Autodeterminación en personas con discapacidad intelectual del programa amigos sin fronteras del municipio de Tocancipá “aportes para mejorar la calidad de vida”

Abstract

The pedagogical research project proposes a guide for parents of people with intellectual disabilities, from the municipality of Tocancipà, this being a tool for training in the components of self-determination and thus improve the quality of life. This research made it possible to identify and describe the lack of training patterns for self-determination of people with intellectual disabilities of the Amigos sin Fronteras program of the municipality of Tocancipa, through information gathering techniques such as the semi-structured interviews and non-participant observation. Important aspects are obtained to propose a guide with pedagogical training strategies for the self-determination addressed to parents. During the process there were some difficulties due to the time of the parents to carry out the interviews and for the attention dynamics established by the Amigos sin borders; however, it is possible to meet the proposed objectives within an exercise of very enriching research since fundamental aspects are addressed in the training for self-determination of people with intellectual disabilities, resulting in the construction of the self-determination guidance guide for parents as response to this one of the pedagogical commitments in the role of special educators.