Narrativas de padres de familia y terapeutas de niños con problemas de aprendizaje

Abstract

This research has been done for Mg. in Clinical and Family Psychology, for the degree of the Department of Psychology of the Santo Tomas University. The field of investigation is called: Stories and narratives in diversity of contexts. This qualitative research is done by taking references on sistemic thinking, social constructionism and narrative therapy. From this perspective, situations become experiences, when the human being creates narratives to talk about them. The meaning of the experience is when the person talks or describes the situation. The narrative to explain the situation, is the way to create the meaning of that situation. The objective of this research is to identify and transform the narratives about the pain that parents and therapists have developed, about their experience in the home and therapy, with children with learning disabilities. This children take therapy at the INEA Institute in Bogotá. This experience for parents and therapists is painful in some cases. This research promoted new narratives about well-being in parents and therapists. Narrative perspective is used. For parents, the most important concerns are about the future. They wonder how it could happen when no one could take care of their children in adulthood. For their part, the therapists worry about the aggressive behavior of the children and the way of controlling it during the therapy. This research helps parents to recognize the progress on life with his children. At this time, it can be said that this research helps therapists to recognize feelings that are sometimes hidden because they consider that the therapists do not feel pain or sadness in working contexts.