WHAT IS THE HOLISM FOUNDATION FOR
EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND SOCIAL ACTION?

The Holism Foundation for Education, Health, and Social Action was organized on January 30, 1990, as a non-profit, Non-Governmental Organization without government subsidies, with the purpose to research and disseminate the holistic paradigm as applied to education, health, and social action.

The Foundation is registered in the Inspección General de Justicia, Buenos Aires. Argentina, under number C 1.520.371, and has been accepted as a Non-Profit Entity for the common good according to Decree 6708 of the Municipality of Vicente Lopez, Buenos Aires. It was also registered in the Registro de Institutos de Perfeccionamiento Docente (Register of Institutes for Teacher Continuous Education) of the City of Buenos Aires (DGEGP) under number C-172.

In accordance with its statute, The Holism Foundation for Education, Health, and Social Action holds no religious, political or racial purposes and promotes the rejection of all physical, psychological, educational or social violence.

It is chaired by Mabel Fernández and under the direction of Carlos G. Wernicke.

Mabel Fernández is a social worker with experience in the field of community development (including mother-child health care), minority (including low-income minority) and social work and prevention in mental health. Her interest in the totality of the human being led her to study the body expressions, for which she is also a Body Work Instructor (Greyg method and coordination of body practices) and masotherapist. She is presently working in the field of conflict resolution in the area of preliminary diagnosis and consultation about specific therapies.

Programs

The Holism Foundation for Education, Health, and Social Action has developed since its inception many different activities, above all research, teaching, and dissemination.

Over a long period of time, the following programs have been served by The Foundation for Education, Health, and Social Action:

Research Area:

1. Containment Therapy
2. Early Intervention
3. Teachers for Peace Program
4. Contextual Pedagogy
5. Deficit Attention
6. Parents Consulting Project
7. Disabilities
8. Distant Consultation for Teachers and on Mental Retardation
9. Self-care for Persons with Scleroderma
10. Non-Medical Materials for Evaluation

Teaching Area:

11. Free Annual Course
12. Scholarships
13. Trainings for Teachers and Physicians / Health Practitioners

Media Area:

14. Medical, Psychological, and Pedagogical Library
15. Articles contributing to the Training of Teachers and Physicians / Health Practitioners
16. Journals Revista Eduterapia and Suplemento Eduterapia (Spanish)
17. Specialized Computing at school and special school

From 2005 up to the present time we concentrated our efforts in the Teachers for Peace Program and the Parents Consulting Project, as we consider they are essential in our context.

Some Auspices since 1990

UNESCO - UNICEF - IIN (Interamerican Institute for the Child) - OMEP (World Organization for Early Childhood Education) - Argentine Ministry of Education - Argentine Secretary of Culture - National Advisement Commission for the Integration of People with Disabilities - National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO - Catamarca Ministry of Culture and Education - La Pampa Ministry of Culture and Education - Santa Fe Ministry of Culture and Education - General Board of Culture and Education for the Province of Buenos Aires - General Board for the Schools of Mendoza - Secretary of Education of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires - Sub-Secretary of Education and Culture of Tierra del Fuego - Provincial Council of Education of Santa Cruz - General Council of Education of Entre Rios - Municipality of Vicente Lopez , Province of Buenos Aires - Argentine Society of Pediatrics - Association of Psychologists in Buenos Aires- Association of Argentine Psychiatrists - Argentine Down´s Syndrome Association.