Fabiéli Vargas Muniz Schneider

Vivências acadêmicas em programa de educação na rede de atenção a pessoas com deficiência

Objective: To report experiences in the academic training of nurses in undergraduate schools through extension activities addressing the care of the disabled person. Data Synthesis: Tutors, preceptors and students carried out activities at the Association of Parents and Friends of the Exceptional Children (Associacao de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais – APAE) in the municipality of Palmeira das Missoes, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, during the period from 2013 to 2015. Activities included lectures and educational activities addressing different subjects targeted at regularly enrolled students and parents and/or guardians followed by discussions with different health professionals. Conclusion: The program contributed significantly to the training of those involved and allowed them to recognize the difficulties faced by people with special needs and know the system and the proposals targeted at this public, thus contributing to the health service.