Resumen

DOMINGUEZ DOMINGUEZ, Geysa  y  PEREZ CARDENAS, Clara. Caracterización de la familia de niños con trastornos de aprendizaje. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2003, vol.19, n.2. ISSN 0864-2125.

A study was performed on 41 families which had children with learning disorders, who studied at "Lázaro Peña" school located in the health area of "Mario Escalona Reguera" teaching polyclinics in Alamar neighborhood. Our objective was to determine the functioning of these families as well as how they face the child's disorder and his/her entrance into the special education. A high percentage was found to have an inadequate familiar functioning, being the categories role, adaptation and permeability the most affected ones. The most frequent way of facing this problem by the studied families was the solution of the problem, with significant relation between this variable and the familiar functioning.

Palabras clave : FAMILY; LEARNING DISORDERS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; MENTAL RETARDATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS.