techniques for literacy and writing (lectoescritura)
• Work on maturational factors
• Programs to promote personal and social autonomy

CRE-ART: Cultural Center for People with Different Capacities

CRE-ART — Cultural Center for People with Different Capacities

Objectives of Cre-Art

Name at least two objectives that the institution Cre-Art has:

• Promote a non-formal educational space through art and culture to strengthen intellectual development
• Promote the development of critical thinking and autonomy
• Encourage different channels of expression to improve communication
• Build self-esteem and develop autonomy
• Promote interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary therapeutic spaces
• Promote comprehensive functional adaptations in line with the conditions present
• Create opportunities for training and research

Workshop Activities

What are the four activities that can be grouped in the workshops?

• Cultural literacy activities
• Basic reflection activities
• Mathematics
• Aesthetic-expressive activities

Mission, Essence and Purpose of Cre-Art

What is the mission, essence and purpose of the institution Cre-Art?

The mission, essence and purpose of the Cre-Art Institute is to achieve the social integration of persons with disabilities.