Conference addresses the importance of family and social networks generated with schools and the community

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The activity had a large turnout and showed in-depth research on the social concepts discussed by the speaker, Dr. María Teresa Juliá. 

At the ULS Extension Center, nearly a hundred people attended the conference on Contemporary Psychology and Society, called “Threading networks between families, schools and the community: A proposal in Action” given by the academic from the Department of Psychology of the U. de la Serena, Dr. María Teresa Juliá, who in clear and simple language explained and exemplified the strengthening of family, school and community networks and the project that works together with schools in the education sector. The Companies and the Carmen Goudie Foundation.

The specialist addressed topics focused on the social relationships that are generated between schools and the community, having a common denominator: families, especially the students' mothers, who tend to participate more in these activities and encourage children to participate. meet personal and educational goals to improve their quality of life with efficient teaching in schools. To achieve this, families tend to encourage and invest - increasingly - in a good education for their children with the aim of improving their learning and academic results, without sparing resources according to their economic limitations.

Dr. Juliá maintained that the work that families do in the academic aspects of their children is not minor, because they are very committed to the culture and concerned that the children receive a good education. Furthermore, parents are very clear about their obstacles, since the more commitment they have to the quality of their children's education and the more responsibilities they establish in carrying out their education, the greater their frustration at not being able to access an education. quality for their minors. 

Furthermore, from another perspective, the specialist explained that one of the great parental strengths that exists occurs when families have support resources from family and social networks. In this way, the social relationships that parents establish with the community are significant for the development of their families, as is their ability to request and benefit from help from others, which constitutes one of the competencies that allow characterizing to a father or mother as good, even for those parents who are applying for adoption or seeking custody of their children in the Family Courts. 

All of these criteria are of great importance because the social alignment and integrity of families with schools and the community manage to create a space in which these three social entities become educationally and culturally involved for their own benefit.