The Cercle d'Economia Foundation recognizes an innovative and highly specialized proposal that promotes more coordinated, personalized care oriented to quality of life
The Aspace Catalunya Foundation Special Education School receives a special mention in the 17th Edition of the Education Award of the Cercle d'Economia Foundation, one of the benchmark awards in the Catalan educational field, which distinguishes initiatives with the capacity for impact and social transformation.
The mention, awarded this Tuesday, May 19, at an event chaired by the Minister of Education and Professional Training, Esther Niubó, recognizes an educational proposal that connects education, health and social care in a coordinated way to respond to children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities in highly complex contexts.
The jury has highlighted a way of understanding learning based on support, personalization and interdisciplinary work, where educating also means generating communication, autonomy, participation and well-being.
When education and health work from the same perspective
The school promotes a way of working that integrates educational, health and social professionals to adapt each intervention to the specific needs of each child and young person, generating more accessible, safe and developmentally appropriate environments.
In everyday life, this translates into very specific situations. Imagine a child who needs specific support to communicate, participate in the classroom or regulate themselves emotionally. Coordination between teams allows us to anticipate needs, adapt rhythms and facilitate more active and safe participation within the educational environment.
This approach also transforms the support provided to families, who can count on a more coherent and continuous response, generating more peace of mind and confidence in their day-to-day lives.
Educational innovation applied to new social challenges
The special mention of the Education Award of the Cercle d'Economia Foundation has recognized for more than fifteen years centers that promote initiatives capable of transforming the way education is understood.
In this edition, the jury especially valued the capacity of the proposal promoted by Aspace Catalunya to respond to new educational and social challenges through specialized knowledge, applied innovation and networking.
At a time when educational systems are facing new social and emotional needs, the Aspace School defends a clear idea: educating is also generating opportunities so that each child can communicate, participate and develop with the support they need.
Professionals who connect education, health and inclusion
One of the distinctive elements of the initiative is the coordinated work between professionals from the educational, health and social fields, who adapt each response to the specific needs of each child and young person.
This shared vision allows us to anticipate needs, adjust supports and generate more accessible, safe and personalized environments.
“Real inclusion is ensuring that every student has the answer they need”
During the award ceremony, the general director of the Aspace Catalunya Foundation, Elena Puigdevall, highlighted that this mention “it highlights a way of understanding education that looks to the future from innovation, expertise and humanity”.
He also noted that "The quality of an educational system is not measured only by academic excellence, but also by its capacity to accompany, include and generate opportunities for all people, especially for those who need more specialized and intensive responses."
For its part, the director of the Aspace Special Education School, Dani Torrejón, highlighted the role of special education schools as spaces of knowledge and innovation within the educational system:
“Special education schools accumulate great expertise in communication, accessibility, personalization of learning and attention to complexity. This mention also recognizes this knowledge and the need to continue building bridges between education, health and inclusion to provide increasingly tailored responses to the needs of children and families.”
Torrejon He also highlighted the work of the professional teams and the trust of the families., "that make possible every day a school that understands complexity from the ability to accompany, adapt and generate opportunities”.
A recognition that consolidates the positioning of Aspace Catalunya
This mention consolidates the Aspace Catalunya Foundation as one of the most specialized initiatives in the country in educational and therapeutic care for children and young people with complex support needs.
The entity promotes coordinated care between educational, social and health services, aimed at improving the autonomy, participation and quality of life of people and their families.
A future-oriented educational outlook
With this recognition, Aspace Catalunya reinforces an educational proposal that understands that the future of education involves connecting learning, health and well-being to generate more opportunities for participation and quality of life.
