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The Minister of Family and Equal Opportunities, Violante Tomás, attended today the 40th anniversary party of the Center for People with Disabilities in Quarries in Cartagena, "the dean of the centers dependent on the Institute Murciano de Acción Social (IMAS) in the City, "he said.
At the event, the counselor recalled that "in these years, the quality of services has grown exponentially and today, this center is a national pointer in the therapy that is provided through its multi-sensorial stimulation classrooms, Cognitive stimulation or in the use of animal therapies. "
This center has 100 places, 80 residential care and 20 day center, which are subsidized through the Institute Murcian Social Action IMAS, with more than 5.6 million euros.
In her speech, the counselor wanted to recall part of the history of this institution, which was the first public center for people with intellectual disabilities in the city.
"Circumstances have changed a lot in these 40 years, resources have increased, but the vocation and professionalism of the technical team that has been there has remained constant since its inception," said Violante Tomás.
The Center for People with Disabilities in Quarries currently has activities to develop to the maximum the capabilities of its residents.
Violante Tomás said that "they are offering levels of normalization as close as possible to the environment that surrounds them. It is a degree of integration that allows the development of skills with theater classes, leisure offer and a skills program for the Daily life, to boost the person's capabilities and residential care that makes the center live like a home, so we can say that its 80 residents are a big family. "
The residence provides disabled people with comprehensive care that can not be carried out in the family environment, either because of lack of it or due to the existence of serious difficulties.
The programs that are carried out are established by the technical team of the center.
The areas are: daily life skills, computer programs, multisensory stimulation, audiovisual projections, alternative communication, leisure and free time, knowledge of environment, road education, physiotherapy, sport and theater.
Therapies with animals
The Ministry of Family and Equal Opportunities launched in March in this center the Alternative Therapies with Animals (TAA), which have been extended to the seven dependent centers of the IMAS for people with disabilities and a center for older people.
Two months ago began with the therapy with dogs and after this first phase has already activated the therapy with horses.
The goal is to perform the therapies alternatively every three months, in order to maximize their benefits for the people served.
An average of 320 people a month, 280 are people with disabilities, 40 of each of the centers of disabled people of the IMAS, already benefit from this initiative, to which are added another 40 elderly people from the Virgen del Valle center.
Animal assisted therapy is booming because of its effectiveness and the high motivational value it has for people.
Among its many benefits recognized by experts are the regulation of the autonomic nervous system, power self-concept, essential for good emotional intelligence, promote self-esteem and control locus, work self-control and tolerance to frustration and improve empathy.
Source: CARM
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