Archive for 2008

A New Year

Here we are poised to begin another new year. There is always much talk about resolutions and what we want to change about ourselves for the coming year. I have tried to make at least one resolution each year. That resolution is to contribute one important thing to the early childhood community. I hope to publish something in 2009 and hope that it will be helpful to teachers and caregivers. Here's to 2009 and everything we an accomplish between now and 2010. Good Luck.

Review of 2008

As this is the period when reviews of the year are published, today's post gathers together some of the most significant childhood and education reports and events from 2008.

Rather appropriately, it seemed like there were a lot of reviews being published this year - the Bercow Report looked at services for children with speech, language and communication needs, while the Byron Review examined ways of ensuring children's safety while they are online. There were even two competing reviews with regards to primary education - Sir Jim Rose has been commissioned by the DCSF to carry out a review of primary education and his interim report appeared this month, with the final version set to appear next year; meanwhile, the Primary Review from the University of Cambridge generated a string of reports on various aspects of education throughout 2008, and its final report is also due next year.

From an international perspective, UNICEF's recent report The Child Care Transition caused a bit of a ruckus by placing the UK only about half way in a league table comparing children's services in developed countries. UNICEF also published its annual The State of the World's Children report (a new one is due next month), while UNESCO released Overcoming Inequality: Why Governance Matters, which looks at access to primary education in developing nations. Those of our students who carry out research into education in other countries should also be interested in a piece of DCSF research entitled Comparison of the Core Primary Curriculum in England to those of Other High Performing Countries.

With regard to contemporary issues, two major studies on children's play were published in 2008. Play and Exercise in Early Years: Physically Active Play in Early Childhood Provision is available to download online, while Play England recently released a mammoth study entitled Play for a Change - Play, Policy & Practice: A Review of Contemporary Perspectives. As there is currently a lot of talk about the concept of childhood wellbeing, readers may want to look at a DCSF study entitled Childhood Wellbeing: Qualitative Research Study. Elsewhere, a snapshot of the future of staff roles within the childcare sector is provided by For Love or Money: Pay, Progression and Professionalisation in the ‘Early Years’ Workforce, while you can read about current perceptions of the sector in Childcare and Early Years Survey 2007 Parents’ Use, Views and Experiences.

Two major changes with regard to professional practice have taken place this year. In September the new Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) was implemented in schools - you can find full details about the EYFS from its website. And last month, the Children & Young Person's Act 2008 was passed by parliament; these explanatory notes should help clarify some of its main points.

A round up of some random other useful items: The Sure Start Journey: A Summary of Evidence is an independent assessment of the progress of the Sure Start project; Ofsted's annual report is the first review of the organisation under it's new remit of assessing early years care as well as schools; Harnessing Technology is Becta's annual review of ICT use within schools; Becta were also behind a report entitled A Review of the Evidence on the Use of ICT in the Early Years Foundation Stage; and the ever-present topic of child poverty was covered by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's annual publication of Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion.

Within the College, since the summer all students now have access to the CCInform service, which provides access to detailed information for professionals who work with children and young people; take a look at this previous post for an overview of the service and a link to a user guide.

Finally, it seems an odd thing to mention in a review of 2008, but the most regularly viewed post on the blog all year has been one about something that occurred 30 years ago. So in case you missed it the first time, click here to read about how you can access the full text of the 1978 Warnock Report, a study on special educational needs which proved to be something of a landmark.

That should keep you all going for the holiday break - for child-related festive fun, try taking a look at the Peanuts site, which gives you free access to the archives of this legendary comic strip. Merry Christmas to all our readers!


I was out breaking the ice on our pond (winter has arrived!) so that the turtles hibernating in the bottom will have oxygen. While breaking the ice I was thinking about the discussion that happens every year at this time about saying "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays." It all boils down to validation. Human beings want to validated in their beliefs and cultural surroundings. I sometimes think that I should just say, "Merry Everybody and Everything." Actually, I think that is a good idea. As teachers we accept (or should accept) any child that crosses the threshold into our classroom. However, sometimes we adults forget to do that to each other. We are so busy trying to prove we are right, we think the only way to do so is to prove everyone else is wrong. I often think of Dr. Seuss's book, "The Sneetches," when it says..."that day they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches and no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches." Validation is the oxygen we need and I want to spend my time breaking the ice.

