Come to school boys and girls with Cerebral Palsy!

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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