La atención temprana en la educación infantil de Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes

Zusammenfassung

The Early Childhood Educative and Care Team of Alcobendas-San Sebastian de los Reyes form part of public network of educational and psychopedagogical orientation in Autonomous Community of Madrid (CAM). This team is composed of 6 educational advisers (psicologist or pedagogist), 5 teachers in therapeutic pedagogy, a speech and language therapist, and a social worker. It covers children in earlier ages (0-6 yearsl, mainly from public schools in a geographical area in the North of the CAM (16 municipalities). The main objectives are: 1) Preventing development difficulties in children from covered schools. 2) Detecting and assessing pupils with special educational needs (SEN) or transient difficulties. 3) Directly supporting children with SEN or transient difficulties in the school. 4) Advising in planning and organizing schoolwork, including curriculum adaptations. 5. Advising families in early education through individual interviews and parent education workshops. 6) Assessing non-schooled children in order to determine educational needs and prepare a schooling proposal. 7) Coordinating with other education, health and social services in the area. 8) Designing and executing specific educational projects with school, families and social agents. The complexity of mentioned tasks emphasizes the importance of sharing knowledge and skills between team members and decision agreement.