International expert in Autism Spectrum Disorder spoke at a workshop and seminar

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Entities from various areas committed to the subject participated in the event, which carried out an in-depth analysis of the important advances that the investigations have achieved.

In order to update concepts about Asperger Syndrome and analyze the profound advances that have been established thanks to research by INFOAUSTIMO, a team of academics and professionals met in the Andrés Vásquez Hall of the Department of Education from the U. of La Serena, with researcher Arlett Krause, PhD in Psychology from the University of Salamanca.

Professionals from the General Directorate of Student Affairs, Student Health Center, Information and Computing Center, Directorate of Services, Disability Support Program and teachers from the Department of Education of the University of La Serena were present at the work table; all with the purpose of combining criteria and establishing ways of working on an issue that exists in society and that, according to those involved, they do not always know how to address.

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There were two instances of work: the first, the aforementioned workshop, which featured team reflection work in the morning; while in the afternoon, at the Gabriela Mistral Regional Museum, the Seminar called “Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): Challenges in Higher Education” was held, where the coordinator of Inclusion and Diversity of the Regional Ministerial Secretariat of Education of Coquimbo spoke. , Valeria Martí, who announced the general framework of the Inclusion Policy in Chile with the presentation “Inclusive Educational Community, A Learning Space.”

The academic of the Department of Education, in charge of the Disability Support Program of the University of La Serena and in charge of the Network of Chilean Universities for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities, Dr. Georgina García, was also present. Escala, and the Differential Education teacher, Alejandra Galleguillos Carrasco, support professional of the Disability Support Program.

Both professionals spoke about the Program that the university has and indicated that this instance is the generator of inclusive education processes inside and outside the university community, financed by the Strengthening of the Institutional Model of Comprehensive Support for students of the University of La Serena, in a framework of inclusion and universal accessibility, ULS Project 1799.

In addition, there was the presence of Lorena Figueroa, representative of the La Tribu Occupational House, a comprehensive development space for people with disabilities, who told those present about her “Life Experience.”

To conclude the seminar, and as a guest expert, specialist Krause spoke about Autism Spectrum Disorder and the challenges that currently exist in Higher Education, who analyzed the evolution of the concept and the new tools to make improvements in diagnoses, emphasizing the importance of detection in the first years of life to provide relevant early care to improve the living conditions of subjects who present this condition, also providing suggestions so that the educational system can incorporate relevant adjustments in each case.

The activity had a high turnout, as it had around 180 attendees, including teachers from the regular education system and students from the ULS pedagogy courses.

The event was broadcast to Chile and Latin America thanks to the collaboration of the team from the Informatics and Computing Center of the university, CICULS.