Children's Plan / Play Strategy

Two documents released last week by the DCSF:

  • It is 12 months since the publication of the Children's Plan (see this previous post for details); now the DCSF has released a progress report which details what has been done so far across a range of areas
  • The Play Strategy describes how the DCSF intends to create and develop play facilities for children across the country

The Child Care Transition

Readers with an interest in early years provision in other countries should be interested in a new report from UNICEF. Published yesterday, The Child Care Transition examines early childhood education and care in 25 economically advanced countries by utilising a league table system, measuring each country against a set of benchmarks which are considered important elements of good practice in childcare.

The UK appears in the middle of the table, and is credited with having achieved 5 of the 10 benchmarks which were applied to each country. However, the DCSF has disputed the results of the study, claiming that there are several inaccuracies in the report. Sweden came top of UNICEF's league, having achieved each of the 10 benchmarks on which countries were assessed.

Monitoring Poverty & Social Exclusion

This week has seen the 10th anniversary of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's annual Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion report. The 2008 edition is slightly different from previous versions, in that it analyses trends in this area for the whole of the last decade. The conclusions are mixed: good progress is reported in increasing the number of homes which meet government standards, and there has been a steep reduction in the number of low income homes without a bank account. However, other issues such as the number of pensioners claiming their full benefit entitlement, or addressing the number of under-16 pregnancies, have shown little or no progress, or the situation has even worsened.

You can read the full text of Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2008 online. A supporting website, with figures, further analysis and links to other relevant sites can be accessed by clicking here.

Wider Workforce Week

Many of our readers may be interested to learn that this week is Wider Workforce Week on Teachers TV. All week the service (Freeview Channel 88) will be dedicating a large proportion of its schedule to programmes which focus on the roles of staff such as Teaching Assistants, HLTAs, lunchtime supervisors and others. If you miss any of these programmes, they are free to watch at any time from the Teachers TV website.

Rose Review - Interim Report

Since January of this year, Sir Jim Rose has been carrying out an independent review of primary education in the UK, on the instructions of the DCSF. The importance of this review can be easily gauged by the amount of press attention that the publication of today's interim report has generated.

Among the proposals put forward are suggestions that teaching children about emotional well-being and social skills should be a compulsory part of the curriculum. Other proposals include offering summer-born children the chance to start school earlier, and exploring ways to make the primary curriculum more "joined up" with nursery and secondary education. The full text of the interim report is online now, while the final report is due to appear next spring, so that the government can implement the recommendations it accepts from 2011.

Faith Schools & Community Cohesion

The issue of faith schools is in the news again, following the release of a new report from the Runnymede Trust. This new research is likely to add further fuel to an already controversial topic; among its claims are the suggestions that popular faith schools are becoming a way of preserving privilege, and that they could help to improve social cohesion by stopping the selection of pupils according to religion.

The full report, entitled Right to Divide? Faith Schools and Community Cohesion, is available online now. A summary version is also available, while if you have a particular interest in this topic then you may also want to take a look at a 2006 report from the Centre for the Economics of Education entitled Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils?

Someday...

I am in the middle of interviewing students from my Introduction to Teaching courses at the university. I am so excited about the number of students who are forging ahead with the teaching programs. We know all of the negatives about teaching, such as lower salaries, behavior problems with students and lack of support from home. However, I think the biggest negative of all is poor teaching, whether it is the cynical-nothing works teacher or the instructor who lacks teaching skills. Both of those groups give all teachers and education a bad name. I have tried to relay to my students that it does not have to be that way. You can be a successful, organized and efficient teacher without being mean or constantly in survival mode. I believe it takes just as much effort to be a lousy teacher as it does to be a good teacher. I'm hoping this new crop of teachers will be the latter. We so desperately need more GOOD teachers. It makes me want to go back and teach kindergarten again...which I will do at least one more time before I die...at least I hope. :-)

GUÍA PARA TRABAJAR DISGLOSIAS- Alfonso García

El presente material es una guía para trabajar los diferentes tipos de Disglosias. Provee de:

  • Repaso de conceptos básicos
  • Terapia miofuncional
  • Tratamiento fonoaudiológico (logopedico) para los diferentes tipos de disglosias labiales, mandibulares, linguales y palatinas.

