Samuel Fernández

El apoyo activo como herramienta para la mejora de la participación de la persona con discapacidad intelectual: estado de la cuestión

Active support, despite being used for more than 20 years in other places, it is still an unknown methodology in services that support people with intellectual disabilities and high support needs, in our country. This article aims to make an approach to the philosophy and strategies promulgated by the active support, through a documental review of scientific studies. Results of 24 articles about the life of residents and the direct support professionals’ work following the implementation of this methodology in different resources are analyzed.

Eficacia de la enseñanza adaptativa en el aprendizaje del inglés de personas adultas

Most students who start an Adult Education have failed in compulsory education and this educational option is probably their last chance. For this reason, the aim of our study has been improving the students performance and attitude towards the English language using an adaptive methodology that, in contrast to the traditional one, has allowed a variety of teaching methods and techniques to adequately respond to the diversity of all students. From our study it is clear that the adaptive method is the one performing best when using attitudinal and aptitudinal metrics in written and oral expression over time. It is however worth mentioning that improvement in terms of understanding capacity can be observed from the very beginning. Already in the first iterations we have opted for the experiments to be truly operational, functional and applicable in the context of everyday English classes for adults. This has enabled the creation of a bank of resources to complete the units of Adult Education School.

Tipología de la dependencia de las personas con discapacidad atendidas en centros residenciales, de día y ocupacionales

El estudio analiza el nivel de dependencia o necesidad de ayuda de las personas atendidas en Centros de Dia, Ocupacionales y Residenciales. El analisis incluye el calculo de la dependencia global de los usuarios para una serie de factores y tipos de centro y el contraste de diferencias entre estos ultimos. Como resultado apreciamos que la dependencia de la muestra analizada se situa en un 62.22%, siendo los usuarios de Centros de Dia y Residenciales los que presentan valores mas altos, debido fundamentalmente a la dificultad para la realizacion de actividades domesticas, la comunicacion y la autonomia personal. El estudio nos permite establecer perfiles de autonomia/dependencia de los usuarios en los distintos servicios en que son atendidos, lo que resulta de gran utilidad para organizar los programas formativos previstos por la Ley de Autonomia Personal y Atencion a las Personas en Situacion de Dependencia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tipology of the dependence of people with disabilities attend in residencial care, day centres and vocational training centres. The aim of this study is to analyze the level of dependence or need of aid of the people attended in Residential, Day Centers and Vocational Training Centers. The analysis includes the calculation of the global dependence of the users for each factor and type of center and the contrast of differences among these last. As a consequence of the study we appreciate that the dependence of the sample analyzed is situated in a 62.22%, being the users of the Day Centers and Residential the ones that present higher values, due fundamentally to the difficulty for the execution of Domestic Activities, Communication and Personal Autonomy. The study carried out permits us to establish profiles of autonomy/dependence of the users in the different services in wich they are attended, what results of great utility to organize the common formative programs and specific of each type of service predicted by the Law of Personal Autonomy and Attention to the People in Situation of Dependence.