Family animation techniques. An effective way to work with families of children diagnosed with mental retardation

Abstract

The present investigation aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of family animation techniques aimed at the preparation of families of children diagnosed with mental retardation, which allows them to train their children, to successfully face independent adult life. With an original and novel character, based on the Vigostkian approach, weighted by the postulates of the socio-historical-cultural school and in the process of diagnosis of the zone of proximal development, providing new insights supported by the particularities of this process, directed towards the search for the potential of families.