Thursday, April 26, 2012

The Government of Panama chooses successful education model of CASP for people with autism

Convenio CASP - Gobierno de Panamá

On Wednesday, 25 April 2012, the Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (CASP) and the Government of Panama signed an agreement of Professional Consulting and Training Program to transfer the comprehensive education system that CASP has successfully developed to this Central American country.

Thanks to the initiative of Mrs. Marta Linares de Martinelli, First Lady of Panama, who took all necessary steps to create an Ann Sullivan center in her country so that children with autism and their families can receive a quality education and become independent, productive and happy people, this agreement was made possible.

The signing of this agreement took place at the main building of the Centro Ann Sullivan of the Perú (CASP) and was in charge of Dr. Liliana Mayo, founder and general director of the Centro Ann Sullivan of the Perú (CASP) and , representing the National Government of the Republic of Panama, Dr. Ariadna de Petterson, representative of the Minister of Education (MEDUCA, in Spanish); Mr. Ramón Alemán, director of National Secretariat for Disabilities (SENADIS); Miss. Karinthia Carrillo, representative of the First Lady’s Office; and the Panama ambassador to Peru, Dr. Carlos Luis Linares.

This agreement is part of a commitment of the National Government of the Republic of Panama to serve people with different abilities (autism, mental retardation, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy).

It is considered in the first phase of this agreement to set an education system for people with different abilities and their families in motion in this Central American country.

Since the founding of CASP, a great number of conferences showing the impact of a Peruvian program in the lives of people with different abilities have been held in diverse countries. CASP is internationally recognized for its contributions as research, demostration and training model center for people with different abilities and their families, Currently in Peru, 100 students are working in 34 companies and other 100 are studying in 53 regular education schools, thanks to the centre’s training and guidance.
  
It is an honor that the Government of Panama has chosen the CASP’s education model to be implemented in its country.