Autor: Alfonso García
Fuente para descargar: Web picasa
Acceder a Archivo . zip

LÁMINAS PARA TRABAJAR ATENCIÓN- Maribel Martínez Camacho



El presente material ha sido elaborado para trabajar de diversas maneras y de forma didàctica las capacidades de atencion- concentraciòn en niños y quiza algunas actividades para abordarlas en la terapia con adultos. Su autora es Maribel Martinez Camacho quien ha elaborado estas láminas a partir de imagenes de internet que no estan con licencia de autor, y las ha puesto a disposicion de toda la comunidad.

Un excelente aporte, felicitaciones por tu buena dispocisión y tu trabajo!

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ENCUENTRA LAS DIFERENCIAS:

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ENCUENTRA LAS DIFERENCIAS Y COLOREA!:

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DIFERENCIA ENTRE CONJUNTOS:

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SEÑALAR FICHAS IGUALES AL MODELO (DOMINÓ):

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SEÑALA LAS FIGURAS GEOMETRICAS IGUALES AL MODELO (BLANCO Y NEGRO):

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SEÑALA LAS FIGURAS GEOMETRICAS IGUALES AL MODELO (COLOR):

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LABERINTOS:

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SEÑALAR UNIONES EN DIFERENTES FIGURAS:

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Homes Fit for Families

Something for our Family Support Workers today; a few months ago the Family & Parenting Institute published Homes Fit for Families: An Evidence Review. This paper explores the literature which is available on how children and families can be affected by their housing and neighbourhood, and suggests solutions to ensure that family housing is fit for purpose.

More Bits 'n' Bobs

Details of more useful items which have been published in the last week:

  • The latest report from Every Child A Reader suggests that the programme to help struggling children has had "spectaular" results; on average, pupils boosted their reading age by two years in just four of five months. For a closer look at the evidence, click here.

SOFTWARE: VIVIENDO ENTRE SONIDOS

Software "Viviendo entre sonidos" para trabajar la percepcion auditiva, lo cual permite al menor desde temprana edad familiarizarse con los sonidos del medio ambiente, objetos y animales. Además, posee una opcion donde se pueden elaborar fichas para trabajar diversas actividades relacionadas.

TEST DE ARTICULACIÓN EN IMAGENES

Material didáctico "TAR en imagenes" (TAR modificado) fue elaborado durante las prácticas 2007 para hacer mas fácil la evaluación articulatoria de:
  • Fonemas
  • Dífonos vocálicos
  • Dífonos consonanticos
  • Polisilabos
  • (No contempla imagenes para las frases y oraciones)
Se imprimen en formato oficio y se cortan por la mitad, para luego hacer un cuadernillo con ellas.

Saludos!

DCSF reports

There is always plenty of new research and reports being published in the Childhood and Early Years sectors, but lately there seems to have been a particularly large amount of new information being made available, so the posts for today and tomorrow will be a jumble of 'bits and bobs' to fit them all in. Today's blog entry will cover several reports from the DCSF which have just been released.

Children's Services / Bullying

Here's a round up of several items of interest from recent weeks, which fall into two broad areas: children's services and bullying.

Last week saw the Children's and Young Persons Act 2008 pass into law. The act contains provisions in relation to well-being of children and young people, private fostering and much more. Like most legislation, the Act itself is very detailed and pretty hard to follow, so this set of explanatory notes may be of use to may readers.

On a similar theme, The Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People’s Services (C4EO) has recently published three separate scoping studies on improving outcomes for children by examining effective practice in integrating various early years services. You can find links to each of the studies by clicking here.

Those of you with an interest in bullying have two new documents to look through. The National Healthy Schools Programme has just released a booklet entitled Anti-Bullying Guidance for Schools, while the Beatbullying charity have published a report entitled Interfaith Report. This contains research which investigates the extent of bullying among children belonging to different religious groups.

POWER POINT: ACTIVIDAD SOBRE ABSURDOS VISUALES Y ¿QUÉ FALTA?- Luma

Que falta y que esta equivocado Excelente material para trabajar atención, ha sido elaborado a partir de imagenes de CEPE, pero esta presentación tiene un plus, pues Luma ha dado l arespuesta lo que hace la presentación muy didactica para el tratamiento.

Fuente: Luma, Maestra de Audición y Lenguaje de España
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"con las imágenes escaneadas de los juegos de la editorial Cepe he hecho esta presentación como parte de una sesión de estimulación del lenguaje en las aulas de educación infantil. La he probado con el alumnado del aula de 3 y 4 años, el resultado ha sido excelente, todos muy atentos y participativos, hasta los más timidos querian aportar sus ideas y los más nerviosos estuvieron atentos a la actividad."
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Yaa..Well...There's Always Mashed Potatoes.


I was excited to help in my granddaughter's first grade class recently. She has a great teacher, but I still thought about telling her to go home and let me take over. I do miss the daily interaction with young children. I really wished I lived closer because one particular boy instantly bonded to me. When I found out he was a struggling reader, I really wanted to be there every day to help.
My granddaughter, along with her sister and brother came to stay for the weekend. I was cooking an early Thanksgiving for my family and the kids stayed at my house to 'help.' After two days of cooking we sat down last Sunday to the feast. My granddaughter wasn't impressed by all the fancy dishes, but she was happy because at least, there were mashed potatoes. Like playing with the gift box at Christmas, sometimes the simpler things are better.

TEST ACE "ADDENBROOK'S COGNITIVE EXAMINATION "- Saralosa, et al


Es un test de screening cognitivo su utilidad esta en diagnosticar la demencia y establecer un Dg diferencial entre la Demencia tipo Alzheimer (DTA) y la Demencia Fronto Temporal (DFT).
Incluye:
  • Papers con la validación y los puntos de corte
  • Protocolo

Fuente: El material esta publicado en la pagina web del Instituto de Neurociencias Cognitivas

Muchas gracias a Lucila!, Lic. en psicología de Argentina

Play for a Change

Several students I know are doing research into children's play at the moment, so hopefully all of them (and many other readers) will find today's post useful.

Last week Play England published Play for a Change - Play, Policy and Practice: A Review of Contemporary Perspectives. The organisation presents this new report as "a comprehensive review of the evidence underpinning current thinking on play", by analysing research and literature published in this area since 2001. The references list contained in the appendix is a whopping 39 pages long, so is an excellent source of further reading if you have an interest in this topic; once you've read the report itself of course...

If you follow this link you'll be taken to a page where you can download the individual chapters and appenix one at a time. Even the summary version is 63 pages long, but can be accessed by clicking here. Or if, like me, you find your attention span decreasing with age, try looking at the 4 page research briefing with gives a short overview of the project and its findings.

Remember that details of other play-related reports, and links to the research, can be accessed by clicking the 'Play' link in the 'Hot Topics' menu on the right hand side of this screen. You may also want to look through the back issues of Children's Play Update, a monthly magazine which is freely available from the National Children's Bureau's Play Information Service; to do so, click here.

ARTICULO: EVALUACIÓN CLÍNICA Y VIDEOFLUOROSCOPIA DE LA DEGLUCIÓN EN PACIENTES CON PARALISIS TETRAPARÉTICA ESPASTICA- Ana Furkim, Mara Behlau,Luc Weckx

Resumen: Artículo que busca caracterizar la deglución en pacientes con PC tetraparetica espastica en cuanto a la evaluacion clinica y la videofluoroscopia. Segun esto se evidenció un alto compromiso de la deglucion en la fase orofaringea, posteriormente en la fase faringea se presentaron aspiraciones, (mayormente de liquidos), incompetencia velofaringea y almacenamiento de residuos en recesos faringeos. POr otra parte, en la videofluoroscopia, se observa que la alteracion postural mas frecuente es la hiperextension cervical y que se confirma por medio de este examen la presencia de aspiraciones que se pesquizan durante la evaluacion clinica, por lo que se consideran complementarias al momento de determinar la fisiopatologia del proceso deglutorio y por ende realizar un mejor tratamiento.

Palabras clave: parálisis cerebral, disfagia, deglución, videofluoroscopia

ARTICULO: REHABILITACIÓN EN LA DISFAGIA OROFARINGEA NEUROGENICA: SABOR ACIDO Y TEMPERATURA FRIA


Artículo que habla sobre la disfagia neurogénica orofaríngea y la importancia de la temperatura fría y ácida dentro de la rehabilitación (en portugués)

WEB: VARIAS ACTIVIDADES!- Lycos


Actividades para trabajar diversas áreas haz clic en el enlace y los derivará a la pagina para su descarga:

Este aporte fue hecho por Flavia Fonoaudióloga argentina, saludos y muchas gracias ! :)

Education For All

The latest edition of UNESCO's annual global monitoring report for education makes for depressing reading. In previous years the organisation had set a target to have all primary age children in education by 2015, yet the failure of rich countries to meet their aid pledges means that there could be 29 million children out of school by 2015.

Other claims made in the Education for All report (subtitled Overcoming Inequality: Why Governance Matters) focus on the direct links between a nation's wealth and the number of its children that attend school, the lack of educational provision for girls in some countries, and the disparities between access to education for children in some rural areas compared to their urban counterparts.

The full text of Education for All - Overcoming Inequality: Why Governance Matters is now online. A summary version is also available, or readers may prefer to view a Powerpoint presentation which contains most of the report's conclusions. Finally, for access to a list of supporting documentation and links to Education for All reports from previous years, click here.

New Laws on Forced Marriages

Last year the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 was voted through by parliament, and from today this legislation is to be implemented in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This is the first set of laws which have been designed specifically to deal with the issue of forced marriage; among the various clauses are prison sentences of up to two years for individuals trying to force someone into marriage, and the power for victims, friends of victims or the police to apply for a Forced Marriage Protection Order. You can read more about the new legislation in this BBC article.

If you have an interest in this area, it's probably worth taking a look at the website of the Forced Marriage Unit, which is a joint initiative from the Foreign Office and the Home Office. Those who are completely new to the subject should probably begin with a visit to the NHS Forced Marriage Awareness service. Or for a detailed overview of this sensitive topic, the CCInform site has a lengthy article written by Amy Weir (a social worker with 30 years of experience) containing links to relevant reports and case law; for details of how to access CCInform, click here.

Children and Young People in Mind

When the Children's Plan was published by the DCSF in December last year, one of the announcements that it contained was for an independent review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the UK. Following the publication of an interim report - Improving the Mental Health and Psychological Wellbeing of Young People - earlier this year, the final report entitled Children and Young People in Mind can now be found online. This contains 20 recommendations for how government can improve quality and consistency of services in this area. A version of the report for children and young people is also available.

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What Happened?

If you think the blog looks different, you'd be right! Unfortunately we had some technical problems with the previous template which was used to design the page, so have been forced to give the blog a new look. Hopefully readers will still find that the information here is clearly laid out and easy to read - rest assured that all of the features from the old look are still present and operating as before, and all previous posts are still available to browse.

Pupil Attainment

The DCSF has just released detailed statistics on pupil attainment for the last academic year, which are broken down by various pupil characteristics, including gender, ethnicity, SEN and others. For the first time, Foundation Stage results have been included too. To view the statistics, click here.

PROTOCOLO DE DISFAGIA



Protocolo, el cual muestra: ingesta, lo esperable y lo indicado a realizar con el paciente y su entorno.

De todas formas, es recomendable revisar literatura en cuanto a las técnicas compensatorias, con el objetivo de aplicar de forma correcta y adecuada a la necesidad de cada paciente.

PAGINA WEB: Informacion de patologias con deterioro cognitivo

DETERIORO COGNITIVO

Para encontrar información de caracteristicas del Deterioro cognitivo en sus distintos grados, revisen: www.hipocampo.org.

CCInform (Again!)

It's a slow news day, so I'd just like to take another opportunity to remind students about CCInform which is now located behind the 'Non-Athens Resources' link on Blackboard, and no longer requires you to remember any login details.

CCInform is a service from the people behind Community Care magazine and contains detailed information on a range of social issues; this information is targeted at professionals who work with children, young people and families. Much of the content you will find on CCInform has been created especially for the site, while it also contains links to relevant legislation and supporting materials, and articles from Community Care itself.

What really impresses me about the site is how well the information has been organised - you don't need to be a searching genius to find the material that you need. The service also promises that a lot more additional content will be added in the coming months. To look at a guide which I've put together to help you use the site, click here and then click on 'Download'. I strongly recommend that all students in the School of Childhood and Education take a look at CCInform, as it really does contain plenty of relevant information for almost all of our courses.

Working Together

Based on recent comments, know that nothing brings out the passion in people like politics (and religion). It would be nice if everyone would take all of their passion for such topics and aim it toward improving things that will really improve the life of citizens. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I am hopeful that the new administration will hold to their commitment to early childhood. I worry because there are some serious situations right now, like the economic situation and the war in Iraq, that will take a lot of time. My hope, however, as I stated last time, is that our local governing bodies can work together to make sure our children are taken care of and nourished. Research says that $1 spent on quality early childhood programs would eventually save the taxpayers $14. We just must make the initial investment.

CONSIDERACIONES SOBRE EL DESARROLLO DE LA TEORÍA DE LA MENTE (ToM) Y DEL LENGUAJE- Elvira Mendoza , Paz Lopez


Resumen: Este trabajo trata sobre las relaciones entre ToM y lenguaje. Los trabajos centrados en niños con problemas de desarrollo normal del lenguaje (niños autistas, sordos, ciegos, TEL), muestran que la privación comunicativa en edades tempranas conlleva a problemas en las tareas de falsa creencia, o bien provoca un retraso en la adquisición de dichas capacidades.

Además, se analiza la implicancia del desarrollo semantico y sintactico en las habilidades de ToM y se considera los prerrequisitos para que emerga la ToM son tambien requisitos para que emerga el intercambio comunicativo temaprano (desarrollo socio-pragmático).

Ofsted Annual Report

Today sees the publication of Ofsted's annual report, which gives an overall picture of the state of education in England. The latest report differs slightly from previous years as Ofsted now has a wider remit to inspect all children's services and adult learning as well as schools. Among the core themes in this year's report are 'improving life chances' and 'safeguarding children'.

Links to the full report and a summary version are currently available from the Ofsted homepage.

Britain & Beyond

Following on from yesterday's post, here are some details of another recent survey. Britain and Beyond is the name of a new report from the charity Youthnet; the research for the report was carried out from May-July 2008, when 850 young people aged 16-24 were asked about their attitudes to issues such as diversity in the UK, immigration, multiculturalism and racism. You can read the report by clicking here.

MINIMENTAL STATE EXAMINATION- Folstein

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Breaking The Cycle

A poll commissioned by the charity Barnardos has uncovered some rather negative statistics; according to the research which they have commissioned, more than half of the population believe that UK children are "feral" and behave like animals.

The figures drawn come from a new report entitled Breaking the Cycle, which is part of Barnardos' ongoing Believe in Children campaign which aims to offer support to all children to enable them to grow into healthy, happy adults. Readers interested in today's post may also want to take a look at Are we Negative About our Children?, a BBC article which offers some analysis of the generation gap in the UK.

