Formation of professional competencies in health care specialists for working with children and adults with special needs

The formation of professional competencies in health care professionals to work with children and adults with special needs requires that their training be aimed at: performing a primary assessment of the general condition and development of persons with disabilities, according to the methodology for assessing their needs ; elaboration of an individual plan for each person; filling in the "Card for assessment of the needs of persons with disabilities"; the conclusion and recommendations for working with them. Defining, performing and evaluating the activities of health care professionals requires them to focus on the problem of people with special needs. This presupposes the satisfaction of their vital needs, requirements and needs. People with special needs have different types of disabilities: sensory, physical, mental, multiple disabilities; communication disorders; specific learning disabilities; autism spectrum disorders; emotional and behavioral disorders. Healthcare professionals must be able to collect the necessary information, process it and specify it, through appropriate interventions, and subsequently evaluate the results obtained. This requires logic and systematicity to solve the given health problem of the person with special needs. All this concerns a complete intellectual process.