A guide for Service Learning Institutionalization of a career

As a second action, it is important to define the profile of the community partner(s) to work with SL, as this will help to direct their further search and make the process easier for the coordinator of SL in the career. Along

with identifying potential community partners, it is also important to check whether the characteristics of these partners complement the career profile characteristics and those of the other courses.

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SPECIFIC SERVICES THAT THE STUDENTS OF THE COURSE MAY PERFORM

COMMUNITY PARTNER PROFILE

ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS TYPE OF SERVICE

The students will carry out a diagnostic to elaborate an oral health educational session, they will go to the institution they are working in two occasions. Students will work in groups, being each group guided by a professor who will accompany them in the field work.

For almost any type of population, who have the need tohaveadiagnostic, for example, due to lack of resourcesor difficulties of transportation to the medical centers.

1.- Pre-school. - Lower Middle Level: infants from 2 to 2.11 years old. - Upper Intermediate Level from 3 to 3.11 years old. - Transition level: from 4 to 4.11 years old. 2.- Group of educators and assistants. 3.- Group of mothers. 4.- Group of older adults.

Once the potential community partners have been selected, it is advisable to generate the contact, so that it is possible to identify in advance whether the services planned are real needs of the community, or whether they need to be adapted. In addition to considering

other necessary elements such as human and material resources , timing of the SL activity, number of students involved, definition of each party’s commitments, among others. For this purpose, it is suggested to use the Agreement Document.

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