The Department of Social Policy launched a program with actions aimed at improving social relations to children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and other behavioral disturbances and social interaction.
The Department of Social Policy, through the Early Childhood Center, will launch a program of social interaction and social skills for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and other behavioral disturbances and social interaction.
The program aims to improve the social skills of children and adolescents with these disorders, thus favoring their way of relating to other people around them.
Remedios Lajara, Councillor for Social Policy, stated that "it is important to help this group of our population because experts believe that gaps in the proper development of social relations in turn implies a possible deficit in the emotional development of adolescents. the fact that develop friendly relations will also be crucial in avoiding the dreaded bullying "
The program will develop until the end of the year and includes actions to support children and adolescents who attend municipal services, conducting workshops with the affected population, and a number of specialized services.
It has a budget of 7,500 euros
Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla