Personalizing Educational Intervention Provides Equality of Opportunities to Under Eighteen at Risk

Abstract

This paper comes from a research developed around Suleimán´s history, a Moroccan adolescent who lived in poverty and decided to migrate illegally to Spain, because he wanted to look for a better life. Once there he was arrested (being under eighteen) for drug trafficking. As a result, he was sentenced to two years’ rehabilitation process. His case is interesting because it turned in a positive way, from being a “Young Offender” he became an “Educator of Minors”, essentially, because of the mention process. As a result, the research focuses on the key aspects carried out during the rehabilitation process for that change. The biographical method was the research methodology used. One of the keys which emerged from the analysis was the personalisation of the intervention. The intervention, based on different elements, provided Suleimán the chance of transforming the deterministic situation he lived and conduct his life how he wanted. Essentially, the conclusions claim the necessity of personalising the intervention processes with under eighteen at risk, to modify the limiting circumstances in which they normally are and contribute in their personal and social development.

Keywords

• joven desfavorecido, igualdad de oportunidades, justicia social, educación, biografía.