La danzaterapia como recurso pedagógico para la inclusión educativa de personas con discapacidad

Abstract

The present monograph is about how the concepts of educative inclusion, disability, artistic education and dance therapy are intertwined, the last being a mechanism to strengthen educational processes concerning the inclusion in the classroom of disabled people.

Dance therapy is referenced from its origins and is emphasized in the method of María Fux, who is an outstanding reference in this field, who within her stories and proposals works with people with diverse learning and reduced mobility from her strengths, proposing spaces of inclusion within the dance processes.

The concept of disability is defined, and the categorization in relation to the international classification of the functioning of disability and the Health. Moreover, a legal framework is considered, which allows knowing the evolution of the rights of people with disabilities.

Finally, artistic education is the area where all the concepts named before are articulated sustaining legally and theoretically the implementation of dance therapy as a pedagogical resource for the inclusion.