Pedagogical strategy a tool for the development of daily living skills in adults with intellectual disabilities Estrategia pedagógica una herramienta para el desarrollo de habilidades de la vida diaria en adultos con discapacidad intelectual

Abstract

This article evidences a study carried out on the design and execution of a pedagogical strategy as a tool for the development of daily life skills of adults with intellectual disabilities who live in an institution permanently. Where, through participant observation and field diaries, a pedagogical analysis was allowed through the application of a previously modified and standardized pedagogical battery under the inclusion framework of the Ministry of National Education.
In addition, the social actors who were part of the study sample, consisted of 8 adults with intellectual disabilities permanently living in an institution, a study was conducted under a purely qualitative approach, which allowed to show that through design, application and evaluation of the pedagogical strategy, a positive transformation was generated in the development of the daily life routines of the social actor’s study sample, allowing in each subject a better quality of life.