Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
PA-6: Support for Underrepresented Groups

* For staff, faculty and students: CoDisUAT (Coordination of care for people with disabilities at UAT) is an office which aim is the full inclusion of people with disabilities in the University. They also encourage the university community changing their culture with the collaboration of students, faculty and staff through their academic process and their social coexistence. Some of the programs of this office are: - Scholarships management for students with disabilities ( All students with any disability own a scholarship) - Physical Guidence on infrastructure - Vocational guidance - Awareness workshops to promote inclusion in the University community - Disability in Higher Education conferences - Technologies adaptation to enhance the teaching process. * For students: PERAJ Program "Adopt a Friend" objective It is a federal program aimed at strengthening and developing the individual and social potential of the child by establishing a meaningful relationship with the young university student who serves as a tutor throughout the program. We work with children in grades 5 and 6 of primary education. You can be a mentor-tutor! Peraj - adopts a friend needs people trained, responsible and eager to share their academic, personal, social and cultural experience. As a university of the country you represent a fundamental piece to generate changes and well-being to the society. Five areas of child development are strengthened: 1. Academic: improving and strengthening their learning strategies through a reading, writing and comprehension workshop and English. 2. Affective: strengthening self-esteem and expression of his affectivity for himself and others. 3. Social: to develop activities of interaction, collaboration, through assistance activities of the career of Educational Sciences, such as the celebration of Children's Day and Mother's Day. 4. Motivational: expand your professional aspirations and life project, exemplifying the above through a tour of facilities of the university center. 5. Cultural: expand your vision and cultural interest, through visits to museums, zoo and cinema. In Peraj - adopts a friend it is sought that the tutoring is really easy and fun, where it acquires a great value of responsibility, but above all that represents for the mentors / tutors and friends an unforgettable life experience.