CLC-Conference-Proceeding-2018

providing psychopedagogical care to children,
adolescents and young people with special
educational needs; develop emotional skills in
elementary and middle school students; to
contribute to the appropriation of a gender
approach in children through work with artistic
manifestations and social communication, to
study empathy in neurodevelopment and to
contribute to the psychosocial development of
children and adolescents, especially those living
in conditions of vulnerability Social.
Research centers such as the Center for
Demographic Studies (CEDEM), the Institute of
Materials Science and Technology (IMRE) and
the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences
(FLACSO-Cuba) also provide important results
that deepen and reveal new knowledge about this
group Population. Aspects of great importance
and pertinence, such as teenage pregnancy and
the role played by the family in the interruption
or development of the family, are investigated in
CEDEM. On the other hand, FLACSO is
involved in the preparation of the first Atlas of
Children and Adolescents in Cuba, together with
the National Bureau of Statistics and Information
(ONEI) and the collaboration of the United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Cuba.
From the Natural and Exact Sciences, the
Faculties of Chemistry and Biology coordinate
projects on environmental education from
Chemistry in the early ages and the prevention
and attention of eating disorders with emphasis
on obesity.
College extension
The University Extension is one of the
core processes of higher education in Cuba and
is focused on socio-humanistic training and the
professional preparation of students and teachers;
but also to the improvement and development of
communities and the population in general
(Intranet UH, 2017).
Extension work is developed through
community projects and actions in order to solve
social problems; of course delivery; the
promotion work of the University Honorary
Chairs and the cultural and sports university
facilities; the promotion of the History of Cuba
and the University of Havana; of the
development of integral programs for the
promotion of health; As well as the
dissemination of the life of the university
community in society (Intranet UH, 2017).
The work centers, schools, socio-cultural
projects and the community in general, are
beneficiaries of the university's knowledge,
while it is fed in its exchange and collaboration
with the territories.
The extension work is part of the work
objectives of each area of the UH, according to
the particularities and potentialities of each one
of these. One of the main outputs is the
community actions and projects, which, given
their wide range of actions, have different
objectives, methodologies, target groups,
territorial contexts, intervention spaces, etc.
Community-university interaction is an
educational, dynamic and creative process. The
activities are carried out both in the communities
and on the university campus, with the aim of
bringing children and adolescents closer to the
university context and working on vocational
training, stimulating, from an early age, interest
in the University. An example of this is the
initiative developed by the Faculty of Law as
part of the Ismaelillo Project, where it is possible
to meet children from nearby schools in areas of
the faculty with the aim of instilling values for
the children and increasing their knowledge
about culture and Rights, in a didactic and