Totana City Council has opened a period between June 20 and July 10, 2008 for those with learning disabilities aged between 16 and 60 requesting access to the Occupational Center "José Moya, for next academic year from September 2008 - July 2009.
Users requesting access will be able to access the educational intervention program carried out in the center, adapted to the diverse needs of people with learning disabilities.
Educational programs are there in the center has two main dimensions: socio-occupational.
Among the specific programs are: carpentry, ceramics class (introduction to computer science, social skills, daily living skills, basic instrumental skills etc.), Physical activity and sport as well as programs to promote personal autonomy and independence .
During the past year Occupational Center had the services of occupational therapy and speech therapy, with which it hopes to run from October 2008.
In this sense, the councilman of Social Welfare, Juan Carrion Tudela, expressed his satisfaction with the Occupational Center, which "serves an important social demand in the municipality, which has grown in breadth of resources and number of professionals, always combining cohesion professional team with the adaptation to new needs. "
Recently the center has made some reforms to expand the toilets, shower building and reforms in the craft workshops, which have improved the equipment of this center has seven years of operation and has already worked with about 40 people with disabilities .
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana