Come to school boys and girls with Cerebral Palsy!

“Disability is not a brave struggle or courage in the face of adversity. Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live” Neil Marcus

The future marks a challenge, this implicit and often uncertain challenge for all of humanity acquires moments of collective reflection in the futures of children who live with neuromotor disabilities. For years we have been building possible futures at ConNosotros, for our students' families and for themselves in society. And why not say it? for learning about the society that contains us: the territory of the State of Morelos. We realize this when we see professionals with cerebral palsy who have graduated as psychologists, administrators and anthropologists; when we see a successful writer who becomes his own writing of his emotions and experiences, with such force that they become universal. Our examples in this territory that we inhabit are meeting others in the country, on the continent. The world is changing and that fills us with energy to continue Conducted Education with children that comes to our Educational Center called ConNosotros.

Inventing ingenious ways to live

A radio host in the Morelense Radio and Television System, anthropologist, poet and with cerebral palsy as a living condition, makes weekly programs where she is documenting What is it like to live with a disability? We invited him to school because one of our 16-year-old students in online high school began to imagine his future. What would you like to be when you grow up? And in one class he said: “I would like to be a presenter, but I don't know if I can do it with cerebral palsy.” Another 19-year-old student said: “I would like to be a writer.” She has just joined ConNosotros. She comes to the Scholl specifically to enable your movement to continue at the University. So with two students who dream of being something that the anthropologist and poet is already doing, she could promote something. So, N came to the school and interviewed these students and talked to all the kids. She shared her experience, the way her father has given her strength by letting her be what she chooses and giving her a lot of effort, since she had to learn to pronounce words well and master her hand. And he encouraged them to continue with the exercises that their teachers facilitate, because only with the strength that is achieved in the midst of cerebral palsy will they achieve their dreams. Life is an Art.

Multiple forms of movement enablement

Los niños, niñas y adolescentes que acuden a Con Nuestros realizan actividades que les permiten moverse, sean las que sean. Aprenden a usar bastones, andaderas, sillas de ruedas y triciclos adaptados. Aprenden a desplazarse en el suelo, enrollando su cuerpo, aprendiendo a caminar por la vida como la vida se presenta. La dignificación del movimiento implica la aceptación de lo que podemos hacer diferente, porque otros no saben hacer lo que nosotros hacemos. Al final, todos los seres humanos requerimos de disciplina para un movimiento saludable, que nos ayude a mantener el camino hacia nuestros sueños.

“No sé andar, sé volar, no sé hablar, sé escuchar la música y las palabras de Joan Manuel Serrat. No sabré escalar, sé escalar y no sabré andar, pero sé sentarme a contemplar una puesta de sol en la montaña y en el mar. No sabré ver, pero sabré mirar a los ojos a mi perro que no puede hablar” – Gabriela Brimmer

Un nuevo grupo: jóvenes en convivencia creativa

En ConNosotros hemos abierto un nuevo grupo muy especial conformado por jóvenes adultos que, como egresados de nuestra escuela, solicitaron sesiones especiales para fortalecer sus habilidades para la vida diaria. Este espacio de convivencia y juego, de aprendizaje en arte, cocina y salud, permite a estos jóvenes renovar sus sueños. Nuestro objetivo es que insistan en ser incluidos como estudiantes de nivel superior, ya que a veces esa oportunidad no les llega tan fácilmente.

Realizó la Educación como actividad profesional en México

Para que el Modelo de Educación Dirigida tenga un mayor impacto en la población con Parálisis Cerebral, en México es importante que otros profesionales aprendan del Modelo y lo apliquen. Este objetivo lo entienden diversas instituciones educativas y de salud. En septiembre tuvimos el honor de asistir a la presentación de cursos e incorporación formal al currículo estatal del tema de Educación Dirigida. Ahora. La Educación Dirigida ya forma parte de la Educación Especial e Inclusión Educativa en todas las escuelas de formación profesional en educación del Estado de Guerrero.

Para ConNosotros-Educación.Condida estamos orgullosos de ser parte de esta importante colaboración para la atención de calidad de niños, adolescentes y jóvenes con Discapacidad Neuromotora.

Cabe destacar que con los estudiantes universitarios que realizan sus prácticas profesionales en psicología y fisioterapeutas, estudiantes de la Universidad La Salle y de la Universidad Latinoamericana respectivamente, les brindamos charlas y capacitaciones introductorias en Educación Conducida.

¡Gracias por pensar diferente, por pensar con Nosotros!

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• Our group of young people learning
• Visit to the Traditional Medicine Workshop

Motivation of the will to learn, to move and for self-knowledge of the girls and boys of our school. This motivation requires countless strategies that teacher facilitators seek to implement on a daily basis. All areas of knowledge and the search for meaningful support for managing emotions are part of the school routine. We had the volunteer presence of a psychologist who gave a talk on Thanatology for the students, motivating reflection processes on neuromotor disability as a life condition.

"If you can't fly, run. If you can't run, walk. If you can't walk, crawl. But always keep moving toward your goal" Martin Luther King

The academic programs continue to be implemented with curricula adapted for each age and the routines of the education conducted are carried out in a constant and disciplined manner, adapting to the condition that each person experiences to develop their motor skills. However, teachers do not hesitate to include experiential learning experiences in alternative spaces that cover the proposed learning objectives, as well as socio-emotional skills when going out to public spaces, accompanied by their teachers. Society receives visibility and learning lessons on how to expand skills for living with adolescents and children with disabilities. The students and teachers enjoyed three scientific experiences, following with interest the contents of these public spaces.

First in February the students visited the Chapultepec ecological park, in Cuernavaca.  The objective was to learn about the different animal species that live in Morelos, recognizing the species of the teporingo rabbit that is very common in the northern part of the territory of the State of Morelos.

In March was the visit to UNIVERSUM University Museum of Sciences and Arts located at the National Autonomous University of Mexico learning about elements of life sciences, topics of animal and human biology. They even visited an exhibition about life in the Mesozoic era, when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

In April, teachers, students and some mothers visited the Ethnobotanical Garden of the National Institute of Anthropology in History in Morelos. The students learned about Traditional Medicine in Morelos, recognizing plants and the uses that the people give to them to care for their health.

Living through a season of unprecedented intense heat, fortunately we started swimming classes in April. With designed routines accompanied by rhythmic intention, students are led to make the movement of their arms and legs as coordinated as possible. Floating, kicking, hopping, breathing rhythmically are the basic objectives of this process. And of course, games and challenges among classmates are included, as well as the various pleasant ways of being in the water that each student chooses in their ten minutes of free time. All of the above make this class one of the best experiences at school during the season.

Con Nosotros, a civil association, we are committed to ensuring that the Petö Model for cerebral palsy is known and used by as many professionals as possible dedicated to special education and physical rehabilitation therapy to provide care to children and adults. in this condition. For this reason, we have developed different academic activities and network construction with universities in the region during this semester. With the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, our Conducted Education specialists designed and participated in a module focused on Conducted Education as part of the Psychopedagogical Intervention in Disability Diploma, promoted by the Faculty of Psychology of the same university.

The in-person session was also held with the Introduction to Conducted Education Workshop Course aimed at professionals in Special Education at the Normal School of the State of Guerrero, in Iguala. This course was offered virtually and in person. The teachers who live in the State of Guerrero, lived in-person learning experiences of the education conducted. Likewise, we were part of the 155th anniversary of the Normal School of the State of Guerrero with a conference on Conducted Education.

Conducted Education is a model of care that enables autonomy to the extent possible for people who live with cerebral palsy as a life condition. We consider that your contributions are very important to achieve this goal with our students and to make visible that there are possible paths for more people in Mexico and the world. Thank you for thinking differently, for thinking Con Nosotros!

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• We had an incredible time visiting UNIVERSUM
• Playful moments reinforce learning
• Walk with bars