CUDERNO DE REPASO PARA ENFERMOS DE ALZHEIMER EN ETAPA MODERADA


Cuaderno de repaso para enfermos de Alzheimer en etapa moderada, permite trabajar:

  • Memoria
  • Gnosias
  • Calculo
  • Lenguaje

CUDERNO DE REPASO PARA ENFERMOS DE ALZHEIMER EN ETAPA LEVE


Libro Cuaderno de repaso , para enfermos de alzheimer en etapa leve, sirve para trabajar:
Memoria
Praxias
Gnosias
Calculo

NOTICIAS: COMUNICADO A LA CAMARA DE DIPUTADOS SOBRE LAS CARRERAS DE AREA DE LA SALUD DICATADAS EN CFTs E IPs

Hace un tiempo atrás he ido observando, a través de foros en internet, un debate sobre la formación de alumnos que están estudiando en Institutos profesionales (entiéndase CFTs, IPs) del país carreras afines con el área de la Salud. Este debate tiene que ver con la calidad de su malla curricular, horas impartidas, horas de prácticas profesionales , calidad y formación docente, etc…, debate que se ha dado antiguamente a nivel de Universidades Publicas v/s Privadas, y esta vez, entre Universidades v/s Institutos profesionales.
Este último (Universidades v/s Institutos profesionales), ha sido llevado a la cámara de diputados, puesto que son múltiples los factores y puntos de vista que ponen a las Universidades como entes que deben gozar de la exclusividad (y según lo acordado gozarán de exclusividad) para otorgar dichos títulos profesionales. Para corroborar lo anterior cito lo siguiente:

1. Reestablecer las competencias y obligaciones de formación de los Institutos profesionales. “Es absolutamente necesario restablecer la fe pública en las Instituciones de Educación Superior (las que no pueden emprender carreras de la salud desconociendo la pertinencia e idoneidad del producto de sus procesos académicos, esto sin hacerse cargo de los egresados y su futuro, esperando que los regule el mercado únicamente y desvinculándose de la responsabilidad que les cabe en la otorgación de títulos que no garantizan el desarrollo personal ni inserción laboral).”
2. El sistema de acreditación por si solo no basta como regulador.“Los procesos de acreditación deben comprenderse como la estrategia que permite al Estado la aplicación de mecanismos que aseguren que los formadores, en un modelo mixto público-privado de Educación Superior, cumplan con los requerimientos mínimos que la Ley de Acreditación para el Aseguramiento de la Calidad establece para realizar su labor”.
3. Los Institutos profesionales se desligan de la labor posterior del egresado de una carrera de la salud impidiendo su perfeccionamiento y segregándolo frente a sus pares y futuro profesional. “Las disciplinas de la salud requieren una formación que les asegure un currículo y raciocinio apto para tomar las mejores decisiones, una formación cuya cultura tienda a la constante actualización de su disciplina y que requiere investigar e incorporar las nuevas evidencias que surjan sobre el más eficiente manejo de los problemas de salud y las nuevas tecnologías, además que tengan la capacidad instalada de perfeccionamiento, especialización y post grado que le permitan incorporar los avances científicos que mejoren los beneficios de su intervención profesional sobre los individuos y poblaciones. Este tipo de formación en Chile es exclusivo de las universidades otorgar, pues son las únicas instituciones que deben realizar investigación y pueden otorgar licenciaturas, además de dictar Magísteres y Doctorados.”
“Cuando existen quienes defienden que únicamente mercado debe regular el futuro de los alumnos de los IPs, en realidad están aprobando que en Chile se legitimen dos sistemas de Educación Superior, un sistema de educación optima para aquellos que por sus recursos pueden acceder a ella y, otro, que forme profesionales de segunda y con menor valor académico para los sectores más pobres de nuestro País. El último sistema tendría su nicho natural en IPs y les ofrecería un título que no es reconocido mundialmente y que solo representa frustración y pobreza en un sistema donde existe hoy una sobre oferta de profesionales universitarios. Todo parece indicar que están dispuestos como sociedad a destruir la movilidad social de los más pobres relegándoles a acceder a trabajos peor remunerados y sin la posibilidad de perfeccionamiento de post grado.”
4. Los IPs se han desvinculado de su labor de formación de carreras intermedias, y se han autofacultado para impartir carreras del area de la slaud, sin medir su calidad de educación. “El MINEDUC se equivoca cuando cree que mantener la situación actual sin cambios, favorecerá la formación de técnicos y la movilidad social. Todo lo contrario, el status quo de la LOCE y su efecto al respecto, en más de 25 años de ejecución, solo han validado una realidad que indica que sin una clara regulación divisoria de esos niveles de formación, las carreras universitarias tienen la mejor percepción pública, mientras que las carreras técnicas se han desvalorizado. La más contundente prueba de ello es que los propios IPs desean hoy dictar carreras que históricamente solo se han dictado en universidades, abandonando el rol para el cual fueron creados, el emprendimiento en la formación de técnicos y profesionales intermedios.”
5. Chile debe implementar leyes que diferencien y definan la formación técnica de la formación Universitaria, según las facultades económicas y aptitudes de quienes acceden a ella. “El mejor motor para dinamizar el mercado de la educación técnica en Chile y potenciar el rol de los CFTs e IPs, es precisamente establecer estas definiciones al igual como sucede en los Países desarrollados. Esto porque los Países del primer mundo comprendieron la necesidad de diferenciar con claridad la importancia para la economía de los distintos niveles de formación técnica y profesional e impulsaron separadamente la valoración societal de las funciones de las entidades responsables de esos niveles de formación y capacitación, estableciendo un nicho que les es propio y que deben desarrollar”.
6. Estudios de la OMS han comprobado que donde la calidad profesional es deficiente, ha aumentado la mortalidad y la inseguridad en atención hospitalaria. “La OMS a partir de estas investigaciones ha promovido una política mundial en el sentido que los Países creen sistemas de seguimiento de la seguridad de atención en salud. Su más importante recomendación es la creación de instancias de calificación del capital humano del sector. Chile no puede emprender acciones en el sentido contrario nivelando hacia abajo lo que ha sido su capital humano histórico en salud.”

