Needs in the education of children with intellectual disabilities according to the perception of their caregivers

Necesidades en la educación de hijos e hijas con discapacidad intelectual según la percepción de sus cuidadores;
Necessidades na educação de crianças com deficiência intelectual de acordo com a percepção de seus cuidadores

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Acuña Arango, Lina María
Cabrera García, Victoria Eugenia
Suárez Borrero, Adriana
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Necesidades de educación
familia
discapacidad intelectual
modelo de necesidades
necessidades em educação
família
deficiência intelectual
mode- lo de necessidades
needs in education
family
intellectual disabilities
needs model
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https://revistas.umariana.edu.co/index.php/Criterios/article/view/1798
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A quantitative cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the educationalneeds of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities from a schoolin Bogota D.C., Colombia, according to the perception of caregivers, using theFamily Needs Assessment questionnaire.Questions related to the education aspect were applied to 134 caregivers inorder to make quantitative analyzes of frequencies, determining the highestand lowest needs, taking into account the gender, age and classroom in whichchildren and adolescents develop their school activities.The results show a greater need in adolescents, especially in the aspect relatedto “teaching to have appropriate sexual behavior”, as well as in the aspect of“teaching independent living habits”, therefore, it is evident that these familiesrequire support in the aspects concerning the education of their relatives.