Guevara BY

Language: Spanish
References: 5
Page: 1375-1393
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ABSTRACT

This submission was made to guide students in the School of Psychology, about some of the most important issues related to its foray into the field of Special Education. Addressed: the definition of special education; legal definitions of disability and some of the rights of people living in this condition, in Mexico; statistical information on disability in the country, according to the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics; classification published by the American Psychiatric Association, through the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DCM IV, and concludes with the specification of the professional duties of the psychologist, and skills to be acquired in the theoretical training to venture into practice within the field of special education.

REFERENCES

1. Asociación Americana de Psiquiatría (2011). Manual diagnóstico y estadístico de los trastornos mentales (DCM IV-TR).

2. Guevara, Y. y Alvarado, I. (2010). Competencias profesionales del psicólogo en el ámbito de educación especial, tradición conductual. Comisión de Cambio Curricular. Facultad de Estudios Superiores, Iztacala. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

3. Instituto Nacional de Geografía e Informática (INEGI). Documento que contiene las bases teóricas. México: Gobierno Federal.

4. Instituto Nacional de Geografía e Informática (INEGI). Documento que contiene las principales cifras sobre discapacidad, de acuerdo al Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda, 2010. México: Gobierno Federal.

5. Ley General para la Inclusión de las Personas con Discapacidad (2011). México: Gobierno Federal. Disponible en el Diario Oficial de la Federación, de fecha 30 de mayo de 2011.