La inclusión de niños y niñas con Síndrome de Down en Educación Inicial y Preparatoria

Abstract

This degree thesis is of a monographic type, in which educational inclusion and Down Syndrome are addressed, issues that are considered important in the early childhood educational field, because inclusion at this stage offers opportunities to learn and accept individual differences, therefore the objective of this study was to investigate how the inclusion of boys and girls with Down Syndrome is carried out in Initial and Preparatory Education. For this, a qualitative approach was used, using documentary research of a descriptive nature, for the bibliographic analysis of the two categories of study. In addition, an exploratory investigation was carried out, through a fieldwork, in which semi-structured interviews were applied to teachers of both special education and regular education of the Initial and Preparatory levels, the collection of information was complemented with a non-participant observation made to two educational institutions of the city of Cuenca. In this way it was evidenced that the educational inclusion of children with Down syndrome is carried out through the implementation of inclusive measures and practices that promote the intervention and active collaboration of all educational agents responsible for achieving educational inclusion in a regular system.