The Full Council of Totana, in regular meeting this morning , approved unanimously by all the corporate to the proposal submitted by the Department of Social Welfare and Education to urge the Ministry of Education of the Autonomous Community of Murcia to start the next school year 2009 - 2010 of a new Open Classroom in Totana to cover care for children with special educational needs.
Through this proposal asks that the most appropriate location, either at the College "Tierno Galván" or in another school in the town of Totana.
Open Classrooms, as explained by the councilman of Social Welfare, Juan Carrion, "are specialized classes in mainstream schools, which are an extraordinary resource that can provide a context for some students with special educational needs have a significant disability" .
In such classrooms serving children with special needs arising from pervasive developmental disorders, learning disabilities, multiple disabilities, hearing impairment, severe motor disability associated with other deficiencies, which requires an individualized care enrollment and a significant adaptations of the curriculum.
In this sense, the mayor recalled that the Ministry of Education gave the school "Tierno Galván" Totana an Open Classroom last year, which, as stated "is assuming an educational response in a normalizing context for pupils with special educational needs Special can not afford regular schooling. "
He noted that there was a population increase of the resource potential target of Classrooms Open, so Totana has a high number of children with deficits to school next year, according to data released by the Center for Child Development and Early Totana.
