Mar. 07 : Continuing education for workers with intellectual disabilities
Màrius Peralta i Correas*
Co-ordinator of «Col·labora» Job Integration Service at Fundació Catalana Síndrome de Down
Correspondence
Màrius Peralta
Fundació Catalana Síndrome de Down
Comte Borrell 201, entl.
08029 Barcelona
E-mail: colabora@fcsd.org
Article received: 20-Feb-07
Abstract
Almost 25 years since the LISMI Act first came into force, Spain still fails to regulate the organizations that facilitate integration into working life for people with disabilities. This has a direct impact on access to continuing education for these workers, whose training needs are similar to their coworkers’ while additionally requiring specialized knowledge and support in order to acquire relationship strategies and everyday life problem-solving skills to help them achieve inclusion.
Keywords: Continuing education. Intellectual disability. Social skills.
Co-ordinator of «Col·labora» Job Integration Service at Fundació Catalana Síndrome de Down
Correspondence
Màrius Peralta
Fundació Catalana Síndrome de Down
Comte Borrell 201, entl.
08029 Barcelona
E-mail: colabora@fcsd.org
Article received: 20-Feb-07
Abstract
Almost 25 years since the LISMI Act first came into force, Spain still fails to regulate the organizations that facilitate integration into working life for people with disabilities. This has a direct impact on access to continuing education for these workers, whose training needs are similar to their coworkers’ while additionally requiring specialized knowledge and support in order to acquire relationship strategies and everyday life problem-solving skills to help them achieve inclusion.
Keywords: Continuing education. Intellectual disability. Social skills.