Finalmente, queda mencionar que las carreras de Fonoaudiología, Kinesiología, Obstetricia y Puericultura, Enfermería, Nutrición y Dietética, Tecnología Médica y Terapia Ocupacional, son carreras que a partir de esta iniciativa en el futuro no podrán ser impartidas en Institutos profesionales y que se debe crear conciencia en quienes forman estas carreras con un fin de lucro y que no tienen conciencia de que quienes ingresan a dichos Institutos confían plenamente que serán tratados con igualdad y gozarán de los mismos beneficios al finalizar sus estudios, lo cual según lo expuesto anteriormente es francamente refutable…

Carta a la cámara de diputados

School and Money


We are in such a shaky economic time right now that I worry about the effects it will have on educational funding. Almost 50% of funding for education comes from state money (the rest comes from local taxes and a small amount from the federal government). I knew funding was always a critical issue when our state legislature meets each year, but I didn't realize how much of the pie they must provide. With our current financial crisis I worry what will happen during this year's legislative sessions. Unfortunately, in years past, some of our lawmakers have spent an incredible amount of time debating moral message laws or other non-essential topics (example: Should we really have seat belt laws? What if we have too many children to fit in a car? etc.). Meanwhile, we have children without health care, single mothers without child care assistance and the lowest per-pupil expenditure in the nation. It is my hope in this coming financially-tight year, our lawmakers can concentrate on the humane and important issues. I'm worried because recently a lawmaker expressed concern that we are adding a new area code to Utah. Everyone will now need to dial all 10 digits of make a call. He wants to introduce a bill so that people won't be inconvenienced by needing to dial 10 digits. Please...

A Mixed Bag

Need some reading for the weekend? Once again the latest issue of the OnTheWeb newsletter (see this previous post for details of this excellent service) has come up trumps, so without further ado, here are some of the highlights from the latest issue...

Happy reading!